The CRA TSlip Saga: An Update
This tax season has been particularly challenging for both taxpayers and tax professionals. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) provides tax information slips—such as T3, T4, T5, and their variations—through secure online portals: My Account and Represent a Client (RAC). This year, there were lots of problems with these portals, and now, it appears, CRA is not being quite transparent about when the slips were actually visible to clients and that doesn’t seem fair. Here’s an update on where we stand now.Introducing the 2025 Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors!
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Bare Trust Filings: Are T3s Required for 2024?
Great news! CRA has a Halloween treat for tax accountants and their financial advisors this year: it will not require bare trusts to file a T3 return include Schedule 15 for both the 2023 and in the 2024 tax year. This confirms the position in the draft legislation released over the summertime and previously reported in Knowledge Bureau Report. Here’s the backdrop:
Ending Soon: Immediate Write-Off of Capital Assets Assets (DIEP)
An important tax write off is coming to an end in 2024. The claiming of an immediate write off for Designated Immediate Expensing Properties (DIEP) will come to an end this year. Here are the details:
Charities, Abortions and Reproductive Counselling
New legislation introduced on October 29 will require a registered charity that provides reproductive health services to disclose if, at a minimum, it does not provide the contact information for an abortion services provider and a birth control service provider. The new tax rules will apply 90 days after Royal Assent and information disclosure requirements will apply starting in the 2025 taxation year. Here’s what you need to know:
