As an employer you have a lot of responsibilities to both your employees and the CRA when it comes to payroll and the necessary deductions. It is not something that you can do without being cautious and ensuring that it is done right. One of these deductions is the Canada Pension Plan, and when errors…
Whether you like it or not the CRA is pushing hard for everyone to do the majority of their Canada tax dealings online. They are really intent on going paperless. This can be difficult for many individuals like seniors for example, who do not own a computer or are not comfortable using one…
It is not unusual for many tax payers to be somewhat skeptic or defensive when dealing with the CRA. This is often a reaction to being a little nervous about dealing with such a body of Government that has a great deal of power over your finances when it comes to your tax obligations. It…
A lot of business owners like to provide extra incentives and/or help in various ways for their employees. Often what they don’t realize is that this could be considered as “fringe benefits”, and as such is taxable. This is frustrating for both the employer and employee, but nevertheless it could be the law. Some prime…
As a new or small business owner naturally if your Company is doing well you want to reap the benefits of some of the profits. Your first inclination just may be to draw a salary from the business funds when it is able to support this or you have need of it. You…
As soon as we hear the title CRA we automatically assume it is the Canada Revenue Agency and it demands a certain amount of respect. We don’t really think that anyone would be brazen enough to present themselves as this government organization when they are not, yet it does happen. A good example of…
You have finally mastered your tax obligations as a married couple, now everything changes because you have added a new little one to your family. You are now going to have to make some adjustments to the way you file your taxes and also you and your spouse will have some tax decisions to make.…
There are some people who consider themselves to be quite well versed in the Canadian tax programs, while there are others who openly confess they know almost nothing about tax other than they have an obligation to pay it. So if you fall into that category as to knowing nothing about taxes who should…
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