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A rolling thirteen-week cash-flow forecast is the single most used tool in our advisory work — it is what keeps payroll safe through a slow quarter. Our product profitability analysis engagement is priced as a low-cost flat fee, so the cost is known before the work starts.
The pattern in product profitability analysis files repeats often enough that a tax consultant can usually tell early on where a file will need work. What follows is that read, written down for Product Profitability Analysis.
The foundation is simple to state and easy to trip over: Planning has to be in place before the transaction. The salary-versus-dividend mix, the timing of a capital purchase and the choice of year-end all change the outcome, but only prospectively. Almost every planning opportunity we see missed was available and simply not taken in time; very few are recoverable after year-end.
The next point is the one a tax consultant checks before quoting any timeline: Interest is deductible where the borrowed money is used to earn income from a business or property. The test is what the money actually funded. The paper trail linking each borrowing to its use is what supports the deduction when the loan and the spending sit years apart. Calendars matter more than most people expect in product profitability analysis, and this is the rule that proves it: Amounts received for services not yet performed are included in income when received, with a reserve available only where the statutory conditions are met. A cash balance built out of customer prepayments can carry a tax liability inside it. That is why deferred revenue is not a financing source.
The practical upshot is simple: every one of these rules has a version that helps you and a version that costs you, and which one applies depends on choices made before filing. That is precisely the ground a tax consultant covers. To keep the engagement efficient, assemble these records before we begin.
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A family business planning succession in Lethbridge, Alberta faced a $98,000 proposed reassessment. It came after a healthy bank balance made up almost entirely of deposits for work not yet performed. We rebuilt the documentation and the adjustment was withdrawn in full.
A family business planning succession in Lethbridge, Alberta received a proposal letter opening a review of product profitability analysis. The CRA had identified a healthy bank balance made up almost entirely of deposits for work not yet performed. It proposed an adjustment of $98,000, with 30 days to respond. We treated the response as an evidence exercise rather than an argument. We traced each borrowing to what it actually funded and kept the interest deduction on the portion used to earn business income. We then indexed every supporting document against the specific line the auditor had questioned. The proposed adjustment was withdrawn in full — all $98,000 of it. The file closed in 11 weeks with no change to the assessed amounts and no penalty.
A $75,000 reassessment landed at a business whose margin varies by service line in Hamilton, Ontario. It rested on a borrowing drawn for an unrelated personal purchase with the interest claimed against the business. The objection was allowed in full.
A business whose margin varies by service line in Hamilton, Ontario had been reassessed for $75,000. 7 days were left on the objection deadline. The reassessment rested on a borrowing drawn for an unrelated personal purchase with the interest claimed against the business. We filed the objection inside the deadline with a complete submission rather than a placeholder. Alongside it, we built a rolling thirteen-week cash-flow model, tightened collections, and renegotiated supplier terms so the growth stopped consuming the bank balance. The appeals officer allowed the objection in full. $75,000 was reversed and the account returned to a nil balance.
A company hiring its first finance staff in Kitchener, Ontario was scaling. The growth exposed a monthly report that stopped at the income statement, with no balance sheet and no cash view. The back office was rebuilt to match, freeing $113,000.
A company hiring its first finance staff in Kitchener, Ontario was opening in a second province. That meant different filing obligations and a different payroll regime. A monthly report that stopped at the income statement, with no balance sheet and no cash view already sat in the file. We produced a board-ready monthly package — cash, margin, pipeline and covenant headroom — that replaced a spreadsheet nobody trusted. We then put monthly reporting in place. That let the owner see the cash effect of growth while there was still time to act on it. Growth was absorbed without a compliance failure. $113,000 of cash was released, and the monthly reporting now flags a problem while it is still small.
The structure at a manufacturer planning a plant expansion in Toronto, Ontario no longer fitted the business. Revenue up 40% year over year and a bank balance that kept falling showed it. Rebuilding it saves $33,000 a year.
The structure at a manufacturer planning a plant expansion in Toronto, Ontario dated from years earlier. It had been set up for a business that no longer existed. Revenue up 40% year over year and a bank balance that kept falling had become expensive. We added the balance sheet and a cash view to the monthly package, so the owner saw working capital move rather than only profit. The reorganisation used the rollover provisions rather than a taxable transfer, so no tax fell due on the restructuring itself. $33,000 of annual saving, achieved on a tax-deferred basis. The minute book, elections and valuations are all in the file.
A remuneration review at a professional practice adding partners in Surrey, British Columbia saved $11,500 across the corporate and personal returns. It found pricing set by feel, with no visibility into margin by service line.
Nothing was wrong at a professional practice adding partners in Surrey, British Columbia. The filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. Pricing set by feel, with no visibility into margin by service line had never been reviewed. We rebuilt the reporting around gross margin by service line, which showed two of five offerings were losing money at the current price. We ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns, so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $11,500 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.
The CRA had assessed a subscription business tracking churn in Red Deer, Alberta on estimates across 7 unfiled years. Real filings vacated $12,000 of that tax.
