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Toronto residential property owners, including corporations, partnerships and trusts, must submit a declaration of their property’s occupancy status for 2022 and pay any tax assessed on the property in 2023. What is it? The City of Toronto has implemented a Vacant Home Tax on all vacant residential properties for the 2022 taxation year. The goal […]
Many taxpayers prefer the ease of investing in a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) rather than a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) based solely on the fact that the TFSA is tax free. Adults 18 years and older can contribute up to $10,000 to their TFSA annually. While the RRSP contribution room will generally be much […]
Tax installments are issued when a taxpayer owes $3,000 or more and the taxpayer’s net tax owing is $3,000 or more in any of the previous tax years. Installments are required to be paid in quarterly installments and general occur on or before March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15. While this is […]
You’ve completed your tax return and you received your Notice of Assessment, and you owe money to the CRA. There have been some common questions and misconceptions when it comes to owing money to the government. Here are few: Ignoring it will NOT make it go away. CRA debt is due immediately. Just like anything […]
There are two ways that a Canadian Citizen can be deemed a U.S Resident for Tax Purposes: Green Card Test: If you are lawfully a permanent resident than you are deemed a resident Substantial Presence Test: If you are present in the U.S at least 31 days in the current year, and At least 183 […]
HST is the combination of the Provincial Sales Tax (P.S.T) and Government Sales Tax (GST). For Ontario, it is the combination of 7% and 6% to make the HST rate for Ontario 13%. Depending on which province you live in, the sales tax rate may vary. Some provinces only charge GST and some have a […]
Shareholders can withdraw funds from their corporations by way of salary, dividends, returns of capital and management fees. They may also do so as an independent contractor should they qualify. This is called a Shareholder Loan. There are many provisions in the Income Tax Act to prevent shareholders abusing this. If a withdraw is made […]
Principal Residence When you dispose of a property that has been your principal residence for X amount of years, you will need to report the disposition to the CRA when you file your income tax. The good news is that the Government of Canada allows the taxpayer to be exempt from paying any capital gains […]
The simple definition of a real estate assignment is that contractual rights to a piece of property are assigned from one party to another. This means that before the legal ownership of a property is transferred, the buyer would purchase the rights from the seller and builder. The tax implications are whether to claim the […]
Withholding Tax – Non-Resident When we talk about withholding tax for non-tax residents of Canada, the general tax rate is 25% of the gross amount received. This means that passive sources of income, such as rent, royalties and dividends under the Canadian Income Tax Act are taxable. This means that the Canadian resident who is […]
