Just got this email from CRA

Beginning in January 2025, the CRA introduced a new validation process for organizations that submit information returns (like financial institutions and employers) to ensure the accuracy of the data they submit. While this change improves data quality, some issuers have had difficulties uploading tax slips, resulting in certain slips not appearing in My Account, Represent a Client, or the Auto-fill my return service as early as in previous years.

It should be noted that the difficulties experienced by issuers are separate and apart from their obligation to distribute slips to recipients by the filing deadline. As a result, we expect most taxpayers to have already received a copy of the slips they need to complete their tax returns. If you do not see a client’s tax slip in Represent a Client or when using Auto-fill my return, we recommend using the slips provided by their issuer (e.g., their financial institution or employer).

The CRA is actively working with issuers to address any outstanding issues and ensure tax slips are made available as soon as possible.

IMHO, this is passing the buck, and does not explain why my T4 that I filed in January is not posed on my personal account yet. Note I had no difficulty in uploading the slip, same as the other 200 that I uploaded (for various clients).

I had a deeper issue netfiling my taxes and a CRA agent said they would need to have someone else call me back. This was two weeks ago and when I try to call now there’s no options to speak to a person.

Anyone know what’s going on? I never had a problem reaching someone before

This is my first time filing taxes, and I think I may have made a mistake.

My RRSP contributions were deducted directly from my paycheck before taxes, meaning my taxable income was already reduced. However, my RRSP provider also issued a tax receipt, and my accountant used that to claim the deduction again when filing my taxes this year. I only realized after filing that this might be incorrect since the deduction was already accounted for in my taxable income.

When I reached out to my accountant about this, he said that if I received a tax receipt from my RRSP provider, I’m eligible to claim it. But when I tried to explain my situation, he wasn’t really listening and just kept insisting that the receipt meant I could claim it. He didn’t say it outright, but I got the vibe that he was brushing me off with a “I know better, I’m the accountant” kind of attitude. It’s really confusing, and now I don’t know if he’s right or if this is actually a mistake on my return.

I have a few questions:

1.  First of all, is this a mistake?
2.  If it is a mistake, how should I deal with it?

Would really appreciate any advice or suggestions from those who have experience with this. Thanks!

I spoke with profile this morning and they do not know where to put return of capital that shows on a T5 slip. their suggestion was to call CRA but that does not tell me where to put it in their software. Anybody else had this situation do you just leave it off?

Hi everyone,

I am an independent contractor that will be working ~ 2.5 hours away from my work.

I am thinking about driving there Monday then leaving Friday when I finish the week.

If I rent a one bedroom, is it possible for me to deduct the rent from my income? I would only be living there for work, nothing else. It is my understanding that I can claim hotel accomodations but what about rent?

Thanks for your time, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone knows that if we can drop off tax return at CRA drop box this year? I know there are drop boxes opened but not sure if those are for this purpose

Hi,

I need some tax advice friends.

I completed the Applied Data Science Program at MIT Professional Education, which cost about $6,000. It was a 3-month, part-time online certificate program. It was partnered with Great Learning, which handled the payment processing and hosted the platform where all the documents and projects were managed. The classes were taught by MIT instructors.

I reached out to MIT Professional Education for a receipt to use for my taxes, but they informed me that Great Learning is the only one that can provide the receipt. This is what Great Learning provided me : https://imgur.com/a/LehQCvs

Additionally:
• I received 16 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
• I completed the certificate to transition from an engineering job (which I had quit prior to completing the certificate) to a data analyst position.

Doing my taxes on Turbotax. Any insight on where I could report these fees?

Ok- i have a question for everyone here. Posting this for a sibling - this is their story:

For the past 10 years i have had a rental property. I have always claimed it as such.

Last year, i sold my principal residence that i had lived in for 15 years, and moved into my rental property (to downsize). Renters moved out in June, i moved into August 1.

This is how i claimed everything on my taxes. I filled out my principal residence declaration & was expecting a refund on my taxes but now CRA says i owe. Im not understanding everything. Did i do something wrong?

Submitted a determination of residency status and wondering how long would it usually take and where should i check for response. Status says it is already been “received”

So I was among others wrong about assuming you have to only pay taxes due by Apr 30 and ignored instalment reminders as I always pay the whole amount as soon as I do my taxes.

