Worksheets for Tax Purposes
Forms to download: Rental Income Worksheet, Business Vehicle Worksheet, Business Use of Home Worksheet, and Self Employed Income Worksheet.
Reimbursement For Work Clothing: Taxable
In an April 17, 2019 Technical Interpretation, CRA was asked whether clothing reimbursements paid to maintenance employees were taxable benefits. Employees were not required to wear specific uniforms and were reimbursed based on receipts, to an annual maximum. CRA referred…
Anxiety, Depression & Phobias: Disability Tax Credit
In an April 3, 2019 Tax Court of Canada case, at issue was whether the impact of an individual’s mental impairment entitled her to the disability tax credit (DTC). The taxpayer suffered from social anxiety, depression and phobias. A taxpayer…
Taxable Benefit: Parking Pass
In a June 10, 2019 Federal Court of Appeal case, the Court upheld the previous Tax Court decision which classified an employer-provided parking pass as a taxable benefit to an employee of an airline. However, in doing so, the Court…
Old Age Security Deferral: Opting Out Retroactively
As of July 1, 2013, where receipt of Old Age Security (OAS) is delayed, the monthly pension is increased by a factor of 0.6% for each month deferred, to a maximum of 36% (60 months, commencing receipt at age 70).…
Subsidized Meals: Are They a Taxable Benefit?
Do you have an employee dining room or cafeteria? In a March 21, 2018 Technical Interpretation, CRA stated that they do not consider meals subsidized by the employer to be a taxable benefit provided the employee pays a reasonable charge.…
Taxpayer Relief: Financial Hardship
CRA may grant relief from penalties and interest in cases where the timely satisfaction of a tax obligation was not completed due to: extraordinary circumstances;actions of the CRA; orinability to pay or financial hardship. In a March 31, 2016 Federal…
Did You Buy or Sell a House?
CRA highlights relevant tax compliance and planning information if you bought or sold a home. It included information on: claiming the principal residence exemptionclaiming the home buyers' amountusing part of your RRSP to purchase a home under the Home Buyers'…
Tax on Split Income: Salary or Dividend?
Dividends received by individuals from private corporations as of January 1, 2018 may be subject to taxation at top marginal tax rates (due to the new TOSI rules) if, in general, they are determined to be unreasonable. Salaries, however, are…