The most common deductions that apply to students are moving expenses and child care expenses. Moving Expenses You can deduct moving expenses if you move to attend courses as a full-time student or if you moved to start a new… {Read more}
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CRA Warn of telephone and email scams
Ottawa, Ontario, March 7, 2014… The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) warns all taxpayers to beware of telephone calls or emails that claim to be from the CRA but are not. These are phishing and other fraudulent scams that could result in… {Read more}
CRA helping small businesses to get it right
Press release from Government of Canada August 26th 2014 ) – Canada Revenue Agency The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, joined by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo and Stephen Woodworth, Member of… {Read more}
File & pay on or before May 5, 2014 to avoid any interest to your 2013 income taxes
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) encourages you to use its quick, easy, and secure electronic services to file your income tax and benefit return on time and pay any amount owing. You have until midnight on or before May 5,… {Read more}
Improved online services & reduces red tape to save time during tax season
Press release from Government of Canada March 20, 2014 – Winnipeg (Manitoba) – Canada Revenue Agency The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, accompanied by Joyce Bateman, Member of Parliament, Winnipeg South Centre, today met… {Read more}
Employer-Paid Disability Premiums
If you think that paying for your employee’s disability premiums is always a good thing, think again. If you provide your employees disability as a nontaxable fringe benefit, payments they receive upon their disability will be, in most cases, FULLY… {Read more}
Filing Extension due to Heartbleed Bug
Published by the CRA, Thursday April 10 at 3pm EST: The CRA continues to work on resolving the issue. In keeping with industry practice, we are currently implementing a solution, or “patch”, for the bug, and are vigorously testing all… {Read more}
CRA update regarding the Heartbleed Bug
Published by Canada Revenue Agency Wednesday April 9 at 3pm EST: The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) places first priority on ensuring the confidentiality of taxpayer information. After learning late yesterday afternoon about the Internet security vulnerability named the Heartbleed Bug… {Read more}
CRA Shuts down Access
Posted on the CRA Represent a Client Access today: Important notice To protect the security of taxpayer information, we have temporarily shutdown public access to our electronic services. We are working to restore these services as soon as possible in… {Read more}
March is Fraud Prevention Month
Press release published March 24, 2014 – Ottawa – Canada Revenue Agency March is Fraud Prevention Month across Canada, and the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Minister of National Revenue, marked the occasion by reminding Canadians to protect themselves against fraud…. {Read more}