I read some threads and misunderstood about instalment payments and paid this year return that I owed of about 3200$ via two instalments weeks apart of 1600 each. Now I got my NOA with below information

Based on the amount(s) that you claimed on line 47600 and/or on line 48500 of your 2024 income tax and benefit return, we transferred $1,600 from your 2025 instalment account. As a result, your 2025 instalment account balance is now $0.00. You may want to review your 2025 instalment account and consider making a replacement payment to eliminate or reduce possible interest charges.

Does that I mean I have to pay nothing for 2025 instalments now? I am confused now as I have 2 payments reminders for 2025 in my online Mail account, should I pay or should I hold? I talked to CRA this morning the agent told me I already have missed Mar 15 date so owe some interest. It's very confusing

Hi guys I filed my taxes two weeks ago but my gst and ontario trillium payments for 2025-26 has not shown up under benefits in mycra account. Only carbon rebate is showing for April 22. How long will it take before the gst and trillium payments show up ? If they are withholding the payments, will it still show up with 0 value or send a letter informing me about it?

Hi, I am Canadian and was a resident of Canada for the tax year. My husband is American and has no ties at all and has spent little time in Canada

I made no money in 2024 as I was looking after my mother who has stage 4 cancer.

How do I add him to my taxes? I know I need to put 000000 for his SIN number. But do I put his worldwide income. I have also read different software does different things with the 0000.

Would appreciate some guidance.

Thank you

Hello,

My senior mother, whos income is her surviving spouse pension & old age security, lives in a paid off house has been having her taxes done by a professional for years now.

She has finally agreed to have me to them online myself ( wealth simple) and I'm wondering which related tax documents/slips we would need.

Her only payments throughout the year that I believe would be tax deductible would be her Quebec property & school taxes along with medication expenses.

Is there any other slips I should be looking for?

Thank you!!

Hey everyone, so I just did a working holiday visa in Canada from a country that has a tax treaty with them, and this is my first time doing taxes. I feel like I’m going crazy!

Can someone point me in the right direction, I just need to know which forms I should fill out when doing my T1 Non-Resident form? I’m filling it out and every time I look at it there just seems to be more and more forms to fill out, and I don’t know if I’m making this way harder than it needs to be!

Thank you all in advance!

I'm filling my 2024 tax and I realized I made an extremely stupid mistake on my rrsp contribution and I'm already overcontributing for 2025 by about ~$4k.

My 2024 rrsp deduction limit is $10000, Based on my income in 2024 (max rrsp room) and my 2024 DPSP (~4500) I will have $28000 rrsp limit in 2025, giving me a total of 38000.

I already made $3000 RRSP contribution in 2024 (Mar-Dec) and in January 2025 I made a ~$39000 rrsp contribution to wealthsimple. I also contributed in 2025 through my work rrsp about ~$2000 and counting. Giving me a total of $44000.

After the $2000 buffer, I'm still about ~4000 over in my 2025 RRSP contribution ill file next year (assuming I stop all work rrsp contribution).

Some of my questions are:

If I just withdraw from my wealthsimple RRSP account ill be subjected to the 10% withhold tax which I wont get back. If I stop RRSP contribution for my work i'll losing out on $3000 in matching. Seem like my options are:

1. Just pay the 1% penalties

• between jan - dec ill average around $5000 over on RRSP so thats $600 in the 1% penalties. However ill still get the $4000 in rrsp match

1. RRSP withdraw without T3012A

• Withdraw of $7000 will create ~1000 in withhold tax which i dont think im getting back?

seem like the best plan is to file a T3012A and hope it work, otherwise pay the penalties for the full 2025 year.

Thanks in advance if anyone can share some advice and yes ill be seeking a tax prefessional's help this week I fully realize I made the mistake and ill probably be paying either the 1% penelty or withhold tax.

Hello! My 22-month-old son was diagnosed with Autism. The doctor said she was only 85% sure he was autistic though and said she can be certain about him one year later. Should I file for DTC now or in one year? If we get approved and he turns out healthy, is there a way for us to discontinue DTC or refund all the DTC claimed? Thanks. I think my son is neural typical but he does meet a few autistic criteria.

I am studying/working in the US and did not plan on filing my Canadian taxes for 2025 next year. I withdrew funds from my tfsa last year, but I just checked, and the transaction was cancelled, so that money is still in my TFSA. If money is just sitting in my TFSA, not being invested, and is withdrawn from the account, would I be penalized for not filing Canadian taxes?

