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Tax returns for self-employed individuals and their spouses must be filed by June 15 of the following year. However, any Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax owing for the period is due April 30. Tax returns for deceased individuals must be filed by the normal filing deadline or 6 months after the date of death, whichever comes later.
Any gain or loss from a 1256 Contract is treated for tax purposes as 40% short-term gain and 60% long-term gain, regardless of holding period. Because most futures contracts are held for less than the 12-month minimum holding period for long-term capital gains tax rates; the gain from any non-1256 contract will typically be taxed at the higher ...
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) [a] of Canada provided the framework of broad guidelines, conventions, rules and procedures of accounting.In early 2006, the AcSB decided to completely converge Canadian GAAP with international GAAP, i.e. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), for most entities that must ...
Short-term capital gains tax is a tax applied to profits from selling an asset you’ve held for less than a year. Short-term capital gains taxes are paid at the same rate as you’d pay on your ...
Here are tips from accountants and personal-finance experts about what to save, what to throw away, how long to keep tax return-related materials, and how best to store these important documents.
Corporate taxes in Canada are regulated at the federal level by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). As of January 1, 2019 the "net tax rate after the general tax reduction" is fifteen per cent. [1] The net tax rate for Canadian-controlled private corporations that claim the small business deduction, is nine per cent. [1]
This income is taxed at the shareholder's personal income tax rate, but a part of the tax is offset by a 10.5217% dividend tax credit (for 2017) [18] to reflect the federal tax paid at the corporate level. There are also provincial dividend tax credits at different rates in different provinces.
The tax rate for individuals on "long-term capital gains", which are gains on assets that have been held for over one year before being sold, is lower than the ordinary income tax rate, and in some tax brackets there is no tax due on such gains. The tax rate on long-term gains was reduced in 1997 via the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 from 28% to ...