taxpayer relief blog

If you work in the Accounting, Tax Preparation, or Tax Law industries, you've probably heard of the Taxpayer Relief provisions of the Income Tax Act (220.(3.1) of the ITA). And there's probably a reasonable percentage of citizens who have an idea that they can ask for...

Not a week goes by that I don’t encounter the deep and continuing frustration of Canadian taxpayers experiencing the dark and mysterious world of a CRA statement of account. For most folks, the Agency’s accounting of assessments, reassessments, payments, penalties,...

On a fairly consistent basis, I’m met with blank stares when I tell people I am a consultant and writer, specializing in Taxpayer Relief. Most people have no idea what the term means. And why would they? Unless you’ve got a tax problem, chances are you’d have no...

You may have heard the term “Fairness” in reference to Canada Revenue Agency’s Taxpayer Relief Guidelines. You might wonder why that is. Well, the answer is quite simple really. When the provisions were introduced, the taxpayer relief legislation was originally called...

Having spent more than a decade as a senior collection enforcement officer with the CRA, I never cease to be amazed at the wild misconceptions the Canadian public have regarding Canada Revenue Agency and tax collection matters. Every month, I get phone calls from...

You wouldn’t be the first person to do a Google search for Taxpayer Relief examples. You won’t be the last either. The problem is; taxpayer relief application examples harvested from the internet are template solutions to problems that are usually quite specific....

It’s a fraught time of the year for many people. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is issuing tax assessments. As a former Canada Revenue Agency collections enforcement officer, I can say with considerable confidence that fear and anxiety are among the most common...