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Compilation engagements now follow CSRS 4200, which sets out the basis-of-accounting note every lender expects to see attached to the statements. Because the fee is fixed and economical, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
There is a version of sales tax reconciliation that runs smoothly and a version that turns into correspondence. The difference is rarely luck; it comes down to details any tax filing specialist handling these files weekly learns to check first.
Before anything else, one rule sets the frame. British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba run their own sales taxes alongside GST, filed separately, and unlike GST they are generally not recoverable as input credits. Businesses expanding into a PST province routinely register late, and the province assesses from the date the obligation started, not the date of registration.
Pair that with the next rule and most of the confusion around sales tax reconciliation disappears: The rate charged follows the customer's province, not the seller's: 13% into Ontario, 15% into New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and PEI, 14% into Nova Scotia (since 1 April 2025), 5% plus provincial tax elsewhere. A seller charging its own province's rate nationally is under-collecting on some sales and over-collecting on others, and owes the difference on the under-collected ones. One more, because it surfaces in reviews constantly: Registration is mandatory once taxable supplies pass $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters. Input tax credits require documentation that scales with invoice size. Unmatched input tax credits are the first thing disallowed in a sales-tax review, and the assessment covers every period reviewed.
Taken together, these rules explain why sales tax reconciliation can rarely be treated as a do-it-once-and-forget exercise. A tax filing specialist watches how they interact across your specific facts, which is something no checklist can do. The engagement goes fastest when last year’s filings and the current ledger arrive together.
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A marketing agency billing outside its home province in Vancouver, British Columbia was under review over HST charged at the home-province rate on sales into four different provinces. The file closed in 3 weeks with $15,000 of proposed tax cleared.
An incentive review at a multi-province online retailer in Guelph, Ontario found export sales zero-rated with no shipping documentation behind them and recovered $114,000 across 6 open years.
A family transfer at a residential landlord also renting commercial space in Windsor, Ontario would have been fully taxable because of a shareholder loan balance that would have been picked up as income on closing. Restructuring deferred $870,000.
The CRA had assessed a restaurant group in Regina, Saskatchewan on estimates across 7 unfiled years. Real filings vacated $93,000 of that tax.
A SaaS company with Canadian and US customers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan had outgrown its structure, with a sales tax account filed annually while the CRA had moved the business to quarterly the visible cost. The reorganisation completed tax-deferred and saves $37,000 a year.
A $131,000 reassessment landed at a health clinic making exempt supplies in Winnipeg, Manitoba, resting on nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. The objection was allowed in full.
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Sales Tax Reconciliation 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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Let us give you the substance first and the caveats second. Place-of-supply rules decide the rate: for most services it follows the customer’s address on file, so a supplier in a 5% GST province can owe 15% HST on a sale to Atlantic Canada. The caveat is simply that facts on your file can shift the outcome, so treat this as the baseline rather than the final word.
An accounting firm answers this differently than a search engine, because the rule has edges. Input tax credits generally have a four-year claim window for smaller registrants, but the documentation the CRA requires scales with the invoice amount. Where your business sits relative to those edges is what we establish in the first meeting.
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Filing is required once tax is owed, and also in several situations regardless of income, including selling property, repaying benefits, splitting pension income, or receiving a request to file from the CRA. Below the basic personal amount most people owe nothing, yet filing still pays: the Canada Child Benefit, the GST/HST credit and provincial credits are all calculated from a filed return. Check the basic personal amount for the year you are filing.
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.
HST in New Brunswick is 15% in 2026 - the 5% federal GST plus a 10% provincial component. New Brunswick raised its provincial component from 8% to 10% effective 1 July 2016, taking the combined rate from 13% to 15%; for an invoice that straddles that date, check the dated table on the CRA GST/HST rates and place-of-supply rules page. It applies to most goods and services supplied in the province, whoever the seller is.
Alberta is the only province with no provincial sales tax, and the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon have none either. In all four you pay just the 5% federal GST in 2026. Everywhere else adds something, all at 2026 rates: HST of 13% in Ontario, 14% in Nova Scotia and 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island; a separate PST of 7% in British Columbia and 6% in Saskatchewan; Manitoba's retail sales tax (RST) of 7%; and QST of 9.975% in Quebec.
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.
Contact your municipality’s tax or revenue office and ask for a reissued bill; most cities also let you view and pay it in an online property tax account set up with your roll number. Not receiving the bill does not cancel the obligation or stop late-payment charges, so ask for the amount and due dates straight away. Update your mailing address, and check whether your lender already pays the tax through your mortgage.
Yes. Meals and drinks served in an Ontario restaurant are taxable at 13% HST, unlike basic groceries, which are zero-rated. Ontario also gives a point-of-sale rebate of the provincial part of the HST on qualifying prepared food and beverages sold under a set price, so those items end up carrying only the 5% federal portion. The CRA's point-of-sale rebate guidance lists the qualifying items and the current price limit.
Pay through your bank's online bill payment, CRA My Payment, pre-authorised debit set up in My Account, a credit card through a third-party provider, or at a Canadian financial institution with a remittance voucher. Interest runs daily on an unpaid balance from the due date, so pay what you can even if you cannot clear it all. If you cannot pay in full, call the CRA to arrange a payment plan; penalty and interest relief is requested on form RC4288.
It is the GST/HST credit, a quarterly tax-free payment for people with modest incomes, which appears on statements under a label such as Canada GST/HST credit. You do not apply for it: the CRA works out entitlement from your filed return, so the return must be filed even with no income. The amount reflects family net income, marital status and the number of children. Payments stop when a return is missing.
Yes. A television is an ordinary taxable good, so GST at 5% for 2026 applies, or HST instead in the HST provinces: 13% in Ontario, and 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025. In British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec, provincial sales tax or QST is charged alongside the GST. Electronic recycling or environmental handling fees may appear on the receipt and are generally taxable themselves.
Gross income is everything you earn before anything comes off: employment pay before tax, CPP and EI are withheld, plus self-employment revenue, tips, interest, dividends, rental income and taxable benefits. On a pay stub it is the top line, not the amount deposited. For a return, add the income amounts from every slip you receive, such as T4, T4A and T5, together with income for which no slip was issued, including cash and casual work.
Line up what gets withheld with what will be assessed. Ask the payer of your largest income source to deduct additional tax each pay, which matters most when you have two employers or a pension alongside employment. Set aside a portion of self-employment, tip, rental or investment income as it arrives, and pay any instalments the CRA has asked for. An RRSP contribution made within the contribution window for that year reduces the taxable income being assessed.
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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.
