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Start with the rule that decides most files: A US LLC is a flow-through for US purposes but a corporation for Canadian purposes. That mismatch routinely produces double taxation unless the structure is corrected.
The second point is quieter but costs more when missed. Non-residents earning Canadian rental income face 25% withholding on gross rent unless a section 216 election is filed. The election taxes the net instead. The documentation side matters just as much. The Canada–US treaty allocates taxing rights, but relief is not automatic. A foreign tax credit or treaty position has to be claimed on a filed return.
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A Canadian with a US employer in Brampton, Ontario had already been penalised. The issue was a departure year filed as a normal resident return with no deemed disposition reported. A relief application cancelled $88,000 of that penalty.
A Canadian with a US employer in Brampton, Ontario had already missed one deadline and was about to miss a second. Behind it sat a departure year filed as a normal resident return with no deemed disposition reported. A penalty of $88,000 was accruing. We split the work into what had to happen before the deadline and what could follow it. Then we reported the deemed disposition properly on the departure return and claimed the foreign tax credits that had been left unused. The outstanding return was accepted as filed, and the taxpayer relief application cancelled $88,000 of the penalty already assessed on the earlier year.
The CRA had assessed a Canadian resident receiving US pension income in Surrey, British Columbia on estimates across 7 unfiled years. Real filings vacated $73,000 of that tax.
7 years of unfiled returns had turned into notional assessments at a Canadian resident receiving US pension income in Surrey, British Columbia. Underneath lay a US LLC taxed as a corporation in Canada, producing double tax on the same income. Collections had already started. We registered the payer for a non-resident withholding account, remitted the Regulation 105 amounts due, and applied for waivers covering the rest of the contract. We then filed every outstanding year in chronological order so the CRA could vacate the notional assessments cleanly. All 7 years were accepted as filed. $73,000 of arbitrarily assessed tax was vacated, collections action stopped, and the account is current for the first time in 7 years.
A $113,000 reassessment was proposed against a dual citizen with a US retirement account in Mississauga, Ontario. It followed winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere. The documented response reduced it to nil.
A review notice arrived at a dual citizen with a US retirement account in Mississauga, Ontario, covering Canadian expat tax return for two tax years. The auditor's working position was an adjustment of $113,000. It was driven by winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere. Rather than negotiate, we rebuilt the record. We applied the treaty rate to the dividend withholding, filed the NR4 return, and remitted the shortfall before the CRA assessed the payer for it. We then submitted a point-by-point response that answered each proposed adjustment with the document behind it. The auditor accepted the documented position and closed the review without adjustment, protecting $113,000 and leaving the prior filings undisturbed.
A contractor working on both sides of the border in Guelph, Ontario was overpaying instalments. The cause was invoices paid to a non-resident consultant working on site in Canada with no Regulation 105 withholding taken. Rebasing them returned $110,000 to the business.
A contractor working on both sides of the border in Guelph, Ontario was paying instalments calculated on a prior year. That year no longer reflected the business. Invoices paid to a non-resident consultant working on site in Canada with no Regulation 105 withholding taken was tying up $110,000 of cash. We rebased the instalments on the current-year estimate rather than the prior-year default. Alongside that, we reconstructed the day count on both sides of the border and documented the residency and treaty position before either revenue authority asked. $110,000 of cash stayed in the business, the penalty cycle ended, and the instalment position is reviewed each quarter against actual results.
A snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Victoria, British Columbia was carrying $14,000 of penalties and interest. The charges arose from US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return. A relief application cancelled that amount.
An assessment of $14,000 landed at a snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Victoria, British Columbia following a desk review. It turned on US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return. The auditor had not seen the records behind it. We aligned the Canadian and US reporting of the same income so the foreign tax credit claim carried support on both returns. We then set out the legislative basis for the position alongside the documents supporting it. $14,000 of penalties and interest was cancelled under the taxpayer relief provisions, and the underlying assessment was adjusted to match the filed position.
A family transfer at a shareholder of a US LLC in Burnaby, British Columbia would have been fully taxable. The reason was a shareholder loan balance that would have been picked up as income on closing. Restructuring deferred $500,000.
A generational transfer at a shareholder of a US LLC in Burnaby, British Columbia had been discussed for years without a plan. A shareholder loan balance that would have been picked up as income on closing meant the transfer as contemplated would have been fully taxable. We filed the outstanding T1135 disclosures through the Voluntary Disclosures Program, which eliminated the penalty exposure entirely. We sequenced the steps so each one was complete and documented before the next depended on it. $500,000 of tax was deferred through the transfer, and the successor generation took over a corporation whose records stood up to review.
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Canadian Expat Tax Return starts at a fixed fee quoted before any work begins. The quote is locked at the outset and does not change mid-engagement, and you pay only after you have reviewed and approved the deliverable. Compare every plan on our transparent pricing page.
At minimum: prior-year returns and notices of assessment, your bank and credit-card statements for the fiscal period, payroll records if you have employees, and GST/HST filings. We send a checklist tailored to your situation after the free 15-minute call.
Most engagements are completed within 3 to 5 business days once your documents are complete. Catch-up work covering multiple years takes longer, and we tell you the realistic timeline before you commit rather than after.
We respond on your behalf at no extra charge for any return we prepared. Every figure we file is supported by documentation retained in your file, which is what turns a CRA review from a crisis into correspondence. See how our CRA audit representation works.
Yes. Late filing penalties compound at 5% of the balance owing plus 1% per month, so the cost of waiting is real. We prioritise catch-up work and, where eligible, file under the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program to reduce penalties.
