Jobs & employment
Pay slips, home-office expenses and job changes, including working in Ontario while living in Quebec.
Jobs & employment
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Camille hires someone for Fridays
Before the first paycheque, establish employee details, payroll calculations, remittance responsibilities and records.
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Lucas keeps the tips that never reach his T4 in a notebook
Track direct tips, compare employer-reported amounts and avoid both missing income and counting the same tips twice.
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Your employer paid it back. Can you still deduct it?
Distinguish an actual-cost reimbursement from an allowance before deciding how an employment expense belongs in your tax file.
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The move was 40 kilometres. Was it close enough?
The distance test compares each home with the new work location, not simply the distance between your old and new homes.
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A T4A is not a complete description of your work
Read the income box and review the actual working relationship before treating a T4A as proof of self-employment.
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Guy empties his locker, then separates the amounts in his final payment
Distinguish salary and vacation pay from a retiring allowance, check pre-1996 service and separate special transfers from ordinary RRSP room.
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