Case Study 1
$14,500 Reassessment Reduced To Nil On Review — Land Development Company, Maple Ridge
A $14,500 reassessment was proposed against a land development company in Maple Ridge, British Columbia following input tax credits claimed against BC provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is. The documented response reduced it to nil.
A review notice arrived at a land development company in Maple Ridge, British Columbia covering its bc tax and accounting file for two tax years. The auditor's working position was an adjustment of $14,500, driven by input tax credits claimed against BC provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is. Rather than negotiate, we rebuilt the record. We registered the provincial payroll account, caught up the outstanding remittances, and applied for relief on the penalty and submitted a point-by-point response that answered each proposed adjustment with the document behind it. The auditor accepted the documented position and closed the review without adjustment, protecting $14,500 and leaving the prior filings undisturbed.
Case Study 2
Reorganisation Completed Tax-Deferred, $34,500 Saved Each Year — House-Flipping Operation, Maple Ridge
A house-flipping operation in Maple Ridge, British Columbia had outgrown its structure, with sector-specific exposure the previous accountant had not seen before the visible cost. The reorganisation completed tax-deferred and saves $34,500 a year.
A house-flipping operation in Maple Ridge, British Columbia had outgrown the structure it started with. Sector-specific exposure the previous accountant had not seen before was the immediate problem; the longer-term one was that the structure blocked the next step. We mapped the current structure, modelled the target, and assessed and claimed BC Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit alongside the federal return — with the tax-deferred elections filed on time and the supporting valuations documented. The reorganisation completed without triggering tax, and the new structure saves approximately $34,500 a year while removing the exposure the old one carried.
Case Study 3
Remittance Schedule Corrected, $142,000 Refunded — Mobile App Studio, Maple Ridge
Remittances at a mobile app studio in Maple Ridge, British Columbia were chronically late because of provincial sales tax collected but never remitted on the separate BC return. Fixing the schedule refunded $142,000.
Remittances at a mobile app studio in Maple Ridge, British Columbia were consistently late by a few days, which was enough to trigger penalties every quarter. Behind it sat provincial sales tax collected but never remitted on the separate BC return. We recalculated the corporate tax at the 11% combined small business rate and rebased the instalments on the current year, then moved the remittance dates into a scheduled process rather than a monthly decision. Penalties stopped from the following remittance onwards, and $142,000 of overpaid instalments was refunded.
Case Study 4
$24,500 Credit Claim Filed And Accepted Without Adjustment — E-Learning Platform, Maple Ridge
An e-learning platform in Maple Ridge, British Columbia had never tested its work against the eligibility rules. The resulting $24,500 claim was accepted without adjustment.
An e-learning platform in Maple Ridge, British Columbia assumed the credits did not apply to a business its size. BC Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit eligibility that had never been assessed meant they had applied all along. We identified the qualifying activity, built the documentation to support it, and assessed and claimed BC Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit alongside the federal return. $24,500 recovered. Because the eligibility analysis is on file, the same claim can be repeated each year with a fraction of the effort.
Case Study 5
Desk-Review Assessment Of $28,000 Vacated — Quick-Service Franchise Operator, Maple Ridge
A desk review assessed a quick-service franchise operator in Maple Ridge, British Columbia $28,000 over instalments still calculated on a year the business had long outgrown. Producing the records vacated it.
A quick-service franchise operator in Maple Ridge, British Columbia was carrying $28,000 of penalties and interest arising from instalments still calculated on a year the business had long outgrown, much of it accumulated during a period the CRA itself had delayed. We separated the federal GST and BC provincial sales tax streams, reconciled both to the sales ledger, and filed the corrected provincial returns and framed the relief application on the specific grounds the CRA guidelines recognise rather than on general hardship. The assessment was vacated. $28,000 came off the account, and the documentation now on file makes the same position straightforward to defend next time.
Case Study 6
Remuneration Review Saved $50,000 Across Corporate And Personal Returns — Food Truck Operator, Maple Ridge
A remuneration review at a food truck operator in Maple Ridge, British Columbia found input tax credits claimed against BC provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is and saved $50,000 across the corporate and personal returns.
Nothing was wrong at a food truck operator in Maple Ridge, British Columbia — the filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. Input tax credits claimed against BC provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is had never been reviewed. We registered the provincial payroll account, caught up the outstanding remittances, and applied for relief on the penalty, and ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $50,000 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.