7 years of unfiled returns had turned into notional assessments at a subscription business tracking churn in Red Deer, Alberta. Underneath lay a covenant breach discovered only when the bank called. Collections had already started. We separated customer prepayments from earned revenue in the reporting, so the cash position and the tax position were visible at the same time. We then filed every outstanding year in chronological order so the CRA could vacate the notional assessments cleanly. All 7 years were accepted as filed. $12,000 of arbitrarily assessed tax was vacated, collections action stopped, and the account is current for the first time in 7 years.
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Product Profitability Analysis 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.
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You are asking the right question, and it has a real answer. A small corporation still carries the full compliance set: T2, GST/HST, payroll, and the annual return with the incorporating jurisdiction. The annual corporate return is separate from the T2 and is the one most often forgotten, which can lead to administrative dissolution. What we add on top of that is the paperwork discipline that makes the answer stand up if anyone ever asks you to prove it.
Let us give you the substance first and the caveats second. Planning has to be in place before the transaction. The salary-versus-dividend mix, the timing of a capital purchase and the choice of year-end all change the outcome, but only prospectively. Almost every planning opportunity we see missed was available and simply not taken in time; very few are recoverable after year-end. The caveat is simply that facts on your file can shift the outcome, so treat this as the baseline rather than the final word.
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For the 2025 tax year the filing and payment deadline is 30 April 2026. If you or your spouse were self-employed, the filing deadline moves to 15 June 2026, but any balance owing is still due 30 April 2026. Interest starts the day after the payment deadline, and a late-filing penalty applies on top when a return with a balance owing is filed late. File on time even with nothing owing, because income-tested benefits are recalculated from the filed return.
A refund is the tax already paid minus the tax actually owed. Add the income tax withheld on your slips to any instalments you paid, work out tax payable on your total income after deductions and credits, and the difference comes back if the first figure is larger. Large refunds usually trace to over-withholding on employment income, RRSP contributions, or credits transferred to you. Run the numbers through the CRA's or a commercial estimator before you file.
Multiply the pre-tax price by the combined rate for the province where the supply is made, then add that amount to the price. If the price already includes tax, divide the total by one plus the rate to get the pre-tax amount, and the difference is the tax. The rate depends on the province of supply rather than where your business sits, so verify the current rate for that province and confirm the item is not zero-rated or exempt.
Multiply the pre-tax price by the rate for the province of supply. On a $100 purchase in 2026 that is $13.00 in Ontario (13%), $14.00 in Nova Scotia (14%), and $15.00 in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador or Prince Edward Island (15%). In the non-participating provinces and the three territories only the 5% GST applies, so $5.00, plus any provincial sales tax billed separately.
Canada runs three systems. The federal GST is 5% for 2026 and applies nationally. Five participating provinces fold a provincial share into one harmonised rate: 13% in Ontario, 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, and 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025. Others add their own tax to the 5% GST, giving 12% in British Columbia and Manitoba, 11% in Saskatchewan and 14.975% in Quebec. Alberta and the territories charge 5% only.
The CRA mails an income tax package to people who filed on paper the year before, usually in February. Anyone else can order one online or by phone, or download and print the forms. Filing online is faster: a refund on an electronically filed return usually arrives in about two weeks. Slips such as T4 and T5 come from your employer or financial institution, not from the CRA, though filed copies show in CRA My Account.
Empty homes taxes are municipal or provincial, not federal, so the rate depends on where the property is. Vancouver charges its own empty homes tax, Toronto a vacant home tax, and British Columbia adds a provincial speculation and vacancy tax in designated areas. Each is a percentage of assessed value, each has its own exemptions, and rates change. Check the specific city or provincial page for the current year's rate.
Up to $60,000 for 2026, taken from your RRSPs with no tax on the withdrawal. The limit is per person, so two eligible buyers can take $60,000 each toward the same home. You have to be a first-time buyer or otherwise qualify, have a written agreement to buy or build a qualifying home in Canada, and intend to live in it as your principal residence.
Sign in to CRA My Account, where past returns, notices of assessment and copies of the slips the CRA received, such as T4, T4A and T5, are available for several years back. Tax software approved for NETFILE can pull the same slips in through Auto-fill my return. If you cannot get online, phone the CRA or send a written request. Keep your own copies for six years from the end of the tax year they relate to.
Multiply the hourly rate by your weekly hours, then by the paid weeks in the year: 52 where vacation is paid, fewer where it is not. Going the other way, divide the annual salary by 52 and then by weekly hours. Either way the answer is gross pay, before income tax, CPP and EI come off, so your deposits will be smaller. Overtime, bonuses, statutory holiday pay and unpaid leave all shift the real annual total.
Once the CRA finishes assessing an electronically filed return, a direct-deposit refund normally follows within a few days, and the whole cycle from filing to deposit is about two weeks. A non-resident return can take up to 16 weeks. Delays come from reviews of your slips, requests for documents, or the refund being applied against a balance you owe, including other government debts. Direct deposit is faster than waiting for a cheque.
Periodic spousal support paid under a written separation agreement or a court order is taxable to the person who receives it and deductible to the person who pays it. Child support under most current orders is neither taxable nor deductible, and lump-sum settlements generally attract no deduction. Both former spouses should report matching figures and keep the order on file, because mismatched claims are a common review trigger.
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)
