Please, read the beginning of the article in our previous post. Starting your CPP early means a CPP reduction of 0.6 per cent for every month before you turn age 65, or a 36 per cent reduction if you start CPP at age 60. The question becomes: If you take a reduced CPP pension, will …
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The simple answer is you don’t have a choice If you’re under age 65 and earning an income, you must contribute to CPP. Q: I am 60 years old and have paid into the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) for the past 38 years, most of them at the maximum. I am now self-employed and working part time, …
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Please see the first part of the article in our previous posts Your residency status if you entered Canada You may be considered an immigrant if you left another country to settle in Canada and established significant residential ties with Canada and became a resident of Canada in the tax year. You may be considered a deemed non-resident of Canada if you have …
Please see the first part of the article in our previous post. Step 2: Determine your residency status and its tax implications Your residency status if you left Canada You may be considered a factual resident of Canada if you maintain residential ties with Canada and are: working temporarily outside Canada vacationing outside Canada commuting (going back and forth …
Under Canada’s tax system, your income tax obligations to Canada are based on your residency status. You need to know your residency status before you can know what your tax responsibilities and filing requirements to Canada are. To determine your residency status, all of the relevant facts in your case must be considered, including residential ties with Canada and …
Please find the beginning of the article in our previous post. Filing and payment obligations A corporation that is operating as a personal services business is required to file a T2 Corporation Income Tax Return and pay any amounts owing to the CRA by the corporate tax filing and payment deadlines, like any other corporation. When completing the …
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Please find the beginning of the article in our previous post. Educational Outreach, helping you comply with your obligations The CRA launched an educational outreach project to help industries that hire personal service business (PSB) understand and comply with the tax obligations associated with this type of arrangement. Between June and December 2022, CRA officials …
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Have you been contacted by the CRA? Between June and December 2022, CRA officials will lead an educational outreach project by contacting Canadian businesses that potentially hire personal service business, to help determine whether or not these companies are fulfilling their tax obligations. Learn more here. If you have incorporated your business or are considering incorporating …
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The Department of Finance Canada announced the automobile income tax deduction limits and expense benefit rates that will apply in 2023. The following changes to limits and rates will take effect as of January 1, 2023: – The ceiling for capital cost allowances (CCA) for Class 10.1 passenger vehicles will be increased from $34,000 to …
A November 25, 2022 French Tax Court of Canada case considered whether a taxpayer’s poker activity constituted a source of business income and therefore the winnings were taxable, as argued by CRA. The taxpayer argued that his winnings were non-taxable as they were derived from his hobby rather than a business. The taxpayer generated poker winnings each year from 2008 to 2011, ranging …