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Input tax credits can generally be claimed up to four years back for smaller registrants, but the documentation the CRA demands scales with invoice size. Our multi-province pst/qst/rst filing engagement is priced as a cheap flat fee, so the cost is known before the work starts.
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The starting point is not a strategy but a constraint: Zero-rated exports carry a 0% rate but still require proof the goods left Canada. Without export documentation the CRA reassesses the sale at the domestic rate.
A related rule tends to get overlooked precisely because the first one draws all the attention: A business making both taxable and exempt supplies can only recover input tax on the taxable side. The allocation method has to be reasonable and applied consistently. Ask what a reviewer will want to see, and the answer sits in this rule: Input tax credits generally have a four-year claim window for smaller registrants, but the documentation the CRA requires scales with the invoice amount.
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A construction supplier selling into three provinces in Moncton, New Brunswick faced an $80,000 proposed reassessment. It came after a registration threshold crossed nine months before anyone registered. We rebuilt the documentation and the adjustment was withdrawn in full.
A construction supplier selling into three provinces in Moncton, New Brunswick received a proposal letter opening a review of multi-province PST/QST/RST filing. The CRA had identified a registration threshold crossed nine months before anyone registered. It proposed an adjustment of $80,000, with 30 days to respond. We treated the response as an evidence exercise rather than an argument. We backdated the registration to the date the business stopped being a small supplier, remitted the tax owing, and applied for relief on the penalty portion. We then indexed every supporting document against the specific line the auditor had questioned. The proposed adjustment was withdrawn in full — all $80,000 of it. The file closed in 10 weeks with no change to the assessed amounts and no penalty.
The CRA had assessed a used-equipment dealer in Ottawa, Ontario on estimates across 3 unfiled years. Real filings vacated $15,000 of that tax.
3 years of unfiled returns had turned into notional assessments at a used-equipment dealer in Ottawa, Ontario. Underneath lay HST charged at the home-province rate on sales into four different provinces. Collections had already started. We assembled the export documentation, restored zero-rating on the qualifying sales, and reduced the proposed assessment. We then filed every outstanding year in chronological order so the CRA could vacate the notional assessments cleanly. All 3 years were accepted as filed. $15,000 of arbitrarily assessed tax was vacated, collections action stopped, and the account is current for the first time in 3 years.
A professional practice with exempt and taxable supplies in Kitchener, Ontario had already been penalised. The issue was nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. A relief application cancelled $24,500 of that penalty.
A professional practice with exempt and taxable supplies in Kitchener, Ontario had already missed one deadline and was about to miss a second. Behind it sat nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. A penalty of $24,500 was accruing. We split the work into what had to happen before the deadline and what could follow it. Then we brought the nil and missing periods current so the account was clean before the refund claim was filed. The outstanding return was accepted as filed, and the taxpayer relief application cancelled $24,500 of the penalty already assessed on the earlier year.
A second opinion for a platform seller collecting tax at checkout in Calgary, Alberta recovered $36,500 a year. It found a commercial property purchase closed on the assumption no tax applied because the vendor was not registered in prior filings.
A platform seller collecting tax at checkout in Calgary, Alberta asked for a second opinion on multi-province PST/QST/RST filing. That followed three years of rising tax. The review found a commercial property purchase closed on the assumption no tax applied because the vendor was not registered. We built the comparison first: current structure against two alternatives. Then we rebuilt the sales ledger by customer province and applied the correct place-of-supply rate to each stream. We filed corrected returns before the CRA opened a review. First-year saving of $36,500, with the same benefit recurring. Every position taken is documented and supported in the file.
An incentive review at a wholesale food distributor in London, Ontario recovered $53,000 across 7 open years. It found nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered.
An incentive review at a wholesale food distributor in London, Ontario started from a simple question: what has never been claimed? The answer ran to 7 years. It was driven by nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. We set a defensible input tax credit allocation between taxable and exempt supplies and documented the method for future filings. We documented eligibility to the standard a reviewer would apply rather than the standard a claim form requires. The credits produced $53,000 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.
The structure at a freight brokerage in Kelowna, British Columbia no longer fitted the business. A sales tax account filed annually while the CRA had moved the business to quarterly showed it. Rebuilding it saves $54,000 a year.
The structure at a freight brokerage in Kelowna, British Columbia dated from years earlier. It had been set up for a business that no longer existed. A sales tax account filed annually while the CRA had moved the business to quarterly had become expensive. We self-assessed the tax on the real property acquisition in the correct reporting period and claimed the offsetting input tax credit in the same return. The reorganisation used the rollover provisions rather than a taxable transfer, so no tax fell due on the restructuring itself. $54,000 of annual saving, achieved on a tax-deferred basis. The minute book, elections and valuations are all in the file.
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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.
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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It depends less on opinion than owners assume. Input tax credits generally have a four-year claim window for smaller registrants, but the documentation the CRA requires scales with the invoice amount. Once you know that, the practical question becomes timing and documentation — both of which we handle inside the engagement.
