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Hi - BC based corporation

We had some banking issues with our Valley First Credit Union, and unfortunately didn’t notice the payments for source deductions bounced two months

Our credit union is paying us back for the arrears, thank god, as it was their banking issue

We had a credit on our account from a few months ago, so CRA is applying the credit to the arrears for penalties in the meantime, but, there is $5 amount not covered

Valley First doesn’t have an option in the Tax Centre for payroll “arrears” just the main account for payroll

I was informed by the CRA there is no way to pay the $5 other than on the CRA website directly or by receiving a specific arrears voucher to bring into the bank? Is this correct??

They advised against just paying the $5 under the regular payroll account for online banking, or adding it to my next remittance amount to be paid via online banking

What are other people doing for “arrears”. What happens if you miss a sourced deduction or remit the wrong amount??

Hi, can anyone tell me the absolute options to pay a corporate tax amount and GST?

We are not set up for CRA PAD, we use BMO and Valley First for banks

Is the post office actually legitimate way to pay?

I fear that if we don’t pay tonight that we will be late if we pay through the bank(s) it says if we use the tax centres it’ll be considered late?

I read online there might be a possible workaround if the client pays it as an online bill rather than through the tax centre? And just uses CRA as the payee with the business number?

Hi all - I work for a BC corporation

We are waiting on an estimate from the accountant to pay the corporate tax amount as our YE was Dec. Accountant has promised to have the number this evening

We will owe. This our first time paying corporate tax, not sure we’re set up through the CRA to pay for the first time

What are our options to pay on time? We’re using BMO. If we pay online through the online banking system tonight, will it be considered on time for for the CRA tomorrow if the bank processes it? I’m confused how the CRA looks at “on time” payments…and we don’t have one of the stupid remittance vouchers you can order. Is going to Canada Post to pay a valid same day payment option?

Can someone explain this like I’m 5 please

I have been employed at a small NPO

There are a couple of staff, including myself and the director

The director is terrible. No tact, bullish, unprofessional, etc. I’ve watched them push community contacts away and most of our volunteer base will no longer return calls

I haven’t had any issues personally, I’ve never been talked to or written up, I just try to let their ignorance and behaviour roll off my back as I look for another employment. In fact I’m continually praised by the BOD and the director (my boss), as well as got a raise recently

In the last few months, there seems to be some sort of health issue that is causing bizarre situations with my director. They are acting out of sorts, confusing appliances in the building for each other, cold stopping in the middle of their own sentences and then coming-to 30 seconds later confused and angry

I tried to deal with my concerns head on without outright asking the director if they are okay

I reach out to a board member, as our BOD always flaunts they are open to any conversation

The board member heard my concerns and understood I was coming from a place of concern. I made sure they understood my intent was not to get the director into any trouble, but that the behaviour was irrational and it was affecting my anxiety and work because of constant miscommunications and their temper flares. The board member touched on the fact the director had no tact to begin with and that they had a pattern of issues with previous employees, but I again reiterated my concern for the potential of a health related matter

Fast forward a week later, the board member reached out to the president. All staff were invited individually for a “pre-summer” meeting. The meeting was held at the presidents house. This isn’t out of the ordinary, it’s a small NPO in a rural area

I went to my meeting with just the president and feel I was treated poorly. Beyond poorly

The meeting started out by the president saying she knew everything going on behind the scenes in mine and my coworkers home lives. Which I found to be highly inappropriate, I never bring my issues to work with me. I had in the past talked to the director about issues because she had asked specifically, but my attitude and behaviour never changed with my work or tasks

I was asked what I like about my job

Then I was asked what I don’t like

The elephant was in the room so I mentioned that we both knew I had recently come forward with a concern to another board member about the director. I mentioned my boss has at times a challenging management style but that I was used to driven individuals and respected her ambition for the society. I explained I was not in any way a medical professional or trying to make a diagnosis, but I said it almost seems like the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s and dementia, trying to express the freezing, frustrations, memory loss, etc

The president basically laughed in my face that I’m young and that she is older than me. That she knows a lot of people and that the director has never skipped a beat in the community. Therefore the director did not have a “mental issue”

The next 40 mins were spent with the president gaslighting, contradicting, swearing, and using my words against me. There was very little said from me after the “mental issue” was discussed, and I was shocked at what was being said to me, again, I’ve never been talked to or written up at this job, nothing

I was aggressively told:

-I was young and emotional

-that how I was brought up and the experiences I’ve endured shape how I interact with others

-I need to stand up for myself and “grow a backbone”, and that I’m too nice and it’s not natural for me to stand up for myself. I corrected the president that I had been standing up for myself. There’s only so much you can do when your boss is not a collaborative director

-my experience means nothing, “so what that (I) can turn on a computer”

-it’s my fault there’s miscommunication and I need to prioritize better

-feelings don’t matter

-that what I like best about my job (helping and connecting with people) wasn’t what I was hired to do… ….

-that “we all ignore the tasks we don’t like to do” and that they’ll bring someone else in for the tasks I don’t like doing while I figure out where I want to be in the society

-that nobody is perfect, including me

-some personalities can’t work together

-I overstepped by coming to the board rather than going to the director myself

-that “business’ change day to day and so will your tasks, you need to be adaptable”

-that the expectation is that when Im asked for something, the director expects it to be on her desk within 5 mins “and (I) better make sure to drop everything to make that happen”

-that I need to ensure I’m smiling and upbeat at work because if I’m unhappy the society “can’t have that”

-that the reason my boss is stammering and forgetting things is because surely I don’t talk enough and I’m intimidating them

-that when my boss lies to me it’s because she’s processing her thoughts

-my boss is just loud and that’s just how she is (in regards to my concerns about stomping and slamming cupboards and doors)

-I was told to ignore when my boss is untactful and not making sense. I have to “stop psychoanalyzing”

-called one of our volunteers crazy

-said at the end of the conversation the director was “clinically insane” in a joking way

Somewhere along the line I was crying, and repeatedly told the president I had “shut down”. I was completely blindsided

I gave specific examples of my concerns and how it was affecting my understanding of tasks and situations. The president literally said “I don’t give a shit if the director is screwing up her thought process, I just care about what the community thinks of the society. It doesn’t matter if the office is run like helter skelter”

After the meeting ended and I left crying, I received an email to my work email from the president basically saying she was sorry the meeting couldn’t provide me with comfort and was dissatisfactory. That I’m a valued employee and that they hope I continue with my employment

I am going to quit on Monday.

The president is a former politician, has their hats in many NPOs. I don’t know what to do, I never want someone to be treated like I have. I also don’t want to damage the society, but this was god awful and I feel this behaviour is unacceptable. Do I have enough reason to file a complaint? I’m genuinely traumatized, what do I do next besides get into counselling