CRA - Canada Revenue Agency Links



The Canada Revenue Agency website is a wealth of information, but finding what you want is often a challenge. 

Where should you start? 

Does your family have high medical expenses?

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Learn how to claim personal tax credits like disability, caregiver and medical expenses. 

It's not too lateIt's possible to adjust your tax return for missing information for the past ten years.

The trick is knowing how to ask and what to document.

Government benefit programs or disability information: Useful Links page

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Start your search at the CRA Site Map

2009 Tax Tables CRA Tables on Diskette (TOD) July 1, 2009 - payroll tax tables to download and install in Windows
Tax Offices Tax Service Offices and Tax Centres by province
News Release

The CRA Media room -

check current news releases for example did you know there is a CRA Contest on YouTube

Taxpayer Alerts

Stay legal. Read the latest Taxpayer Alerts.  Read What's New at CRA.

Service Complaints

New complaint resolution process. 

Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

Capital Gains

New pages for the tax treatment of mutual funds for individuals.

Support

New Q&A approach replaces tables in previous version.

Additional information – subrogation of rights (Line 128 only) -

Allowable deduction (Line 220)

Rental income

New pages to help clients complete lines 160 and 126

Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSPs)

Watch for updates here on this new program commencing in 2008.

Registered Plans Directorate at 1-800-267-3100 in English or 1-800-267-5565 in French

Follow that up with a thorough review of

www.taxdetective.ca/rdsp.html to find all of the wording of the law, new guides, instructions, information

Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs )

New pages for RESPs 

Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs)

Major structure and navigational changes made for RRSPs. 

New stand-alone sub-topics for:

  • HBP
  • LLP
  • RRSP options when you turn 69.   

Adoption Expenses

Page created for the new non-refundable tax credit on line 313

Disability

New point-and-click lists for disability supports deductions (line 215) and eligible medical expenses (line 330)

New Q&A approach added to caregiver amount (line 315)

Instalments

Added page “Why do you have to pay by instalments?” in response to field request

New Q&A approach added to clarify qualifications for clients

GST/HST

GST/HST content restructured by:

  • targeting common client groups; and

  • breaking down the information under topics that are most relevant to the clients.

Payroll

Payroll content restructured.  Major changes include:

  • structuring the pages using centre navigation and a client-activity approach to allow employers to navigate more easily;
  • adding missing content for numerous topics (for example, T4A information, including a clickable T4A slip);
  • adding new topics, such as Information for employees; and
  • adding a payroll-specific alpha topic listing as an alternative to navigation for clients and agents.

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