Hi Allan, I am an IT contractor Incorporated in Ontario. I have been pretty careless past few years when it came to my taxes and completely trusted my accountant for balancing the books, etc. Recently when I was looking to refinance my mortgage; I found that my company is supposed to have around 250,0000$ in … Continue reading Errors in small business tax filing, large sum in retained earnings
If I become a US resident and a non resident of Canada and have Canadian sourced income, how would this income be taxed? Will it be subject to 25% withholding on net income, or be just subject to federal income taxes? What about provincial income taxes? (I understand GST/HST is required on these sales.) Im … Continue reading Canadian source income, non-tax resident
I am a US investment advisor with a client who’s two sisters are Canadian citizens and reside in Canada. The two sisters would also like to utilize my investment services and invest in our stock, bonds, mutual funds, etc. portfolios. They asked me what the tax consequences might be. Is the answer similar to your … Continue reading Canadians with US Investment accounts
I have a five-year corporate GIC. I have been issued t5 slips for each of the five years. Do I report the asset as the deposit amount, or as the amount due on maturity. Does the asset increase with the interest reported?
Hi Allan, Thanks for your help with great tax resources. I incorporated recently and will start a rice-import business from India. I have included my friend in India, as a director of my Canadian Corporation and myself. He’d purchase the inventory from back home & be responsible for shipping. I need to pay him for … Continue reading Paying a Non-Resident Director of a cCPC
Scenario: An IT consultant setups a CCPA while resident in Canada. After 4-6 year, this IT consultants decides to move to USA permanently for 2 or more years. Let’s assume that CCPA has about $1M in retained earnings at the time of departure of which $200K is in cash and rest is invested in stocks/portfolio. … Continue reading What happens to retained earnings in CCPA when all owners emigrate from Canada to USA?
Hi, I got Canada permanent residency in May 2018 and spent 15 days in canada during 2018(i dont have home, driving license or any other social tie in Canada). Now i have received a job offer from Canada and will move to Canada in Sept 2019. My employer has asked me to fill TD1 form. … Continue reading Form TD1 completion
Is there a requirement by CRA to keep specific documentation in a specific format (or necessary to be written,signed by either both or any one party, & kept in file as a record ) when transferring money as a gift from parents to an adult child?
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