The best source of valuable information regarding Canadian Tax Shelters – rigorously put together by a team of volunteers who know the perils of gift-giving tax shelters all too well.
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How to Deal with the Canada Revenue Agency
Helpful "How-To" CRA Videos
How To Sign Up with the CRA Online
Manage ALL your tax information online by signing up for the Canada Revenue Agency’s online portal, ‘My Account.’ Watch this video to learn more about ‘My Account’ and how to sign up.
This is very helpful if you need to know what you owe and get the information you need without calling the tax professionals.
How to Speak with CRA Agents
Have you been contacted by the Canada Revenue Agency? It’s always best to provide honest and up-front information with CRA agents, as this video explains.
A helpful video explainer on how to talk to CRA agents and how to get the information you need.
How to Appeal CRA Decisions
Do you not agree with a CRA decision? This helpful video explains exactly how to appeal CRA decisions; including all the steps you must take.
How to File a Formal Dispute or Objection with the CRA
Do you disagree with a CRA tax assessment or reassessment? This video explains what you need to do in order to file an objection or formal dispute to the CRA.
CRA References
- Tax Shelters - Know The Risk. Information provided by the CRA.
- Have you received a suspicious call from someone claiming to be the CRA? Click this link to learn how to avoid being scammed.
- Instructions on how to apply for a tax shelter identification number. It's unreal that this exists. Please, DO NOT DO THIS TO ANYONE.
Helpful Public Articles & Blogs
- How to Contact the CRA Without Losing Your Mind
- CTV - CRA Wrong on 1 in 4 business tax answers: survey
- CBC - Canadians calling CRA facing longer wait times, getting unreliable answers, CFIB audit finds
- Toronto Star - CRA call agents were given wrong info on CERB eligibility, union head says
- The Decline of the Successful Tax Shelter
A Brief History of Canada's Tax Shelters
Read the articles below to learn how the CRA’s opinion on Canadian tax shelters transformed over the years.
- Investment Executive - CRA's actions alarm tax-shelter promoters and investors (2005)
- Financial Post - Beware these tax shelters: You will be audited and your claim will probably be rejected (2014)
- The Globe and Mail - How the wealthy reduce the tax-man’s take (2017)
- Investment Executive - “Hallmark” regime proposed to crack down on aggressive tax planning (2010)
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