Tim…
I have to say you are amazing, such a time savings. Just wow. So impressed and happy things are getting cleaned up.
Also love the receipt program. …
Have a great day
Tim…
I have to say you are amazing, such a time savings. Just wow. So impressed and happy things are getting cleaned up.
Also love the receipt program. …
Have a great day
Receipt Bank allows you to quickly and easily process receipts.
For individuals who have to prepare employment expenses, or have small business statements, the app which can be loaded on your phone makes it easy to snap pictures of all those pesky receipts immediately when you get them, as opposed to handling them come tax time.
If you have a significant number of receipts related to your business, you can scan and then upload the receipts for processing, or even engage me to do this for you. For even more complex situations, it may be necessary to set you up with multiple business in Receipt Bank. Each person is unique.
Please note that Receipt Bank can’t handle:
Please ask me about the benefits and costs.
During the past week, I and a select group of clients have been using Receipt Bank. I asked for comments. Here is what they said:
Nicholas, Small Business Person
Great tool for tracking daily expenses to ensure you don’t miss any deductions by misplacing receipts
Nicholas was initially hesitant about using Receipt Bank, but tried it. After 50 receipts for last year, he wanted to also start working on the current year. He figures that using this software will save him hours. Nicholas started using this without any training.
Last year, I had two new clients come with copies of their past three years of tax returns. (It is my practice to review the prior three years to ensure that I am consistent with the previous years.)
This is part two of two – How ignoring the information available from the CRA can result in an incorrect return!
For this case, I was specifically asked to check out two years of returns filed by the previous person. I cross-checked the returns against the partner’s information as well as against the CRA’s records.
During this process, it was clear that the person who prepared the returns disconnected the two returns and only accessed the information provided by the taxpayers. This resulted in:
The client has been charged about $15,000 more taxes and penalties than was necessary. Her correct return would have had a balance due that is less than $100.
We are still working with the CRA to fix these errors.
Lessons Learned:
Last year, I had two new clients come with copies of their past three years of tax returns. (It is my practice to review the prior three years to ensure that I am consistent with the previous years.)
This is part one of two – How depending on the CRA’s AutoFill Return can cause you to pay too much taxes!
In the review process, I was initially aware that:
We did a review of my findings in person and my client authorized me to access the CRA’s records. Checking the CRA’s records, I was further able to determine that the client had duplicated tax slips and reported about $1,200 more income than they should have.
Results of this review:
Lessons Learned:
My client is very satisfied with the initial work that I have done and he is happy that he was referred to me. His comment was, “I wish I had come to you earlier!”
The CRA opens for filing information returns on Monday, 7th January, 2019. These include T3, T4, T5 and NR-4 returns. Affected individuals include those with Trusts, Estates, Employees, pay interest or dividends, or who are a non-resident Landlord.
I have been contacting affected clients by email and by phone to get their information in. Please feel free to call me if you have not received any message yet.
These returns are due in the next month.
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