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Payroll Correction Services from Tax Filings Canada gives employers from their first hire to multi-province teams payroll runs, CPP/EI withholdings, T4 slips and records of employment at a cheap fixed fee agreed before work begins — no hourly billing, no surprise invoices.
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Once you approve, we file on your behalf and confirm it has gone through.
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Remitter frequency follows average monthly withholding — new employers generally remit monthly by the 15th of the following month. Because the fee is fixed and cheap, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
Most write-ups of payroll correction services describe the form. These notes describe the file — what a tax specialist checks first and why.
Everything in payroll correction services hangs off a single anchor. Remitter frequency follows average monthly withholding. A business that grows into the accelerated threshold keeps remitting monthly at its peril — the deadline moves before the CRA writes to say so.
The second point follows directly from the first. Late payroll remittances draw a penalty of 3% to 10% depending on how late, doubling to 20% for a repeat failure with gross negligence in the same calendar year. On the record-keeping side, one rule governs what must be kept and what must be shown: Source deductions are held in trust for the Crown from the moment they are withheld, which is why directors can be personally liable for unremitted amounts under section 227.1. Unlike most corporate debts, this one can follow the directors personally after the company is gone.
Taken together, these rules explain why payroll correction services can rarely be treated as a do-it-once-and-forget exercise. A tax specialist watches how they interact across your specific facts, which is something no checklist can do. To keep the engagement efficient, assemble these records before we begin.
No surprises is the operating principle: the fee is agreed and fixed before we start, you review everything before it is filed, and payment comes after the work, not before.
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A $106,000 reassessment was proposed against a landscaping company with seasonal staff in Brampton, Ontario following T4s that did not agree to the payroll register or the general ledger. The documented response reduced it to nil.
Scaling exposed long-term contractors who met every test for employment at a logistics operator with drivers in three provinces in Hamilton, Ontario. The back office was rebuilt to match, freeing $20,500.
An employer whose remittance frequency moved up a threshold in Calgary, Alberta was filing correctly and still overpaying because of T4 slips filed weeks after the deadline with no relief request made on the per-slip penalty. Restructuring the position cut $14,000 from the annual bill.
A charity with part-time program staff in Moncton, New Brunswick was profitable and permanently short of cash, with a bonus accrued to bring the year-end tax bill down and still unpaid more than a year later behind the gap. Restructuring the tax cycle freed $137,000.
The ledger at a restaurant with heavy seasonal turnover in Regina, Saskatchewan could not support its own filings because of a director facing a personal assessment for unremitted source deductions. Rebuilding it surfaced $18,500 in unclaimed input tax.
A 3-week rebuild at a construction firm with union and non-union crews in Surrey, British Columbia got the filing in with 17 days to spare, avoiding $92,000 in penalties.
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Payroll Correction Services 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 are a cloud-based practice serving every province and territory, 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.
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A tax expert answers this differently than a search engine, because the rule has edges. Employers withhold CPP, EI and income tax and remit on a schedule set by their average monthly withholding. Late remittance carries a penalty of 3% to 10%, rising to 20% for a repeat failure with gross negligence in the same year. Payroll penalties compound quietly. An employer that drifts one cycle late each quarter can owe more in penalties than in the tax it was late paying. Where your business sits relative to those edges is what we establish in the first meeting.
There is a widespread assumption here, and the actual position is worth stating plainly. Source deductions are held in trust for the Crown from the moment they are withheld, which is why directors can be personally liable for unremitted amounts under section 227.1. Unlike most corporate debts, this one can follow the directors personally after the company is gone. 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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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.
Yes. Severance is taxable in the year you receive it, and the employer withholds tax before paying it out. Amounts paid as salary continuance are taxed like regular employment income. A single lump sum has a flat withholding rate applied, which is only a prepayment against the tax finally calculated on your return, so a balance can still be owing. Part of a retiring allowance may qualify for a direct transfer to an RRSP, which defers the tax.
Start with the basic personal amount, which is already printed on the form, then add only the credits you genuinely expect to claim, such as tuition you will pay this year, an eligible dependant, the age amount or an amount transferred from a spouse. Total them, sign and date, and give the form to your employer rather than the CRA. With two jobs, claim the amounts at one only. You can also ask for extra tax to be withheld.
No. That measure is American and nothing equivalent has been enacted here, so there is no date on which tips stop being taxed in Canada. Tips and gratuities remain taxable income. Amounts your employer controls and distributes are normally put through payroll with income tax, CPP and EI withheld, while tips handed to you directly are still reportable on your T1, cash included. Keep a daily record, since the CRA can estimate unreported tips from sales data.
Three are standard: federal and provincial income tax withheld at source, CPP contributions (QPP in Quebec) and EI premiums. For 2026 an employee pays CPP of 5.95% on earnings above the $3,500 exemption up to $74,600, second additional CPP of 4% on earnings up to $85,000, and EI of $1.63 per $100 up to $68,900 of insurable earnings. Anything else — pension, union dues, benefit premiums, garnishments — comes from your employer’s own arrangements.
A flat monthly cash allowance for a phone is taxable employment income and appears on the T4. If the employer instead pays the carrier directly, or reimburses the business portion of a bill on receipts, and the plan is reasonable and mainly for work, there is normally no taxable benefit; personal use of a basic plan the employer already pays for is generally accepted. Keep records showing the business purpose.
If you filed online, the CRA usually issues a refund in about two weeks once the return is assessed. A non-resident return can take up to 16 weeks. Direct deposit lands faster than a cheque. Timing slips if the CRA reviews a claim and asks for receipts, or if you owe other federal or provincial debts, which are offset against the refund first. Track the status in My Account.
Both, in different ways. The employer must withhold income tax, CPP and EI from each pay, add the employer share, and remit on time; missed remittances bring penalties and interest against the employer. The employee carries the final income tax liability and settles it on the T1, where withholding only counts as instalments already paid. If too little was withheld during the year, the employee pays the shortfall at filing.
There is no single percentage. Canada applies graduated federal rates plus a provincial or territorial rate, and each bracket taxes only the income falling inside it, so the marginal rate on your last dollar is higher than the average rate you actually pay. Credits such as the basic personal amount cut the result further. Check the federal and provincial brackets for the year you are filing on the CRA site, since they are indexed annually.
Most Canadian banks let you pay an amount owing by adding the CRA as a payee through their bill payment or business tax service. You need your business number with the RT program identifier and the reporting period you are paying, or the payment can be misapplied. Paying is not filing: submit the return itself through My Business Account or your software. CRA My Payment, pre-authorised debit and wire transfer are the other routes.
No. Income tax, CPP contributions and EI premiums are three separate deductions taken from pay and remitted together, each in its own box on a T4. Only the income tax withheld is credited against the tax your return calculates and refunded if too much was taken. The CPP and EI amounts still do work of their own: employee EI premiums and the base part of CPP contributions give non-refundable credits, and the enhanced part of the CPP contribution is a deduction from income.
Not by rate, but often by amount. Municipal property tax is the assessed value multiplied by the rate council sets, and that rate is the same for comparable properties in the same class whatever the age of the house. A new build usually carries a higher assessment than an older comparable home, so the bill is larger. New owners also often receive a supplementary bill once the assessment authority values the finished house. Property tax is municipal, not CRA-administered.
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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. Big 4 trained at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia, he founded his accounting practice in 2014 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.
