Case Study 1
$143,000 Late-Filing Penalty Cancelled On Relief Application — Mining Services Supplier, North Battleford
A mining services supplier in North Battleford, Saskatchewan had already been penalised over input tax credits claimed against SK provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is. A relief application cancelled $143,000 of that penalty.
A mining services supplier in North Battleford, Saskatchewan had already missed one deadline and was about to miss a second. Behind it sat input tax credits claimed against SK provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is, and a penalty of $143,000 was accruing. We split the work into what had to happen before the deadline and what could follow it, then assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Manufacturing and Processing Exporter Tax Incentive alongside the federal return. The outstanding return was accepted as filed, and the taxpayer relief application cancelled $143,000 of the penalty already assessed on the earlier year.
Case Study 2
Second-Province Expansion Handled, $118,000 Of Cash Released — Precision Machine Shop, North Battleford
A precision machine shop in North Battleford, Saskatchewan expanded into a second province carrying provincial sales tax collected but never remitted on the separate SK return. Every obligation was set up in advance and $118,000 of cash released.
Revenue at a precision machine shop in North Battleford, Saskatchewan was up sharply and cash was tighter than ever. Underneath it sat provincial sales tax collected but never remitted on the separate SK return. We recalculated the corporate tax at the 10% combined small business rate and rebased the instalments on the current year. Every new obligation — registration, remittance frequency, provincial filing — was set up before it was triggered, not after. $118,000 of cash was released from the working capital cycle, and the expansion completed with every registration and filing obligation covered from day one.
Case Study 3
Collections Halted And $58,000 Cut From A 7-Year Backlog — Packaging Producer, North Battleford
Collections had begun against a packaging producer in North Battleford, Saskatchewan over 7 years of unfiled returns. Bringing them current cut $58,000 from the balance.
By the time a packaging producer in North Battleford, Saskatchewan called, 7 years were outstanding and the CRA had assessed on estimates. Underneath it sat instalments still calculated on a year the business had long outgrown. We reconstructed the records year by year and separated the federal GST and SK provincial sales tax streams, reconciled both to the sales ledger, and filed the corrected provincial returns. Each filing replaced an arbitrary assessment with a real one. The account is current. Filing on real numbers rather than CRA estimates reduced the balance by $58,000, and a relief application addressed part of the accumulated interest.
Case Study 4
Month-End Close Cut From 7 Weeks To 8 Days — Grain Farm Corporation, North Battleford
Closing the books at a grain farm corporation in North Battleford, Saskatchewan took 7 weeks because of sector-specific exposure the previous accountant had not seen before. It now takes 8 days.
The accounting file at a grain farm corporation in North Battleford, Saskatchewan was built on sector-specific exposure the previous accountant had not seen before. The year-end had taken 7 weeks each of the last three years. We assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Technology Start-up Incentive alongside the federal return and moved the reconciliations into the monthly cycle, so the year-end stopped being a rebuild. The file reconciles. Month-end closes in 8 days instead of 7 weeks, and the year-end is a review rather than a reconstruction.
Case Study 5
Audit Defence Closed In 3 Weeks, $124,000 Cleared — Solar Installation Company, North Battleford
A solar installation company in North Battleford, Saskatchewan was under review over payroll obligations from another province applied to local staff by an out-of-province provider. The file closed in 3 weeks with $124,000 of proposed tax cleared.
A solar installation company in North Battleford, Saskatchewan was selected for review after payroll obligations from another province applied to local staff by an out-of-province provider showed up in the CRA's automated matching. The proposed adjustment on its sk tax and accounting file came to $124,000. We assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Manufacturing and Processing Exporter Tax Incentive alongside the federal return. Every figure in the response traced to a source record the auditor could verify without asking a second question. The review closed with no change. $124,000 of proposed tax came off the table, and the documentation now in place makes the next review a short one.
Case Study 6
Holding Structure Added, $44,000 Saved Annually — Food Processing Plant, North Battleford
A food processing plant in North Battleford, Saskatchewan needed a holding structure to deal with input tax credits claimed against SK provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is. The reorganisation was tax-neutral and removed $44,000 of annual exposure.
A food processing plant in North Battleford, Saskatchewan was carrying input tax credits claimed against SK provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is, and every option for fixing it ran through a reorganisation that had to be done without triggering tax. Working with the client's lawyer, we recalculated the corporate tax at the 10% combined small business rate and rebased the instalments on the current year and prepared the elections, resolutions and valuations the structure needed to stand up. The structure now matches the business. Annual saving of $44,000, and the reorganisation itself was tax-neutral.