Changes to Paper Filing Disempowering
Last tax season, only 7% of all Canadian tax filers filed on paper. The CRA is pushing for zero. It continues to steer the holdouts to digitized filing by adding lots of obstacles. Most recently, it is removing almost all the schedules from the tax return package it mails. This seems unfair to people who paper file because they can’t afford a computer and internet, distrust the security of online filing and those who are neither tax or computer literate. Here’s what they are up against:How Does Indexing Work?
Recently CPP and OAS rate changes were announced for January 2015.
PIER Into The Future
With mixed feelings of elation and dread, accounting, bookkeeping and tax specialists across Canada begin the annual ritual of preparing for 26 million tax returns.
Taxable and Non Taxable Auto Allowances and Benefits
Reasonable motor vehicle allowances are not taxable if it is reasonable.
Employers’ Treatment of GST/HST on Employees Taxable Benefits
Some employee taxable benefits are subject to GST/HST, while others are not.
New Legislation: The Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2
New legislation from the Department of Finance, The Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2, received Royal Assent on December 17.
Windfall Court Victory for Taxpayer Reveals Hidden Merits of Informal Procedure
Legge v. The Queen (2014) TCC 360
