The CBC has the latest news on the CRA’s efile problems. The CRA has provided more detail in a “fact sheet“.
CRA suspends online service
The CRA has suspended online service for individuals—including e-filing—until further notice, apparently “to safeguard existing systems and to maintain the integrity of CRA’s taxpayer information holdings”. The full news release is here.
Voluntary disclosures in Ontario
The CRA is changing the way voluntary disclosures are processed in Ontario. See its press release here.
Public relations and battling fraud
Judging by a recent press release, the CRA has hired a new public relations officer.
CRA stamping service
Some time ago, I complained about the CRA’s decision to close its mail rooms to the public in the name of cost-cutting. Many of you echoed my complaints in subsequent conversations and emails. It appears the CRA has changed its…
Tax shelters again
You know it must be the season because the CRA has issued another warning about investing in tax shelters.
“Archived” and “Cancelled” ITs
The CRA has been “archiving” certain of its Interpretation Bulletins and Information Circulars, which prompted one of our readers to ask “What does it mean when an IT or IC has been ‘archived’ or ‘cancelled'”? I wasn’t exactly sure myself, and so I wrote to the Income Tax Rulings Directorate in Ottawa to inquire further. The following is its response:
Tax collection agreement
From a Department of Finance press release circulated earlier today: Businesses throughout Ontario will benefit from one tax return, one set of rules and one point of contact as a result of a corporate income tax collection agreement signed today…
Audits and Objections
I have added a new permanent article to the site on audits and objections. A link to the new article can also be found in our sidebar. The article is a sort of prequel to my article on Tax Court…
Yet more on third-party demands
I have written several posts about the difficulties posed for taxpayers and the CRA by subsection 231.2(2) of the Income Tax Act. Earlier this year, the Federal Court released another decision—All Saints Greek Orthodox Church v. M.N.R., 2006 FC 374—relating…