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The honest answer comes down to one rule. The T1135 foreign income verification statement is required once specified foreign property exceeds $100,000 in cost. Late-filing penalties start at $25 a day to a maximum of $2,500 per year, before gross-negligence penalties. That is the part we verify before anything is filed.
Our answer starts where the legislation starts. A US LLC is a flow-through for US purposes but a corporation for Canadian purposes. That mismatch routinely produces double taxation unless the structure is corrected. From there it is a matter of applying it to your year — and that application, not the rule itself, is where a tax services provider earns the fee.
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Work out the tax you actually owe for the year, then compare it with what has already been paid. Total your income, subtract deductions to reach taxable income, apply the federal and provincial brackets, take off your credits, and set the result against the tax withheld on your T4 and other slips plus any instalments. If more was withheld than you owe, the difference is your refund. Tax software approved for NETFILE runs the same arithmetic once your slips are entered.
If you owe nothing, no penalty applies, but a refund and benefit payments such as the Canada child benefit and the GST/HST credit are held up until the return is processed. If you owe, a late-filing penalty is charged and interest runs on the balance and compounds daily from the day after the due date. For the 2025 tax year the deadline was 30 April 2026. File even if you cannot pay, because the penalty is driven by filing, not payment.
Canada taxes income in graduated brackets, so only the income above a threshold is taxed at that bracket's higher rate and moving up a bracket never reprices the income below it. There is one federal set of brackets and a separate set for each province and territory, and the thresholds are indexed to inflation every year. Look up the current figures for your province on the CRA rate tables rather than relying on an older list.
Income up to the basic personal amount is effectively untaxed, because that credit offsets the federal tax on it, and each province and territory has its own equivalent amount. Both figures change every year with indexation, so look up the amount for the tax year in question. Other credits, such as the age amount, tuition, or the disability amount, lift the point where tax actually starts. Tax withheld at source below that point comes back as a refund.
Several NETFILE certified programs are free to use for straightforward returns, and the CRA publishes the certified list each filing season. If your income is modest and your return is simple, a free volunteer tax clinic can prepare and file it for you. Some people also receive a CRA invitation to file through a simplified phone or digital service. Free tools cover most employment and pension returns; self-employment, rental or foreign income usually needs more.
Download and print whatever you need from the forms and publications section of canada.ca, which is the fastest route. For printed copies by mail, use the CRA's order forms and publications service online or order by phone. The income tax package is also stocked at some Canada Post and Service Canada counters during filing season. Forms for the 2025 tax year have been available since online filing opened on 23 February 2026.
Once you stop being a small supplier. That happens when your taxable revenue passes $30,000 measured over four consecutive calendar quarters, or within a single calendar quarter - and if you cross the threshold inside one quarter, you must charge GST/HST on the very sale that takes you over. You then register and file returns for the assigned period. You can also register voluntarily below the threshold to recover input tax credits.
Work it from your own figures rather than a rule of thumb. A corporation on active business income pays 9% federally on the first $500,000 for 2026, plus the provincial small business rate — 3.2% in Ontario, falling to 2.2% on 1 July 2026 — so reserve that share of profit as you earn it. A sole proprietor should set aside at their marginal personal rate plus CPP. Keep GST/HST collected in a separate account; that money was never yours.
Social assistance is reported on a slip and has to be entered on your return, but an offsetting deduction normally means no tax is payable on it. It still counts in net income, so it affects the benefits and credits worked out from your return, which is the main reason to file in a year with no tax owing. Report exactly what the slip shows. Provincial income and disability support payments follow the same treatment.
The rate is the same. The payment is added to your income for the year and taxed at your marginal rates like any other pay. What differs is the withholding. Pay in lieu of notice runs through normal payroll deductions, while a retiring allowance has tax withheld at flat lump-sum rates that can be higher or lower than what you ultimately owe. The difference is settled when you file your T1, so a large payout often produces a refund or a balance.
Yes. Salary is employment income and fully taxable, and it appears on your T4 with the tax, CPP and EI already withheld. Taxable salary also captures most benefits an employer provides, so a company vehicle, group life insurance premiums or a taxable allowance are added to the slip. A few payroll amounts work the other way and reduce the income you are taxed on, notably registered pension plan contributions and union dues.
A treaty exemption is relief given by a tax treaty between Canada and another country so the same income is not taxed twice. Depending on the article relied on, it can remove Canadian tax entirely, cap a withholding rate, or give taxing rights to only one of the two countries. The relief is not automatic: you usually certify your residence to the payer or claim it on a Canadian return, and keep the supporting documents.
Reviewed and fact-checked by Udit Gupta
Ex Big 4 — Ernst & Young, Deloitte · International & cross-border tax specialist · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program) · Chartered accountant, ICAI & MIA
Udit Gupta has over 15 years of experience helping corporations and business owners with corporate structuring, corporate tax filing, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST, cross-border tax and CRA representation. He is Big 4 trained, at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia. In 2014 he founded his accounting practice to serve entrepreneurs, startups and non-resident business owners across Canada. View full member bio.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — member 521458 · Malaysian Institute of Accountants — member CA 44667 · Ex Big 4: Ernst & Young, Deloitte · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), completed 19 Dec 2023 · In-Depth GST/HST Part I, 12 Jul 2022 · Part II, 5 Jul 2023
Editorial policy. Every page is researched against primary sources — the Income Tax Act, CRA publications and CPA Canada guidance — and every rate or threshold is stated with the tax year it applies to.
Sources. CRA — International and non-resident taxes · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
