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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. Because the fee is fixed and pocket-friendly, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
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One rule does most of the work here. Input tax credits generally have a four-year claim window for smaller registrants, but the documentation the CRA requires scales with the invoice amount.
The next point is the one a tax consultant checks before quoting any timeline: 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. One more, because it surfaces in reviews constantly: 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.
What this means in practice: the rules themselves are public, but applying them to your situation is where a tax consultant earns the fee. Two files can read the same rules and land in very different places. Before the first meeting, it helps to pull together the records that let a tax consultant see your situation whole.
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The ledger at a platform seller collecting tax at checkout in Halifax, Nova Scotia could not support its own filings. The reason was nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. Rebuilding it surfaced $4,100 in unclaimed input tax.
A platform seller collecting tax at checkout in Halifax, Nova Scotia could not answer basic questions about its own numbers. Nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered sat between the bank statements and the ledger. We tested the quick method against the account’s actual input tax credit history and stayed on the regular method where the credits were worth more. We then documented the process so the work does not depend on any one person remembering how it was done. Records rebuilt and reconciled, $4,100 recovered in input tax credits that the old file could not support, and a documented monthly process now in place.
A 5-week rebuild at a construction supplier selling into three provinces in Winnipeg, Manitoba got the filing in with 20 days to spare. That avoided $91,000 in penalties.
A construction supplier selling into three provinces in Winnipeg, Manitoba was weeks away from the deadline for new housing rebate assistance. Behind that sat a sales tax account filed annually while the CRA had moved the business to quarterly. The exposure if the date slipped was around $91,000. We brought the nil and missing periods current so the account was clean before the refund claim was filed. The filing went in complete rather than provisional, so there was no amended return to follow. Filed with 20 days to spare. $91,000 in late-filing penalties avoided, and the working papers are ready for the following year.
A wholesale food distributor in Mississauga, Ontario was carrying $38,500 of penalties and interest. The charges arose from a registration threshold crossed nine months before anyone registered. A relief application cancelled that amount.
An assessment of $38,500 landed at a wholesale food distributor in Mississauga, Ontario following a desk review. It turned on a registration threshold crossed nine months before anyone registered. The auditor had not seen the records behind it. 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. We then set out the legislative basis for the position alongside the documents supporting it. $38,500 of penalties and interest was cancelled under the taxpayer relief provisions, and the underlying assessment was adjusted to match the filed position.
A used-equipment dealer in Toronto, Ontario had outgrown its structure. The visible cost was a commercial property purchase closed on the assumption no tax applied because the vendor was not registered. The reorganisation completed tax-deferred and saves $38,500 a year.
A used-equipment dealer in Toronto, Ontario had outgrown the structure it started with. A commercial property purchase closed on the assumption no tax applied because the vendor was not registered was the immediate problem. The longer-term one was that the structure blocked the next step. We mapped the current structure and modelled the target. Then we filed the section 156 election for the related registrants, so supplies between them stopped carrying tax that served no purpose but cash-flow drag. The tax-deferred elections were filed on time and the supporting valuations documented. The reorganisation completed without triggering tax, and the new structure saves approximately $38,500 a year while removing the exposure the old one carried.
4 years of returns were outstanding at a freight brokerage in Kelowna, British Columbia. That came on top of export sales zero-rated with no shipping documentation behind them. Filing on real numbers removed $103,000 of assessed tax.
A freight brokerage in Kelowna, British Columbia had not filed for 4 years. The CRA had issued arbitrary assessments. The business was carrying export sales zero-rated with no shipping documentation behind them. 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 assembled the export documentation, restored zero-rating on the qualifying sales, and reduced the proposed assessment. 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 $103,000 of the estimated balance came off, with a payment arrangement covering the rest.
A professional practice with exempt and taxable supplies in Windsor, Ontario was preparing to sell. However, passive assets sitting inside the operating company, disqualifying the shares disqualified the shares. Purification sheltered $420,000 under the exemption.
A professional practice with exempt and taxable supplies in Windsor, Ontario had an offer on the table and 16 months to close. The shares did not qualify for the capital gains exemption. Passive assets sitting inside the operating company, disqualifying the shares was part of the reason. We purified the corporation so the shares met the qualifying tests. We set a defensible input tax credit allocation between taxable and exempt supplies and documented the method for future filings. All of it was done well ahead of the closing date. The sale closed on schedule with $420,000 sheltered by the lifetime capital gains exemption across the shareholders.
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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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A sale of real property is taxable unless an exemption applies. The vendor not being registered does not make it tax free. A purchaser that is a registrant acquiring the property for use in a commercial activity self-assesses the tax. It does so on its own return instead of paying the tax to the vendor. We flag this early with every client it touches, because finding it out at filing time leaves you far fewer options than finding it out now.
