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.

By all accounts, the newest Distinguished Advisor Workshop, “Retirement and Estate Planning”, recently completed in Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto was a resounding success. “Who knew there was more to retirement planning than just saving money” stated one participant.

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