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Tax Filings Canada provides cheap, fixed-fee expat tax services across Canada: treaty positions, foreign tax credits, T1135 disclosure and non-resident withholding, built for Canadians with US ties and non-residents earning Canadian income, with payment only after your work is complete.
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Section 216 and 217 elections can substantially reduce non-resident withholding on Canadian rents and pensions when filed on time. Our expat tax services engagement is priced as a cheap flat fee, so the cost is known before the work starts.
No two expat tax services files are identical, but the rules that govern them are stable. An accounting firm who works with Expat Tax Services weekly keeps returning to the same anchors, and they are set out below.
The starting point is not a strategy but a constraint: 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 detail that surprises most owners comes next. 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. Where clients most often get hurt is not the calculation but the follow-through, and the rule reads plainly. A CCPC files its T2 within six months of year-end, with the balance due two months after (three where the small business deduction is claimed). The 9% federal small business rate applies to the first $500,000 of active business income. The filing and payment deadlines differ, and interest runs from the payment date. Filing on time while paying late still costs money.
What this means for you depends entirely on facts we have not seen yet — which is the honest answer, and the reason an accounting firm starts every expat tax services engagement with questions rather than conclusions. Think of this list as the raw material an accounting firm works from on expat tax services.
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Foreign holdings at a snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Moncton, New Brunswick had crossed the reporting threshold unnoticed. Disclosure was brought current and $143,000 recovered.
Foreign holdings at a snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Moncton, New Brunswick had passed the reporting threshold without anyone noticing. Behind the disclosure problem sat a US LLC taxed as a corporation in Canada, producing double tax on the same income. We restructured the US holding so the Canadian and US characterisations aligned, ending the double taxation going forward. We claimed the treaty relief and foreign tax credits on the Canadian return and corrected the disclosure position for the open years. The treaty position was accepted and $143,000 was recovered. Reporting is now current and the annual process takes hours rather than weeks.
A $67,000 reassessment landed at a contractor working on both sides of the border in London, Ontario. It rested on a departure year filed as a normal resident return with no deemed disposition reported. The objection was allowed in full.
A contractor working on both sides of the border in London, Ontario had been reassessed for $67,000. 19 days were left on the objection deadline. The reassessment rested on a departure year filed as a normal resident return with no deemed disposition reported. We filed the objection inside the deadline with a complete submission rather than a placeholder. Alongside it, 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. The appeals officer allowed the objection in full. $67,000 was reversed and the account returned to a nil balance.
A dual citizen with a US retirement account in Mississauga, Ontario faced a $78,000 proposed reassessment. It came after invoices paid to a non-resident consultant working on site in Canada with no Regulation 105 withholding taken. We rebuilt the documentation and the adjustment was withdrawn in full.
A dual citizen with a US retirement account in Mississauga, Ontario received a proposal letter opening a review of expat tax services. The CRA had identified invoices paid to a non-resident consultant working on site in Canada with no Regulation 105 withholding taken. It proposed an adjustment of $78,000, with 30 days to respond. We treated the response as an evidence exercise rather than an argument. We filed the section 216 election with the supporting rental statements and recovered the excess withholding as a refund. We then indexed every supporting document against the specific line the auditor had questioned. The proposed adjustment was withdrawn in full — all $78,000 of it. The file closed in 11 weeks with no change to the assessed amounts and no penalty.
A Canadian resident receiving US pension income in Barrie, Ontario had already been penalised. The issue was winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere. A relief application cancelled $120,000 of that penalty.
A Canadian resident receiving US pension income in Barrie, Ontario had already missed one deadline and was about to miss a second. Behind it sat winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere. A penalty of $120,000 was accruing. We split the work into what had to happen before the deadline and what could follow it. Then we reconstructed the day count on both sides of the border and documented the residency and treaty position before either revenue authority asked. The outstanding return was accepted as filed, and the taxpayer relief application cancelled $120,000 of the penalty already assessed on the earlier year.
An incentive review at a Canadian with a US employer in Burnaby, British Columbia recovered $110,000 across 5 open years. It found dividends paid to a non-resident shareholder with nothing withheld, leaving the payer holding the liability.
An incentive review at a Canadian with a US employer in Burnaby, British Columbia started from a simple question: what has never been claimed? The answer ran to 5 years. It was driven by dividends paid to a non-resident shareholder with nothing withheld, leaving the payer holding the liability. We reported the deemed disposition properly on the departure return and claimed the foreign tax credits that had been left unused. We documented eligibility to the standard a reviewer would apply rather than the standard a claim form requires. The credits produced $110,000 across the open years. The tracking now in place means the following year's claim is documented as the work happens rather than reconstructed afterwards.
18 months of records at a US citizen living in Canada in Edmonton, Alberta had never been reconciled. That left US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return. Rebuilding recovered $18,000.
Nothing reconciled at a US citizen living in Canada in Edmonton, Alberta. Every filing started with 18 months of cleanup. The file was carrying US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return. We rebuilt from source rather than correcting on top of the existing file. We aligned the Canadian and US reporting of the same income so the foreign tax credit claim carried support on both returns. Then we set the routine that keeps it clean. 18 months reconciled to the bank. The close now takes 9 days, and $18,000 of previously unclaimable input tax was recovered in the process.
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Expat Tax Services 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.
