Are you a tax professional with years of experience? Have you ever felt frustrated after calling the CRA, having spent hours on hold, wasting your client’s or employer’s time, only to speak to CRA agents who aren’t qualified to answer your questions? The Auditor General of Canada was equally displeased in a scathing report last fall on wait times and accuracy levels at the CRA. Now a new CRA callback service may come to the rescue this tax season. Here is my experience with the pilot project so far:
On October 29, 2014, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), together with the G20 Nations approved and implemented an international standard for the “automatic exchange of information agreement.”
There's a lot of hype out there about the Family Tax Cut and some families have the impression that they are entitled to a $2,000 windfall this tax season. In reality, most families will qualify for little or nothing from the Family Tax Cut.