r/canadarevenueagency

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I have a corporation where a tax preparer filed the T2 for me annually. Last year, he claimed due to a technical issue with the software, he filed a paper return instead. A few days later, the technical issue was cleared and he filed again electronically. I was accessed the $1000 penalty by CRA due to the paper filing, although according to CRA, both paper and electronic versions were effectively received on the exact same day. I feel like the penalty has been wrongly applied because the paper filing was due to a software issue and the electronic filing was filed as well. I plan to file an official objection and a taxpayer relief request simultaneously in case the objection is not approved. I have been advised the turnaround time is more than a year for a resolution.

Since I have never conducted any actual business using this corporation, hence every year all line items are zero. The corporation has no assets and no liabilities as it has never been in operation. My question is, if the $1000 penalty does not get eliminated by CRA, and as such I decide to dissolve the corporation, will there be anything to worry about in terms of the outstanding tax liability that gets unpaid? It's unlikely that I will ever do actual business in this corporation and I have been thinking of dissolving it anyway. I rather not pay this penalty (which is unfair in the first place) if dissolving the corporation effectively cancels the liability (or becomes uncollectible).

My father who has just turned 90 files his own taxes. He is very independent but slightly confused due to a series of medical conditions. He has just informed me that he has been fined by the CRA for either an incorrect return or a late one, not clear at the moment which. He tells me that he is confused by it all. I am not happy that the CRA has decided to fine him given his advanced age. I would perhaps want to believe that they would make allowances for the elderly but apparently that is not the case. Any advice on how to proceed to get the fine waived or reduced: this makes little sense to me. Also, does the CRA provide assistance to those who are in the upper age bracket to file their taxes correctly? Or perhaps there is nothing I can do and taxes just have to be done regardless of age or infirmity or both?

Hello,

My mom was just approved for the DTC for the last 10 years. This is significant and she needs the fund to help manage her illness. My understanding is that it can take quite a long time for the actual retroactive adjustments to be applied…up to a year? And they may yet ask for more information? What kind of information? Also, she hasn’t had much income the last few years, so we were hoping to have it applied to my dad — is that something CRA will do automatically if he was on her initial application?

So I got fired last week and my boss is claiming that I'm a subcontractor so he won't do any ROE.

To my understanding, if he's the one making my schedule, if he's the one telling me how to do the job, and if he provides the tool, I'm only supposed to be a worker, not a subcontractor.

I got fired because I couldn't do the work on a day due to a work injury.

Now I'm scared that my claim for worksafe because my injury will not be approved, or even my EI.

What should I do?

Edit: thank you for all the great information so far. I have applied for worksafe BC and EI (whichever comes first or whichever has the upper hand because I know I'm not supposed to be on both of them at the same time.) and I also made some complaints to the CRA and labor standard.

Wish me luck.

I just got home from work and there was some kind of commotion with my neighbor and another person. After the person left, I spoke with my neighbor and he told me she claimed to be an “examiner” from the CRA and wanted to see his bank statements, T4s, and a bunch of other documents. Obviously he didn’t hand anything over, but we were surprised since he’s never had an issue like this before with CRA, and he’s been here since the 70s. Is this actually something the CRA does, or is this a straight-up scam?

Hi, my mom had a cleaning business that closed in 2015. She had reported that this business closed but she kept receiving GST receipts year by year which she disregarded as she is pretty sure that it has been closed. She has only been filing her personal taxes since 2016. Her 2025 tax refund is currently on hold until she get her GST filing resolved.

Anybody got the same issue? We have tried calling the GST line but we cant seem to get through for the last 2 days.

Hi I’m an idiot and paid my independence contractor taxes twice, I set up auto deposit and didn’t get any sort of confirmation, then on the day it was supposed to come out it didn’t, so the next day I made a direct payment. Then the auto payment came out.. anyway that was 5 weeks ago and I’ve been calling every week because I need to pay my next round but I can’t because they owe me a $15,000 extra payment.

Every week I call and they say they don’t know when it’ll come but it’s “in the process” I’m losing my mind.

Before I begin, please no mean or rude comments. I'm already going through enough at the moment. Thank you.

About my situation:

In 2021 I filed my income taxes, and made below 30k from my employer.

My Notice of assessment came in through the mail in August 2022, stating the government owed me around 150$.

One month later, in September 2022 I moved to Germany for a job opportunity, full time and was no longer a Canadian resident (although I am a Canadian citizen), I lived and worked full time in germany and had no ties to Canada for those full two years. I was paying taxes in germany, I had health care, and I had german residency. No ties to Canada.

During those 2 years in Germany, I kept the same address on file for the CRA (my home address in Canada where my parents live). In those two years, the government never sent me any letters about my taxes, I never recieved any updates and I thought everything was O.K. since last time I heard from them, they owed me 150$ in 2021.

Now that I am back in Canada, I am working on filing my taxes for 2025 (2023 and 2024 are entered as 0 because I was not a CA resident)

After 5 years, it turns out the government recalculated my 2021 taxes, and since then, I have owed them money, all because I pulled out money from my education fund to pay for my tuition fees. When they recalculated my taxes for 2021, they taxes me on the education fund money I pulled out, but they never sent me a new statement and the never sent me a letter in the mail. (So I don't know how much I owed them because I don't have access to my CRA account)

After all this time, no letters, no phone calls, and no idea I've owed them money from my recalculed 2021 taxes.

