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A partnership generally must file a T5013 information return once its absolute revenues plus expenses pass $2 million, or when it has a corporate partner. Because the fee is fixed and affordable, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
If you handle Joint Venture Accounting and Tax once a year, everything looks equally important. Handle it weekly, as a tax professional does, and a clear hierarchy emerges; these notes follow that hierarchy.
Before anything else, one rule sets the frame. A partner’s adjusted cost base in the partnership interest is reduced by draws and increased by allocated income. A negative ACB triggers an immediate capital gain.
It would be simpler if the story ended there, but a second rule enters almost immediately. Transferring a proprietorship into a corporation can be done on a tax-deferred basis under section 85. The deferral holds only if the election is filed on time with the correct elected amounts. The third rule is where the real exposure hides. A partnership is not a taxpayer. Income is computed at the partnership level and allocated to the partners. They report and pay tax on their allocated share whether or not a dollar was drawn out that year.
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An incentive review at a proprietor preparing to incorporate in Regina, Saskatchewan recovered $116,000 across 4 open years. It found a partnership that crossed the T5013 threshold two years before anyone noticed.
An incentive review at a proprietor preparing to incorporate in Regina, Saskatchewan started from a simple question: what has never been claimed? The answer ran to 4 years. It was driven by a partnership that crossed the T5013 threshold two years before anyone noticed. We reconciled each partner’s allocation, capital account and drawings, so what was reported for tax matched the agreement instead of the cash taken. We documented eligibility to the standard a reviewer would apply rather than the standard a claim form requires. The credits produced $116,000 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.
Due diligence at a two-partner architecture practice in Toronto, Ontario surfaced passive assets sitting inside the operating company, disqualifying the shares. Restructuring the sale saved $240,000 against the original terms.
A two-partner architecture practice in Toronto, Ontario was preparing to sell. Due diligence surfaced passive assets sitting inside the operating company, disqualifying the shares. That would have reduced the price or killed the deal outright. We cleaned up the historical file. We filed the outstanding T5013 returns with full partner allocations and requested penalty relief on the basis of the first-time nature of the failure. Then we prepared the due-diligence package the buyer's advisers actually asked for. The deal closed at the agreed price. $240,000 of tax was saved against the structure originally proposed, with no post-closing adjustment.
5 years of returns were outstanding at a farming partnership in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. That came on top of a partnership that crossed the T5013 threshold two years before anyone noticed. Filing on real numbers removed $73,000 of assessed tax.
A farming partnership in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan had not filed for 5 years. The CRA had issued arbitrary assessments. The business was carrying a partnership that crossed the T5013 threshold two years before anyone noticed. That came on top of a growing interest balance. We started with the oldest year and worked forward so each year's closing balances fed the next. We kept the proprietorship on a December 31 fiscal period and moved the year-end question into the incorporation plan where it could actually be answered. We filed the years in sequence rather than all at once. Every year is now filed and assessed on actual figures. The notional assessments were vacated and $73,000 of the estimated balance came off, with a payment arrangement covering the rest.
A partnership with a corporate partner in Barrie, Ontario needed a holding structure. It had to deal with a profit split applied in practice that the written agreement did not support. The reorganisation was tax-neutral and removed $57,000 of annual exposure.
The structure at a partnership with a corporate partner in Barrie, Ontario needed fixing. The file was carrying a profit split applied in practice that the written agreement did not support. Every option for fixing it ran through a reorganisation that had to be done without triggering tax. We worked with the client's lawyer. Together, we restructured the draw policy so no partner’s adjusted cost base went negative again, and reported the deemed gain correctly for the year it arose. We also prepared the elections, resolutions and valuations the structure needed to stand up. The structure now matches the business. Annual saving of $57,000, and the reorganisation itself was tax-neutral.
A $142,000 reassessment landed at a limited partnership with passive investors in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It rested on a partner taxed on an allocation in a year they had drawn nothing at all. The objection was allowed in full.
A limited partnership with passive investors in Winnipeg, Manitoba had been reassessed for $142,000. 11 days were left on the objection deadline. The reassessment rested on a partner taxed on an allocation in a year they had drawn nothing at all. We filed the objection inside the deadline with a complete submission rather than a placeholder. Alongside it, we drafted the allocation, admission and withdrawal terms into a written agreement before the next partner was admitted. The appeals officer allowed the objection in full. $142,000 was reversed and the account returned to a nil balance.
A sole proprietor consultant in Red Deer, Alberta had already been penalised. The issue was three partners operating on a handshake, with no written agreement covering allocations or a departure. A relief application cancelled $71,000 of that penalty.
