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Work out the cost, check the date, find the answer
Three things Canadian business owners ask before they call an accountant. The estimator uses the same published starting prices as the fee page, so nothing here is a different number from what you would be quoted.
Fee estimator
Every amount below is a starting price taken directly from the published fee table. Final fees depend on complexity, volume and record quality, and are confirmed before any paid work begins.
Starting estimate
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Tick the work you need and the starting prices add up here.
All fees are starting prices and subject to 5% GST. Final fees depend on complexity, volume, record quality and scope. Fixed fees are provided where the engagement scope can be determined in advance.
Prefer the full list? See every starting fee.
Filing deadlines at a glance
General Canadian deadlines. Your own dates depend on your year end and the reporting periods the CRA has assigned you, so confirm them against your CRA account rather than a summary.
Corporation
- T2 return filed
- Six months after the fiscal year end
- Balance of tax paid
- Two months after year end, or three for some CCPCs
- GST/HST return
- Depends on the assigned reporting period
Individual
- T1 return filed
- April 30
- Self-employed T1 filed
- June 15, with any balance still due April 30
- Balance of tax paid
- April 30
Employer
- Source deductions remitted
- Set by the assigned remitter type
- T4 slips issued and filed
- The last day of February
Start from the question you actually have
Starting or restructuring
Paying yourself
If the CRA has been in touch
All 73 guides are in the insights library, each one sourced to the CRA or a provincial authority.