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Tax Filings Canada provides cheap, fixed-fee fundraising readiness across Canada: cash-flow forecasts, budgets, KPI dashboards and board-ready reporting, built for scaling businesses that need finance leadership without the headcount, with payment only after your work is complete.
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We build the fundraising readiness file carefully, matching your records line by line.
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A rolling thirteen-week cash-flow forecast is the single most used tool in our advisory work — it is what keeps payroll safe through a slow quarter. Because the fee is fixed and cheap, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
What follows is the working view of a tax practitioner who prepares fundraising readiness week in, week out — the points that decide real files.
There is no way around the opening fact, so it may as well come first. Interest is deductible where the borrowed money is used to earn income from a business or property. The test is what the money actually funded. The paper trail linking each borrowing to its use is what supports the deduction when the loan and the spending sit years apart.
The detail that surprises most owners comes next. Amounts received for services not yet performed are included in income when received, with a reserve available only where the statutory conditions are met. A cash balance built out of customer prepayments can carry a tax liability inside it. That is why deferred revenue is not a financing source. Calendars matter more than most people expect in fundraising readiness, and this is the rule that proves it: Working capital, not profit, is what constrains growth. A business scaling receivables faster than it collects them runs out of cash while the income statement looks healthy.
In practice, this is why fundraising readiness rewards a tax practitioner rather than a generic preparer: each of these points is a judgement call before it is a keystroke. Every fundraising readiness file rests on documentation, so start by collecting.
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33 months of records at a manufacturer planning a plant expansion in Victoria, British Columbia had never been reconciled. That left a monthly report that stopped at the income statement, with no balance sheet and no cash view. Rebuilding recovered $8,000.
Nothing reconciled at a manufacturer planning a plant expansion in Victoria, British Columbia. Every filing started with 33 months of cleanup. The file was carrying a monthly report that stopped at the income statement, with no balance sheet and no cash view. We rebuilt from source rather than correcting on top of the existing file. We set a quarterly tax provision, so the instalments and the year-end balance were funded before they came due. Then we set the routine that keeps it clean. 33 months reconciled to the bank. The close now takes 4 days, and $8,000 of previously unclaimable input tax was recovered in the process.
A $143,000 reassessment was proposed against a family business planning succession in Guelph, Ontario. It followed a borrowing drawn for an unrelated personal purchase with the interest claimed against the business. The documented response reduced it to nil.
A review notice arrived at a family business planning succession in Guelph, Ontario, covering fundraising readiness for two tax years. The auditor's working position was an adjustment of $143,000. It was driven by a borrowing drawn for an unrelated personal purchase with the interest claimed against the business. Rather than negotiate, we rebuilt the record. We rebuilt the reporting around gross margin by service line, which showed two of five offerings were losing money at the current price. 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 $143,000 and leaving the prior filings undisturbed.
The structure at a professional practice adding partners in Mississauga, Ontario no longer fitted the business. A healthy bank balance made up almost entirely of deposits for work not yet performed showed it. Rebuilding it saves $33,500 a year.
The structure at a professional practice adding partners in Mississauga, Ontario dated from years earlier. It had been set up for a business that no longer existed. A healthy bank balance made up almost entirely of deposits for work not yet performed had become expensive. We produced a board-ready monthly package — cash, margin, pipeline and covenant headroom — that replaced a spreadsheet nobody trusted. The reorganisation used the rollover provisions rather than a taxable transfer, so no tax fell due on the restructuring itself. $33,500 of annual saving, achieved on a tax-deferred basis. The minute book, elections and valuations are all in the file.
A business whose margin varies by service line in Surrey, British Columbia was overpaying instalments. The cause was a growth plan with no forecast behind it and no financing lined up. Rebasing them returned $82,000 to the business.
A business whose margin varies by service line in Surrey, British Columbia was paying instalments calculated on a prior year. That year no longer reflected the business. A growth plan with no forecast behind it and no financing lined up was tying up $82,000 of cash. We rebased the instalments on the current-year estimate rather than the prior-year default. Alongside that, we traced each borrowing to what it actually funded and kept the interest deduction on the portion used to earn business income. $82,000 of cash stayed in the business, the penalty cycle ended, and the instalment position is reviewed each quarter against actual results.
An incentive review at a subscription business tracking churn in Brampton, Ontario recovered $60,000 across 6 open years. It found a healthy bank balance made up almost entirely of deposits for work not yet performed.
An incentive review at a subscription business tracking churn in Brampton, Ontario started from a simple question: what has never been claimed? The answer ran to 6 years. It was driven by a healthy bank balance made up almost entirely of deposits for work not yet performed. We built a rolling thirteen-week cash-flow model, tightened collections, and renegotiated supplier terms so the growth stopped consuming the bank balance. We documented eligibility to the standard a reviewer would apply rather than the standard a claim form requires. The credits produced $60,000 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.
