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Working for yourself 2 min
Your bank balance and your profit answer different questions
A $3,200 bank balance can sit beside $4,000 of profit without either number being wrong. Follow the invoices, payments and owner withdrawal.
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Working for yourself 2 min
A US client is the start of the HST question
Identify the customer, the exact service and the applicable export provision before treating a foreign invoice as zero-rated.
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Working for yourself 3 min
The next order may need two tax numbers
Track the small-supplier threshold, check exceptions and confirm both GST and QST registration before changing your invoices.
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Family & everyday life 3 min
Marcel keeps the housekeeping and snow-removal bills
Identify eligible services, separate supplies from labour and reconcile advance payments for Quebec's home-support credit.
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Filing & corrections 7 min
How to Change a Tax Return: T1 Adjustments and ReFILE
How to fix an assessed return with Change my return, ReFILE, or Form T1-ADJ, including the 10-year limit and current CRA timelines.
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Family & everyday life 3 min
Daniel keeps the adoption file after the last appointment
Identify the year to claim adoption expenses, subtract assistance and coordinate the per-child limit between parents.
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