Regular Employees who worked from home due to the COVID-19 may claim ‘Home Office Expenses’ in your 2020 tax return. CRA named it as “work-space-in-the-home” expenses. How does it work? There are two ways you may make your claim – the newer and easier way is ‘Temporary Flat Rate method’. The alternative one is ‘Detailed …
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Regular Employees who worked from home due to the COVID-19 may claim ‘Home Office Expenses’ in your 2020 tax return. CRA named it as “work-space-in-the-home” expenses. How does it work? There are two ways you may make your claim – the newer and easier way is ‘Temporary Flat Rate method’. The alternative one is ‘Detailed …
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Regular Employees who worked from home due to the COVID-19 may claim ‘Home Office Expenses’ in your 2020 tax return. CRA named it as “work-space-in-the-home” expenses. How does it work? There are two ways you may make your claim – the newer and easier way is ‘Temporary Flat Rate method’. The alternative one is ‘Detailed …
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Vacation is a legitimate right of employees. In 2020, majority Canadian companies have paid 27 bi-weekly payments, instead of 26 payments. If you are a non-unionized employee, you may look back at your last paycheck in 2020 to confirm your YTD Vacation Accrual is correct. Here is an example. What happens when 26 Pay …
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You have to consider the eligibility criteria and assess yourself whether you are eligible. If you are not eligible, you must return or repay the CRB to the CRA. You may find the eligibility criteria in details from the CRA web (https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/benefits/recovery-benefit/crb-who-apply.html). However, I am highlighting some points, which may be a little confusing and …
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The simple answer is your CPP and EI contributions just back. You may be aware that in 2020, CPP maximum annual pensionable earnings was 58,700. If you earn more than that we did not contribute for the rest of the amount. Similarly, EI maximum annual insurable earnings in 2020 was 54,200 and you didn’t charge …
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Does a question come to your mind whether you should make a joint (coupled) tax return or file your tax return separately from your spouse? Which option gives more return? In Canada, TAX rules do not allow spouses or common-laws to file joint income tax returns. Each Canadian resident files their own tax return. When …
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You may be aware that Federal Government decided to change the Federal Tax, CPP and EI. Following chart will show the major differences: How do these changes impact on your paycheck? If you earn $61,600 or above in 2020 you contributed $2,898 for CPP whereas you need to contribute $3,166.45 in 2021. Therefore, annually your …
Did you review your pay rate? Is it up to 2 decimal or 4 decimal? For example, you were hired for a company with a salary of $45,000. You have to work 40 hours per week and 2080 hours (40hrs x 52 weeks) per year. Therefore, the rate was calculated as $21.63 (2 decimal points) …
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There are 5 ways you may make yourself be benefited if you are eligible! 1. Government of Canada’s First-Time Home Buyer Incentive 2. Federal Tax Credit 3. Federal GST/HST Rebate 4. Provincial GST/HST Rebate 5. Financial Institute’s (Bank) Cash Bonus 1. Government of Canada’s First-Time Home Buyer Incentive In case of buying an existing home, you are …
