Jobs & employment
Pay slips, home-office expenses and job changes, including working in Ontario while living in Quebec.
Jobs & employment
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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 signed T2200 is the beginning of the calculation
Check your work arrangement, eligible expenses and actual workspace use before claiming an employee home office deduction.
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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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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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Two jobs, two paycheques, one tax return
Why two employers can each deduct tax correctly while your combined income still produces a balance owing.
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The dues receipt that repeats your T4
Compare your T4 and membership receipt so eligible annual dues are claimed once and excluded fees stay out.
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