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Yes — intercompany loan benchmarking can be handled entirely online. Tax Filings Canada covers treaty positions, foreign tax credits, T1135 disclosure and non-resident withholding for Canadians with US ties and non-residents earning Canadian income at budget-friendly fixed fees, pay-after-service.
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The T1135 foreign income verification statement applies once specified foreign property passes $100,000 in cost — late-filing penalties start at $25 a day. Because the fee is fixed and budget-friendly, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
There is a version of intercompany loan benchmarking that runs smoothly and a version that turns into correspondence. The difference is rarely luck; it comes down to details any tax professional handling these files weekly learns to check first.
The first thing worth pinning down is this: The rate charged follows the customer's province, not the seller's: 13% into Ontario, 15% into New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and PEI, 14% into Nova Scotia (since 1 April 2025), 5% plus provincial tax elsewhere. A seller charging its own province's rate nationally is under-collecting on some sales and over-collecting on others, and owes the difference on the under-collected ones.
Right behind it comes a rule owners rarely hear about until it bites: Part XIII withholding of 25 percent applies to dividends, rents, royalties and certain interest paid to non-residents. It is reduced only by the rate the applicable treaty allows. The Canadian payer is liable for tax it failed to withhold, and the amounts are reported on an NR4 information return. Then there is the matter of timing, which forgives very little: A payment to a non-resident for services performed in Canada is subject to 15 percent withholding under Regulation 105. That applies whether or not the non-resident ends up owing Canadian tax. A waiver has to be applied for before the payment is made, and the payer that withheld nothing is the one assessed.
For you, the takeaway is less about memorizing rules and more about timing the conversation. Bringing a tax professional in early on intercompany loan benchmarking means the rules shape the file instead of correcting it. Gathering the following ahead of time turns the first intercompany loan benchmarking conversation from fact-finding into decision-making.
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An inbound transferee on assignment in Windsor, Ontario expanded into a second province. The file already carried foreign accounts that had passed the $100,000 T1135 threshold three years earlier. Every obligation was set up in advance and $82,000 of cash released.
Revenue at an inbound transferee on assignment in Windsor, Ontario was up sharply and cash was tighter than ever. Underneath it sat foreign accounts that had passed the $100,000 T1135 threshold three years earlier. We filed the outstanding T1135 disclosures through the Voluntary Disclosures Program, which eliminated the penalty exposure entirely. Every new obligation was set up before it was triggered, not after. That covered registration, remittance frequency and provincial filing. $82,000 of cash was released from the working capital cycle. The expansion completed with every registration and filing obligation covered from day one.
A contractor working on both sides of the border in Mississauga, Ontario was overpaying instalments. The cause was winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere. Rebasing them returned $126,000 to the business.
A contractor working on both sides of the border in Mississauga, Ontario was paying instalments calculated on a prior year. That year no longer reflected the business. Winters spent in the United States with the day count kept casually and no residency position documented anywhere was tying up $126,000 of cash. We rebased the instalments on the current-year estimate rather than the prior-year default. Alongside that, we filed the section 216 election with the supporting rental statements and recovered the excess withholding as a refund. $126,000 of cash stayed in the business, the penalty cycle ended, and the instalment position is reviewed each quarter against actual results.
A remuneration review at a Canadian resident with a US rental property in Burnaby, British Columbia saved $15,500 across the corporate and personal returns. It found dividends paid to a non-resident shareholder with nothing withheld, leaving the payer holding the liability.
Nothing was wrong at a Canadian resident with a US rental property in Burnaby, British Columbia. The filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. Dividends paid to a non-resident shareholder with nothing withheld, leaving the payer holding the liability had never been reviewed. 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 ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns, so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $15,500 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.
Foreign holdings at a snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Kelowna, British Columbia had crossed the reporting threshold unnoticed. Disclosure was brought current and $143,000 recovered.
Foreign holdings at a snowbird spending winters in Arizona in Kelowna, British Columbia had passed the reporting threshold without anyone noticing. Behind the disclosure problem sat invoices paid to a non-resident consultant working on site in Canada with no Regulation 105 withholding taken. We reconstructed the day count on both sides of the border and documented the residency and treaty position before either revenue authority asked. 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.
An emigrant who left Canada mid-year in Winnipeg, Manitoba was under review. The issue was US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return. The file closed in 7 weeks with $80,000 of proposed tax cleared.
An emigrant who left Canada mid-year in Winnipeg, Manitoba was selected for review. US tax paid but no foreign tax credit claimed on the Canadian return had shown up in the CRA's automated matching. The proposed adjustment on intercompany loan benchmarking came to $80,000. We restructured the US holding so the Canadian and US characterisations aligned, ending the double taxation going forward. Every figure in the response traced to a source record the auditor could verify without asking a second question. The review closed with no change. $80,000 of proposed tax came off the table, and the documentation now in place makes the next review a short one.
