June 30 Tax Deadline is Looming for Non-Residents

An important deadline is approaching for non-residents with certain Canadian-source income. June 30 is the deadline to file elected returns under Section 216 (pertaining to rental income) and Section 217 (pertaining to Canadian source pension income). There may be significant consequences for missing this deadline as returns received after this date, generally aren’t accepted. Here’s what you need to know:

A new tax form has been released this summer, giving clients the ability to authorize CRA to reach into their bank account to pay a balance due. The new Form T1-83 for tax year 2016 was released online in the heart of the summer, on July 22, 2016, and it became available for print on August 3.

SOCHI, Russia. “Canada captured a historic fourth Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey Thursday with a 3-2 overtime win over the United States in a thrilling championship final.”

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"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you." Maya Angelou

Hard to believe, but it’s back to school time and parents and students are already busy preparing for fall classes. Thank goodness there is tax relief for the expensive tuition fees and textbooks. But some of them will soon be lost, starting as soon as January 1, 2017. Are you up to speed on the changes?

The big economic news published this month by Stats Canada was that for the period from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016, Canada’s job vacancy rate (the share of unfilled jobs over all jobs) declined in nine provinces and two territories. Yet by July of 2016, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 % to 6.9%. So what’s the connection with lemonade?