Now, as I am filing my 2025 taxes, I find out I have had interest built up and I owe both the federal and provincial government (QC) around 4000$ (8000$ total for both) and I am flabergasted. I had absolutely no idea, no communication from them. No letters sent to my house in Canada (where my parents live and where I always received my past notices of assesments in the past)

When I was living in Germany, I had my own problems to focus on. I had german immigration documents to deal with, I had my own work permit stuff to manage (it was incredibly stressful. I was alone, and had to wait in line with refugees at 5am infront of immigration offices to get an appointment time because there were no appointments available to book online). The german government lost my application twice and I was alone at 22 years old with no one to help me. It was stressful times.

I was so preocupied with my life in Germany, with all the stuff I had to deal with there, that I had no time to think about Canada. And in my defence, why would I have to worry if I thought I never had to owe them money, since I am only working in Germany?

When I spoke on the phone to someone the other day from the CRA, they said when I filed my taxes for 2021, it is indicated that I opped in for the option "receive communication via online". I had no idea this option was checked off, and I also never ever logged into my CRA account because I always just got my stuff in the mail. So how is this my fault?

I want to file for request for interest relief.

Is my situation valid to request for interest relief?
What arguments are strong enough for my case? Does anyone have any advice on the best thing for me to do when stating my request for interest relief in my letter?

I also saw on the provincial government for Quebec, they say you can't apply for a request for interest relief if it has been more than three years...and clearly for me its been over 3 years...so I feel like I'm fucked for the provincial...is there any way I can still apply even though its been since 2021?

(This is not related, but my family has always been living on the poverty threshold line. I did not grow up wealthy and my family struggled to make much money when growing up. So for me paying 8000$ in taxes due to a stupid mistake I had no idea about is A LOT of money for me. While I was living in Germany, I found out my father was living in his car for 6 months due to him being homeless. (a very long story I don't want to get into) So yeah this situation adds a lot of financial stress on me.)

Wondering if anyone else has gotten told this before? Filed my taxes over a month ago now. Called today to see what the hold up is. I was told that my refund is on hold due to the CRA updating my account?

I asked for a time line and also asked what is being updated. They couldn’t answer any of the questions.

I also asked if the CRA will now be paying Interest on my refund as it is over the 30 days and the agent said that’s not their department and cannot answer. I asked to get transferred to the correct department and they would not due that

Curious how long they will drag this on for now

I filed my taxes on the first day netfile opened on February 23rd and FINALLY got my notice of assessment through my email. I am a first time filer, so I will receive my refund through cheque so unfortunately more waiting. Honestly probably would’ve been a longer wait, but I contacted my MP which actually got the ball rolling (I recommend anyone else waiting to do the same)

I just got my assessment result for KFEL 02 position. Its as follows:

Global score: 83.33%

Cognitive Abilities Score: 100%

Behavioural Score: 57.78%

What are the chances I get called up or am I cooked since the behavioural score is so low. Also what are the timeline for getting to the next steps?

I'm in Ontario.

I filed back tax returns for 2021-2024, and I received a Notice of Assessment for each return on May 11. If I go to the "Benefits and Credits" hub within my CRA account, there's a section for the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit which shows I will be receiving a payment in June based on my "Statement of Account" which lists my historical "CGEB underpayments." There's also a section for the "Ontario trillium benefit" which shows an upcoming payment in June.

There is no section for the Canada Carbon Rebate, and none of my assessments for 2021-2024 mention the CCR, although I believe I would be entitled to it for these years? I received the Climate Action Incentive in 2019-2020 when it was a refundable annual credit, before it shifted to the quarterly payment system.

I'm not seeing anything that suggests there are any pending or in progress re-assessments.

Did I miss the boat here? I know the CCR has been discontinued, but it was my understanding you could still receive unclaimed payments for the years the program was active?

Do I need to submit a manual claim to receive CCR back payments, or should I give it a couple months to see if they're added to my account? Although I'm not sure where they could be added, because the Benefits and Credits section doesn't have a CCR section?

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi everyone. Can someone help me get an idea of what to expect. I recently applied for the disability tax credit for myself and it was approved and I had my tax years adjusted for the last 10 years and then I got my return. At the same time that I applied for mine, I applied for my son's and his only just got approved and I can see that there's requests to adjust my taxes again. Since my taxes were adjusted for mine, should I expect a lower amount of a return from his application?

Thanks in advance

my accountant filed mar 16th for me and i still dont have a completion date...what should I do?

Any of you have any data points of when you filed vs when you received a date? Please help

I swear to God, I've never been able to use this website a single time in my life without it crapping out somehow. Can't log in at all today, have tried several different browsers. Just spinning when I try to log in.

I’m repaying CERB right now and was wondering if anyone could give me an answer on this though I know it’s different for everyone and may not apply for me.
So far, CRA has only taken my tax refunds and AWB. They have given me all of my GST but I guess I selected that I wanted trillium one time at the end of the term and not monthly. I’m due to get my trillium June 10th but I’m wondering, if they haven’t been taking my GST, does that mean they’re unlikely to take my trillium?

When I change my bank, do you know how long it takes for them to switch it? I know it keeps says the bank other bank open but how long does that roughly take?

I filed on April 30 by dropping the paper forms in the drop box at CRA in London, Ontario. On the TurboTax printout I wrote my email address on the first page of the T1 form where the taxpayer can choose to go paperless. I received an email on May 8. Excerpt ...

>This email address has been removed from your Canada Revenue Agency account.

>You will no longer receive email notifications to this email address.

>This is an automated email message. Please do not reply.

Why did this happen ?

Edit ... I signed into CRA and I noted that my email address was changed to something different and wrong. It seems that when it gets changed, the above message gets sent to the original email address, which is how I was alerted to the problem. Of course, I changed it back to the original. I have written a complaint letter for the CRA to let them know that somebody is being careless in performing data entry.