CRA’s Callback Service for Tax Pros Pilot
Are you a tax professional with years of experience? Have you ever felt frustrated after calling the CRA, having spent hours on hold, wasting your client’s or employer’s time, only to speak to CRA agents who aren’t qualified to answer your questions? The Auditor General of Canada was equally displeased in a scathing report last fall on wait times and accuracy levels at the CRA. Now a new CRA callback service may come to the rescue this tax season. Here is my experience with the pilot project so far:Voluntary Compliance Can Mitigate Risk
CRA wants to remind you that fessing up can be profitable.
National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy Call for Members
Are you interested in strengthening Canadians’ financial literacy?
Requirement vs. Choice: It’s the Crux in Claiming Commission Sales Expenses
In order to be eligible for a deduction for sales or travel expenses under subsections 8(1)(f) and (h) of the Income Tax Act, taxpayers must show that they worked on a commission-based income.
Evelyn Jacks: Ostriches Aren’t Smart; Tax Penalties Are Expensive
Well it's that time of the year again. . .tax audit season. The ostrich approach is one way to cope, but not the smartest.
Q and A: Setting Up Business in the U.S.
The U.S. has a number of different business structures available when conducting your affairs in the U.S., whether your business is rental property or operating a viable small business.
Employee Stock Options
An employer may provide its employees the opportunity to purchase shares in the employer’s corporation at some future date, but at a price that is the current market price when the option is granted (the exercise price).