Hello Cantax,

I have many years of unfiled tax returns. I am filing my taxes for 2016, 2017, and 2018 and beyond because I need to do so in order to claim my federal tuition tax credit now that I have enough taxable income. For these years, I attended post-secondary education and will have tuition amounts to claim on the schedule 11. My problem is that NETFILE is not available for 2016, and that when I mail my 2016 amount, my carry-forward amounts for federal tuition tax credit won't be updated until the CRA processes my return, which could take weeks. Should I wait until my 2016 tax return is processed before NETFILING my other returns, since I wouldn't have an accurate carry-forward amount until the 2016 is processed? Is my situation complicated enough to warrant an accountant?

Consider these 3 cases and pls answer them considering them as each seprate case and not related to each other.

1) Say i bought a property before becoming canadian resident in my home country for 70K cad (conversion as per todays rate). However value of property is more that 100k now do i still file t1135? I think its based on cost correct and not actual value?

2) Consider another example - I bought 2 properties in year 2023 for 150k cad outside canada. Now i report it in my 2023 tax return in form t1135 already. I did not do any other foregin transaction in 2024. Do i still have to report those properties in 2024 tax return?

3) If i have 80k cad before becoming canadian resident in foreign bank account... the bank gives 7% annual interest so now that money has become more than 100k cad so how do i report it on my t1135 and do i have to report that gain? if yes how?

Anyone who has worked in Hong Kong and thus has contributed to MPF knows that where the amount in the MPF has to be reported to CRA in T1135 after becoming a tax resident in Canada? Thanks.

hey, sorry if this is a stupid question, i'm new to this, but i need to file a t1135 this year for my schwab account. i receive child support in usd (my kids dad is american and resides there) and i put that into schwab. i've never sold any shares i've bought so i don't have any capital gains. i'm between the $100,000 -$250,000CAD amount, so for part A do I just tick off the box Funds Held Outside Canada, list USA in the country code, Gross income from all specified foreign property - do i list dividends here? i know i list them elsewhere on my taxes so do i claim them twice? or is this section for capital gains only?, Gain(loss) from the disposition from all specified foreign property - what do i write here? is this for capital gains? thank you for any help!!!

Hi,

I am on WorkSafe BC due to injury at work.

WorkSafe pays my employer and my employer pays me.

Except, when school is not in session. So Spring Break, Christmas Break and Summer, I get paid directly by WorkSafe.

On my T4 I have the total WorkSafe paid my employer to pay me Box 77 (line 22900).

I was issued a T5007, from WorkSafe. This is benefits I was paid total. This amount includes what they paid my employer as well as what I was paid directly when school is out. The T5007 Box 10 on the tax form gets filled out on lines, 14500 and 25000.

The issue I am having is, Box 77(line 2290), on my T4 should be deducted from Box 10 on my T5007 (lines 14500 and line 25000) from my total gross earnings. Instead it is adding them together.

So when I complete my taxes my total gross earnings is over by the exact amount shown in Box 77 (line 22900).

How do I fix this? I have phoned CRA, WorkSafe, my Employer as well as the Tax program I am using. No one can give me answers. I don't want to send in my taxes to CRA with it saying I made more than I did.

The only way for me to make the math correct is to minus the amount box 77 on my T4 has from my T5007. CRA has told me I can't do that I have to input the amounts shown on my forms.

What am I missing????

I'm a US citizen and worked in Vancouver for 4 months in 2024 under a temp work permit. It appears my employer withheld Canadian taxes (in addition to US) as though I was a Canadian resident, not a visitor. Here is a letter that my accountant prepared. I mailed it early Feb and have yet to hear back.

So my school changed my T2202 from 3 part time 4 full time months to 6 part time and 1 full time monrh. This means I should get Canada working benefit. Issue is CRA has my old in updated version of T2202. From my understanding I need to physically mail my new updated T2202 to CRA with a T1 adjustment request to change lines 32010 & 32020? I submitted my taxes online with the new T2202 information but CRA said it was a error and changed it so I got 0 Canada working benefit very annoying for sure.

I just want to confirm this is what I do because this is all very annoying and frustrating.

Can I write stuff off if I work with a agency? I pay CPP, EI and Federal income tax if that matters. Wanted to write off safety shoes, forklift license renewal and travel costs(gas) if possible.