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Filing & corrections 2 min
I paid CRA, but the wrong balance moved
Camille follows the payment confirmation, checks its allocation and uses the available transfer process before paying the same amount again.
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Saving & retirement 2 min
A large withdrawal can affect more than the income-tax bill
Match the annual OAS recovery calculation and later monthly deductions to the correct income year.
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New to Canada 2 min
The $100,000 foreign-property test is not an income exemption
Check the combined cost of specified foreign property and keep income reporting separate from the T1135 filing test.
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Family & everyday life 3 min
Equal weeks did not settle the dependant-credit question
Read the support obligation before claiming line 30400. Equal parenting time and a shared CCB payment do not decide the tax credit.
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Jobs & employment 3 min
One job. Two slips. Two income totals.
Patrice checks the health-plan benefit behind a difference between his T4 and RL-1, without adding the same salary twice or forcing the slips to match.
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Working for yourself 2 min
The client was in Alberta. I was in Ottawa.
Malik checks the place-of-supply rules before copying Ontario's HST rate onto an Alberta client's design invoice.
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