A company hiring its first finance staff in Windsor, Ontario was carrying $107,000 of penalties and interest. The charges arose from a covenant breach discovered only when the bank called. A relief application cancelled that amount.
An assessment of $107,000 landed at a company hiring its first finance staff in Windsor, Ontario following a desk review. It turned on a covenant breach discovered only when the bank called. The auditor had not seen the records behind it. We modelled the covenant ratios monthly and restructured the debt before the next test date rather than after it. We then set out the legislative basis for the position alongside the documents supporting it. $107,000 of penalties and interest was cancelled under the taxpayer relief provisions, and the underlying assessment was adjusted to match the filed position.
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Fundraising Readiness 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 fundraising readiness services include complete filing, compliance management, and strategic advice customized to Canadian tax laws.
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The honest answer comes down to one rule. Bank covenants are tested on ratios, not on profit. A business can be comfortably profitable and still breach a working-capital covenant. That is the part we verify before anything is filed.
Our answer starts where the legislation starts. A fractional CFO covers forecasting, banking relationships and pricing decisions for a fraction of what a full-time hire costs. 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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For the 2025 tax year the filing and payment deadline is 30 April 2026. If you or your spouse were self-employed, the filing deadline moves to 15 June 2026, but any balance owing is still due 30 April 2026. Interest starts the day after the payment deadline, and a late-filing penalty applies on top when a return with a balance owing is filed late. File on time even with nothing owing, because income-tested benefits are recalculated from the filed return.
Sign in to CRA My Account, or use the CRA's mobile app, where the return shows as received, in process or assessed, and the refund amount and payment date appear once it has been assessed. The CRA also runs an automated telephone service giving the same information. A representative you have authorised through Represent a Client can check it for you. If the status has not moved past the published processing time, the return is probably under review.
For the 2026 tax year, federal rates are 14% on the first $58,523 of taxable income, 20.5% from there to $117,045, 26% to $181,440, 29% to $258,482, and 33% above that. Each rate applies only to the income inside its own band, so moving into a higher bracket does not raise the tax on the income below it. Provincial or territorial tax is added on top.
Sign in to CRA My Account and open the tax returns section, which lists your assessed returns, notices of assessment and reassessment, and carry-forward amounts for earlier years. You can also download a proof of income statement, request a copy by phone, or ask whoever prepared the return for you. Keep your own copy and the supporting records for six years from the end of the tax year they relate to.
Two different things are often called an exemption. Exempt supplies - most health care, education, child care, financial services and long-term residential rent - carry no GST/HST, and the supplier cannot claim input tax credits on related costs. Zero-rated supplies such as basic groceries, prescription drugs and exports are taxed at 0% but input tax credits are still available. Separately, a small supplier under $30,000 of taxable revenue need not register or charge tax.
Property tax relief for seniors is municipal or provincial, not a CRA program, so eligibility is set by where you live. Municipalities commonly offer a deferral, or a freeze on increases, for older homeowners who meet income, age and residency tests, with the deferred amount registered against the property until it is sold. Some provinces also run a homeowner grant or a property tax credit claimed through your return. Check your municipality's and province's own pages.
Tax is owing because the amounts withheld or paid by instalments during the year fell short of the tax your return calculates. Usual causes are a second job or pension where each payer withholds as if it were your only income, self-employment or gig income with nothing deducted at source, investment or rental profit, and CPP payable on self-employed earnings. Compare the tax deducted on your slips against the total tax on the return to find the gap.
There is no single rate. On purchases, GST is 5%, with HST of 13% in Ontario, 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, and 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025; Quebec adds 9.975% QST, British Columbia 7% PST, Saskatchewan 6% PST and Manitoba 7% RST. On income, the 2026 federal brackets begin at 14% and rise through 20.5%, 26% and 29% to 33%, with provincial tax charged on top.
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.
Often not. Scholarships, fellowships and bursaries received by a student enrolled in a program that qualifies for the education amount are generally exempt in full, so nothing is added to taxable income even though the payer issues a T4A. Elementary and secondary school awards are exempt. Post-doctoral fellowships and amounts tied to part-time or non-qualifying programs are only partly exempt. Report the slip and let the exemption apply; check the CRA's scholarship exemption page.
Total income is measured before tax. On a T1 it is the sum of your income sources for the year, such as employment income from your T4, self-employment, investment, and pension amounts, added up before deductions and before any tax withheld. Tax withheld at source is a payment toward your final bill, not a reduction in income. Deductions take total income down to net income, and further deductions give taxable income, which the rates apply to.
For an individual it is the social insurance number, which the CRA uses to identify you on your return and your benefit accounts. A business gets a business number, extended by a program account for each purpose, such as corporate income tax, payroll and GST/HST. Anyone who must file but cannot obtain a social insurance number, a non-resident for example, applies to the CRA for an individual tax number instead.
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.
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