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 office is in Ottawa. Home is in Gatineau.
Understand why an Ontario paycheque and a Quebec tax return can disagree, and how the transfer of tax withheld fits into the two returns.
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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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Priya checks the LIFT credit with both incomes in view
Calculate the low-income workers credit, account for a partner's income and understand why $875 is not an automatic refund.
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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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Amina sends invoices. That does not settle her employment status.
Compare the actual working relationship with the contract label, use the appropriate legal framework and request a ruling within the deadline.
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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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