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Corporate, sole-proprietor, payroll and GST/HST tasks need their own supporting records and reporting periods. This collection helps a business owner prepare a usable handoff rather than assume a bank total or legal registration settles the tax work. The team confirms programme accounts, jurisdictions and filing responsibilities in the written scope.
Preparation resource. Editorial review: November 3, 2026. This guide helps organize records and questions; it does not determine your tax position. Use the agency instructions for the relevant year and obtain advice for your circumstances.
16 guides in this collection.
Canadian business tax and records
List the business's legal identity and each CRA programme account. A business number alone does not explain which programmes are open or which filing responsibilities remain active.
Canadian business tax and records
Organize revenue, activity and customer-location information before choosing a registration date. Different business circumstances need to be reviewed using the applicable rules rather than one general threshold assumption.
Canadian business tax and records
Keep supplier invoices and business-use information with the GST/HST ledger. The reviewer needs to distinguish supported business inputs from personal, exempt or otherwise restricted amounts.
Canadian business tax and records
Record what was supplied, where relevant parties are located and the delivery or service facts. Applying a rate requires the appropriate place-of-supply review, not just the seller's mailing address.
Canadian business tax and records
Reconcile the reporting period to the books and identify adjustments or earlier corrections. Clear workpapers should explain the return's figures and distinguish agency payments from the underlying sales and purchase amounts.
Canadian business tax and records
Prepare the corporation's reconciled financial statements with ownership and prior tax schedules. The engagement should identify federal and any separate provincial work before assuming one return covers every obligation.
Canadian business tax and records
Keep shareholder transactions separate from ordinary business expenses. A dated ledger and repayment evidence help the preparer review the relationship between corporate funds, owner payments and any required reporting.
Canadian business tax and records
Match employee slips and summaries to payroll records and remittances. Explain corrections, employee changes and provider transitions before finalizing the year-end reporting package.
Canadian business tax and records
Keep the corporate authorization and accounting entries with recipient reporting records. Dividends should be distinguishable from wages, loans and reimbursements before slips or personal returns are prepared.
Canadian business tax and records
Identify the payment type, recipient residency and supporting treaty documentation before reviewing withholding and information reporting. Keep gross payments and withheld amounts traceable to the same transactions.
Canadian business tax and records
Prepare facts about the actual working relationship before deciding the payroll treatment. The written agreement should be read alongside control, equipment, risk and the way the work is performed.
Canadian business tax and records
Provide reconciled balances and a clear list of unresolved items. The preparer should be able to trace the financial statements to source records without guessing about owner transactions or missing periods.
Canadian business tax and records
Maintain an asset register with purchase, use and disposal information. Keep prior tax schedules because an accounting depreciation figure does not replace the separate tax review of asset treatment.
Canadian business tax and records
Organize the current activity and earlier loss information together. The preparer needs the taxpayer, type of loss and applicable year details before reviewing whether and when an amount may be used.
Canadian business tax and records
List every registered account and outstanding filing period before closing the business. The end of trading, legal dissolution and closing CRA programme accounts are separate steps to coordinate.
Canadian business tax and records
Keep platform reports with the underlying sales and tax details. The preparer needs to identify what the platform handled and what remains the seller's responsibility before reconciling revenue or indirect tax.
Begin with the issue that matches your records. Follow the links to related topics when your situation involves another country, business ownership, investments or an earlier return. A records checklist helps preparation; it does not decide tax residency, eligibility, an election or the final amount due.
The team confirms the applicable year, required forms and preparation fee before work. Use the public consultation form for a short description. Send tax documents only through the private portal once requested.
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