Yes. We serve clients in every province and territory at the same fixed fees, so your location does not change the price or the service. Browse our coverage across Canada to find your city.
We work across construction, healthcare, e-commerce, professional services, restaurants, real estate, transportation, technology and non-profits, each with its own deduction profile and CRA scrutiny patterns. See all industries we serve.
Software applies the rules you already know about. An experienced tax accountant finds the ones you do not: capital cost allowance timing, the small business deduction threshold, shareholder loan repayment rules, and TOSI exposure on family dividends. The fee is usually smaller than the deductions it surfaces.
Our expat tax services include complete filing, compliance management, and strategic advice customized to Canadian tax laws.
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We get this one a lot, and the answer is more concrete than people expect. 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. Bring your documents and we will show you where it lands in your numbers.
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. That is the part most owners have not heard before they sit down with us, and it usually changes what they do next.
The questions Canadians actually search on this topic, answered plainly. Browse every question in the Canadian tax answers directory.
Income tax is tax charged on the income you earn in a year, levied by both the federal government and your province or territory. Rates are graduated, so successive slices of taxable income are taxed at higher rates, and credits such as the basic personal amount reduce the tax calculated. Employment income is taxed through payroll withholding and settled on your T1 return. Quebec residents also file a separate provincial return with Revenu Quebec.
Most people file electronically with software the CRA approves for NETFILE, or have a preparer send the return through EFILE. Paper filing is still accepted and takes far longer to process. Before starting, set up My Account, confirm your direct deposit details, and download the slips the CRA already holds so your return matches its records. For the 2025 tax year the deadline was 30 April 2026, with any balance owing due the same day; a 2025 return not yet filed is late, so file it now to stop the late-filing penalty growing.
Your marginal tax rate is the rate on your next dollar of income, not on your income as a whole. Federally for 2026 that is 14%, 20.5%, 26%, 29% or 33% depending on the bracket you have reached, and your province's rate stacks on top, so an Ontario earner in the 26% federal band adds the Ontario rate for their own band. The two sets of thresholds rarely line up, so add the two rates together.
Severance is employment income in the year you receive it, taxed at your marginal rate like salary. Your employer withholds tax at source using lump-sum withholding rates, which are often lower than your final rate, so a balance can come due at filing. A retiring allowance can sometimes be transferred directly to an RRSP, sheltering it until withdrawal. Legal fees to collect severance may be deductible. Check the CRA's retiring allowances guidance before signing.
There is no general exemption an individual can apply for. Minors file and are taxed the same way as anyone else, with the same personal credits. Organizations are different: a registered charity must apply to CRA and be approved, and a non-profit organization qualifies only while it is not operated for profit and no income is payable to its members. Most trusts, and all ordinary corporations including banks, stay taxable. Some museums qualify as registered charities.
Canada has no tax-lien certificate market like the United States. Where property taxes go unpaid, the municipality eventually sells the property itself at a tax sale under provincial rules, with public notice, a minimum bid and tight deposit deadlines; you buy the land, not a lien, and often with limited ability to inspect it. CRA liens are not sold to investors. Any profit on resale is taxable, as business income or a capital gain depending on your intent.
Generally no. Exports of goods and most services supplied to a non-resident are zero-rated, so no tax is charged, you still report the sale, and you still claim input tax credits on your costs. Exceptions apply, including services relating to real property in Canada and supplies to a non-resident who is registered here. Within Canada the place-of-supply rules follow the customer, so an Ontario business billing a Quebec customer charges 5% GST rather than 13% HST, using 2026 rates.
Total income before deductions sits on line 15000 of the T1. It adds together employment income, self-employment, pensions, investment income and other sources. Net income on line 23600 comes after deductions such as RRSP contributions and union dues, and taxable income on line 26000 is lower again. A lender asking for gross income usually wants line 15000, while benefit and credit tests are almost always run on net income.
Exempt supplies carry no GST/HST and the supplier claims no input tax credits: long-term residential rent, most health, dental and childcare services, tuition for credit courses, and most financial services including insurance. Zero-rated supplies are different, taxed at 0% with input tax credits still available, and cover basic groceries, prescription drugs, many medical devices and most exports. Everything else is taxable at the 2026 rate for the province of supply, 5% to 15%.
Yes. EI benefits stack on top of any other income for the year, so they can shrink a refund or create a balance owing, because the tax Service Canada withholds is usually less than the rate that applies once the benefits sit above your employment income. Benefits also count in the net income that income-tested credits and benefits are based on. Where the T4E shows a benefit repayment rate, part of the regular benefits must be paid back.
Before. A price reduction the seller gives at the time of sale, such as a store-funded coupon, a percentage off or a marked sale price, reduces the consideration, and GST/HST is then charged on the discounted amount shown on the receipt. Manufacturer coupons and rebates paid after the sale are handled differently, and the tax may be calculated on the pre-discount price. The receipt shows the taxable amount the tax was computed on.
File the return on time regardless. The late-filing penalty is charged for filing late, not for paying late, so filing protects you even when you can send nothing with it. Then contact the CRA to set up a payment arrangement based on what you can genuinely afford; interest continues to accrue, but collection action generally holds while you keep to the schedule. Form RC4288 asks for relief from penalties and interest where circumstances beyond your control caused the delay.
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)