There is a widespread assumption here, and the actual position is worth stating plainly. Closely related registrants can elect under section 156 to treat supplies between them as made for nil consideration. The election has to be filed with the CRA rather than signed and left in the minute book. An unfiled election means the inter-company charges were taxable all along. If your current setup was built on the assumption instead of the rule, that is fixable — but sooner is better than later.
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GST is 5% in British Columbia for 2026, the same federal rate that applies everywhere in Canada. BC is not a harmonised province, so that 5% GST is charged alongside a separate 7% provincial sales tax, giving 12% on most taxable purchases. The two taxes have different exemption lists, which is why some items show 5% only. GST-registered businesses can recover the GST they pay on business inputs.
Sales tax in Quebec totals 14.975% for 2026: the 5% federal GST plus 9.975% QST. The QST is charged on the pre-GST price, not on the GST-included amount, so a $100 purchase carries $5 GST and $9.98 QST, about $14.98 in total. Revenu Quebec administers both taxes rather than the CRA, so registration, returns and remittances go there, and a business selling into Quebec from another province may still have to register.
GST is the federal 5% tax charged across Canada, unchanged for 2026. PST is a provincial tax added on top of it: 7% in British Columbia for 12% combined, 6% in Saskatchewan for 11% combined, and Manitoba's 7% retail sales tax for 12% combined. You register and remit with the province, and provincial tax on business inputs is usually a cost rather than a credit. Quebec's 9.975% QST is recoverable by registrants. Alberta and the territories charge the 5% GST only.
No - basic groceries are zero-rated, taxed at 0% in 2026, so bread, milk, vegetables and most unprepared food carry no GST/HST. Zero-rated is not the same as exempt: a grocer selling zero-rated food still claims input tax credits on rent, equipment and other costs, which a supplier of exempt goods cannot. Snack foods, restaurant meals and many prepared items fall outside basic groceries and are taxed at the full rate.
No. Quebec sits outside the HST system. You charge the 5% federal GST plus Quebec sales tax at 9.975%, applied to the pre-GST price, for a combined 14.975%. The two are reported separately, and QST is generally administered by Revenu Quebec rather than the CRA. If you sell into Quebec from another province, check on the Revenu Quebec site whether you must register for QST as well as GST/HST.
Generally no. Counselling is an eligible medical expense only when the person providing it is a medical practitioner authorized to practise in your province and that profession appears on the CRA's list, a psychologist for instance. Counselling from someone outside that list, including many marriage and relationship counsellors, does not qualify. Legal fees to obtain support payments follow separate, narrow rules. Keep receipts and check the CRA's list of authorized medical practitioners for your province before claiming.
Employers must give employees their T4 slip for a calendar year by the last day of February in the following year, whether by mail, secure portal or in person. Most also file the slips with the CRA at the same time, so your T4 usually appears in CRA My Account soon after. If yours has not arrived by early March, ask your payroll contact first, then check My Account.
Yes, through several taxes stacked on one purchase. Ottawa charges an excise duty on tobacco manufactured in or imported into Canada, each province adds its own tobacco tax, and GST or HST applies to the retail price on top. Vaping products carry a separate federal duty, shared with some provinces. Rates are adjusted in most budgets and by indexing, so check the current excise duty rates on the CRA site instead of relying on an older figure.
Use the CRA's informant leads programme, which accepts reports online, by phone or by mail about unreported income, unremitted GST/HST or payroll, and false claims. Give names, addresses, business details and what you saw yourself; copies of documents help. You can report anonymously, and the CRA will not tell you the outcome, because taxpayer information stays confidential. A separate offshore informant programme can pay an award on large international cases.
The three levers are deductions that reduce the income you are taxed on, credits that reduce the tax itself, and moving savings into registered plans. RRSP room is the lesser of 18% of prior-year earned income and the year's dollar limit — $32,490 for 2025 and $33,810 for 2026 — then reduced by any pension adjustment and increased by unused room carried forward. A TFSA shelters growth instead of deferring tax. Claim every eligible expense, split eligible pension income where the rules allow, and carry unused amounts forward rather than losing them.
Tips are taxable income, whether paid in cash, on a card, or through a pool. Where the employer controls and distributes them, such as a mandatory service charge or a house pool, they count as employment income, appear on your T4, and carry CPP and EI. Tips customers hand you directly are still taxable but usually are not on the T4, so you report them yourself. Keep a daily record to support the amount.
Other employment income is employment-related money that does not show up in the employment income box of a T4. Common examples are tips and gratuities, employment income earned outside Canada, net research grants, wage-loss replacement benefits, royalties from your own work, and certain amounts allocated by a partnership. You report it on the other employment income line of the T1 even when no slip was issued, and you keep your own records supporting the figure.
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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 — Businesses · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