A sole proprietor consultant in Red Deer, Alberta had already missed one deadline and was about to miss a second. Behind it sat three partners operating on a handshake, with no written agreement covering allocations or a departure. A penalty of $71,000 was accruing. We split the work into what had to happen before the deadline and what could follow it. Then we rewrote the partnership allocation to match how the practice actually operated, effective for the following fiscal year. The outstanding return was accepted as filed, and the taxpayer relief application cancelled $71,000 of the penalty already assessed on the earlier year.
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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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There is a widespread assumption here, and the actual position is worth stating plainly. Sole proprietors report business income on form T2125 inside the T1. The June 15 filing extension does not move the April 30 payment date, so interest runs on anything owing from May 1. If your current setup was built on the assumption instead of the rule, that is fixable — but sooner is better than later.
A tax preparation specialist answers this differently than a search engine, because the rule has edges. Partnership income is allocated to partners according to the partnership agreement, and an allocation the agreement does not support can be reallocated by the CRA. Where your business sits relative to those edges is what we establish in the first meeting.
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Property tax on the home you live in is not deductible. It becomes deductible only where the property earns income: the full amount against the rental income of a property you rent out, the rented or business proportion of a mixed-use property, and the workspace share when you run a business from home. Business and farm properties follow the same principle. Keep the municipal bills, because the CRA can ask to see them.
Multiply the price by the tax rate written as a decimal, then add that result to the price. The quicker version is to multiply the price by one plus the rate in decimal form, which produces the total in a single step. Use the combined rate for the province where the sale takes place, because the place of supply is what sets the rate. Look the current rate up first, since the provincial portion is not the same across the country.
No. Borrowed money is not income because you have to repay it, so a personal or business loan is not reported as income on your return. Interest you pay may be deductible if the money earns business or investment income. Two situations do bite: a debt that is forgiven can create income or reduce a cost base, and an interest-free or low-interest loan from your own corporation can produce a taxable benefit. Get advice before lending to yourself.
Use CRA My Account for personal tax, or My Business Account for a corporation, payroll or GST/HST number. Register with your social insurance number, date of birth and an amount from a recent return, or sign in through a participating bank. You can then view notices of assessment, slips the CRA holds, RRSP and TFSA room, balances owing and benefit payments. Multi-factor authentication is required, so set up your sign-in method before you need the information.
A financial transaction tax is a levy charged on the value of a trade in securities or currency, paid each time an asset changes hands. Canada does not have one, and it has no securities transaction tax of the sort India applies. Canadian investors are taxed on results instead: capital gains at the one-half inclusion rate for 2025 and 2026, plus tax on dividends and interest. Trading fees you pay are commissions, not tax.
Not for owing money. A balance is collected civilly through interest, garnishment, liens and set-off against benefits. Imprisonment is only possible for criminal offences such as tax evasion or making false statements, and that takes an investigation, a prosecution and a conviction in court. Filing late or making mistakes is not evasion. Correcting the record yourself, by amending returns or using the voluntary disclosures route, is treated far better than waiting to be found.
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.
For the 2025 tax year the self-employed filing deadline is 15 June 2026, but any balance owing was still due 30 April 2026. Interest runs on unpaid amounts from the day after the payment deadline even though the return itself is not late, so estimate and pay by the April date and file by June. The later filing date covers you and your spouse if either of you carried on a business. Instalments may also apply through the year.
Any business making taxable supplies in Canada must register and collect GST/HST once it stops being a small supplier, which for 2026 means taxable revenue exceeding the $30,000 threshold over four consecutive calendar quarters or in one quarter. Taxi and ride-share drivers must register whatever their revenue, and non-resident digital platforms follow their own registration rules. The CRA administers the tax and receives the remittance, except in Quebec, where Revenu Quebec does. Registering voluntarily below the threshold is allowed.
Part I tax is the main income tax the Income Tax Act imposes on individuals, corporations and trusts on their taxable income, so when a corporate return shows Part I tax, that is its ordinary federal income tax. For 2026, a Canadian-controlled private corporation pays the 9% federal small business rate on the first $500,000 of active business income and the 15% general net rate above that. Other Parts of the Act carry separate levies, including tax on a private corporation's investment income.
A refund cheque does not expire, and neither does your right to the money. Ask the CRA to trace and reissue it through My Account or by phone; a stale-dated cheque is replaced rather than written off. Set up direct deposit so it cannot happen again. For a 2025 return filed in 2026, the CRA's target is two weeks for a return filed online on or before the due date and 16 weeks for a non-resident return — longer if the return is selected for review, and one year's refund is paid as a single amount, not instalments.
Fuel is deductible only for the income-earning share of your driving. A self-employed person keeps the receipts and claims the business-use percentage of total vehicle costs, backed by a kilometre log. Where a business reimburses an employee instead, the CRA per-kilometre allowance for 2026 is 73 cents for the first 5,000 kilometres and 67 cents after that, and for 2025 it was 72 cents and 66 cents, with 4 cents more in the territories. Commuting never qualifies.
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 — Businesses · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