A shareholder of a US LLC in Kitchener, Ontario had never tested its work against the eligibility rules. The resulting $106,000 claim was accepted without adjustment.
A shareholder of a US LLC in Kitchener, Ontario assumed the credits did not apply to a business its size. 25% withholding on gross Canadian rent where a section 216 election would have taxed only the net meant they had applied all along. We identified the qualifying activity and built the documentation to support it. Then we reported the deemed disposition properly on the departure return and claimed the foreign tax credits that had been left unused. $106,000 recovered. Because the eligibility analysis is on file, the same claim can be repeated each year with a fraction of the effort.
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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.
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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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Here is what the rules actually say, stripped of the folklore: 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. Our role as your tax consultant is to apply that cleanly to your situation rather than to a hypothetical one.
It depends less on opinion than owners assume. 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. Once you know that, the practical question becomes timing and documentation — both of which we handle inside the engagement.
The questions Canadians actually search on this topic, answered plainly. Browse every question in the Canadian tax answers directory.
Most people pay through online or telephone banking, adding the CRA as a payee and choosing the exact account and year, such as a personal balance owing or an instalment. The alternatives are CRA My Payment with a debit card, pre-authorised debit scheduled in My Account, a credit card or e-transfer through a third-party provider that charges its own fee, or paying at your bank with a remittance voucher. For the 2025 tax year the balance was due 30 April 2026.
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.
For personal income tax, your account number is your social insurance number. For a business it is the nine-digit business number plus the two-letter program identifier and four-digit reference, so corporation tax, GST/HST and payroll each have their own account. Select the matching payment type and the correct tax year or period as well: a payment posted to the wrong program or year leaves the balance you meant to clear still outstanding and still accruing interest.
The lowest federal rate is 14% for 2026 and later years, down from 15%. The cut took effect 1 July 2025, so the 2025 tax year uses a blended 14.5% on the first $57,375 of taxable income. Because non-refundable credits such as the basic personal amount are claimed at the lowest rate, each credit is worth slightly less per dollar than before, which offsets part of the saving.
Yes. Employer and Canadian Armed Forces pensions, CPP, OAS and RRIF withdrawals are all taxable and reported on slips each year. Tax is withheld from most pensions, though CPP and OAS withholding is optional, so many retirees end up with a balance owing. Pension income splitting with a spouse and the pension income amount can reduce the bill. A Veterans Affairs disability award paid as pain and suffering compensation is not taxable.
No, in the ordinary case. Basic groceries are zero-rated, so plain meat, fish, produce, milk and bread carry no GST or HST. Tax applies once food is prepared or falls into an excluded category: restaurant and takeout meals, heated food, snack foods, candy, carbonated drinks and single servings sold ready to eat. A package of raw chicken is untaxed while a hot cooked chicken from the same store is taxed.
Ask the employer first, since slips are due to employees by the end of February for the prior year. If it still does not come, most T4 information appears in My Account and can be pulled into most tax software using auto-fill my return. Failing that, file on time using your pay records and final pay stub and estimate the amounts. Filing late costs more than a small estimating error, and you can correct the figures afterwards with a T1-ADJ.
Other income is the catch-all line on the T1 for taxable amounts that fit nowhere else: certain retiring allowances, death benefits, some scholarship, bursary or grant income, and various payments reported on a T4A that have no dedicated line of their own. It is ordinary income taxed at your marginal rate. Tax is often not withheld on these amounts, so they can leave a balance owing. Match the slip's box number to the CRA guide before choosing a line.
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.
None of it, if you are a resident of Canada for tax purposes. Residents report worldwide income in Canadian dollars, whatever tax was already paid abroad. Relief comes from the foreign tax credit and from treaty rules, so double taxation is reduced rather than the income being ignored. Non-residents are taxed only on Canadian-source income. Holding foreign property above a reporting threshold also triggers a separate annual information return, which is a disclosure obligation rather than a tax.
You can, but only with proof. A child care expense claim needs a receipt from the provider showing their name, address, the amount paid and the period covered, and where the provider is an individual, their social insurance number. Cash is not the problem; an undocumented payment is, because the CRA routinely asks for receipts and denies the claim when none exist. Ask for a written receipt each time you pay and keep it for six years after the end of the tax year it relates to.
Yes, in most cases. Annual dues you must pay to maintain a professional status recognised by statute, such as a law society, are deductible from employment income, and from business income if you are self-employed. Only the compulsory portion counts: voluntary association memberships, initiation or admission fees and most insurance levies do not. If your employer paid or reimbursed the dues you cannot claim them again. Keep the receipt and check the CRA guidance on professional dues.
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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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