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.

The Knowledge Bureau Faculty have been busy with the media this tax season. Here is a round up of recent media mentions!

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The Bank of Canada’s regional offices conducted summary interviews with senior managers of about 100 different firms representing a snapshot of Canada’s gross domestic product in order to gain a clear perspective of the future of economic activity in the country.