Here is what the rules actually say, stripped of the folklore: A business making both taxable and exempt supplies can only recover input tax on the taxable side. The allocation method has to be reasonable and applied consistently. Our role as your tax advisor is to apply that cleanly to your situation rather than to a hypothetical one.
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Sales tax in Ontario is 13% HST for 2026, made up of the 5% federal GST and an 8% provincial share, and it has applied at that rate since 1 July 2010. There is no separate Ontario retail sales tax on top, and the CRA administers the whole 13%. Basic groceries and prescription drugs are zero-rated, so they carry nothing. Income tax is a separate calculation with its own federal and Ontario brackets.
Yes. Canada's value-added tax is GST/HST. GST is 5% federally in 2025 and 2026. In participating provinces it is combined into HST: 13% in Ontario, 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, and 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025. Registered businesses charge it on taxable sales and claim input tax credits on what they pay, so the tax lands on the final consumer.
Long-term residential rent is exempt, so a landlord charges no GST/HST on it and cannot claim input tax credits on the related costs. Commercial and office rent is taxable at the rate for the province: 5% GST, or the HST rate where HST applies. Short-term accommodation is generally taxable as well. Exempt is not zero-rated, because zero-rated supplies are taxed at 0% but still allow input tax credit recovery. Confirm the treatment before setting rents.
There are three routes: file online yourself through NETFILE certified software, have a preparer transmit it by EFILE, or mail a paper return to your CRA tax centre. Online filing returns a confirmation number straight away, and that number is your proof of filing. For 2025 returns the CRA opened online filing on 23 February 2026 and closes it on 29 January 2027 for its annual changeover; when the system reopens in February 2027 a 2025 return can still be transmitted electronically, because NETFILE and EFILE accept the current tax year plus the three preceding years.
Divide the total by one plus the rate. At Ontario's 13% in 2026, a $113 tax-included total is $113 divided by 1.13, or $100 before tax and $13 of HST. Use 1.14 in Nova Scotia, 1.15 in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, and 1.05 where only the 5% GST applies. Multiplying the total by 13 over 113 gives the Ontario tax directly.
There is no single answer, because provincial rates and personal credits change the result. The mechanics: federal tax for 2026 begins at 14% on the lowest bracket, and the basic personal amount of $16,452 shelters the first slice of income. Your province applies its own brackets and credits on top, and CPP and EI contributions come off separately. Run your province and pay period through the CRA's payroll deductions online calculator for a reliable figure.
In Canada there is a single federal return, so a refund comes from the CRA rather than from two agencies. Check progress in CRA My Account, in the CRA's mobile service, or by phoning the individual enquiries line with your details at hand. Expect roughly two weeks for a return filed online, and up to 16 weeks for a non-resident return. A refund can be held if an earlier return is missing, amounts are under review, or you owe another government debt.
Sometimes. The CRA pays refund interest when it holds your overpayment beyond the point its rules set, broadly the latest of the day after the balance-due date, the day you filed the return, and the day the overpayment arose. No interest is paid on a refund issued promptly after an on-time return, and an online return is usually processed in about two weeks. Refund interest received is itself taxable income.
Yes, but only the income inside each bracket is taxed at that bracket's rate. Federal rates for 2026 start at 14% and rise through 20.5%, 26% and 29% to 33%, and your province adds its own bracketed rates on top. A raise never reduces your take-home pay; only the dollars above the next threshold are taxed higher. Some income-tested credits and benefits do phase out as income rises, which is a separate effect.
A new assessed value or municipal rate applies for the tax year the municipality sets it for, not from the day you receive the notice. Provincial assessment bodies value properties as at a fixed valuation date and phase increases in over a cycle, then councils set the annual rates, which appear on the final bill rather than the interim one. A reassessment after a renovation or a change in use can be billed back to its effective date.
A genuine CRA call can show as blocked, private or an unfamiliar number, so the display proves nothing either way. Judge the call by its content. The CRA will not demand payment by gift card, cryptocurrency or e-transfer, will not threaten immediate arrest or deportation, and will not ask for a passport or banking password. Hang up, then call an enquiry line published on canada.ca or check My Account for a real balance.
Land transfer tax is a tax the buyer pays on closing when title changes hands, levied by most provinces — Alberta and Saskatchewan instead charge land title registration fees, and in Nova Scotia the deed transfer tax is set municipally. Where a province does levy it, the scale is usually graduated and applied to the purchase price, so a higher price attracts a higher effective rate. Some municipalities charge a second land transfer tax of their own, and several provinces, including Ontario and British Columbia, offer first-time buyer relief, as does the City of Toronto on its own municipal tax. Your lawyer collects and remits it at closing, so check your province's current schedule before you budget.
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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.
Sources. CRA — GST/HST for businesses · CRA — GST/HST rates by province · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
