Benifits for your Tax Return and the Complications

Submitting your income tax returns and paying your outstanding balance on time should simply be a priority. Otherwise, it will cost you a lot too much.

Penalties for late payment

It should be noted that if you do not pay your tax balance before midnight the Revenue Agency begins to charge daily compounded interest the following day, and continues to charge each day until you have paid what you owe.

The penalty for late filing

If you do not submit your 2013 personal tax return by the April 30, 2014 deadline, you will also be required to pay the late- filing penalty of 5% of your 2013 balance plus 1% of your balance for each full month in which your return is late, up to a maximum of 12 months.

If this is not the first time you are late, the penalty is higher; if the CRA has imposed a late filing penalty for your return, your late filing penalty for 2013 may be 10% of your outstanding balance, plus 2% of your balance for each month complete where your return is late, up to a maximum of 20 months. You will have the best support now from the Taxation Return Preparation Watson.

No benefit payments

Eligibility for several benefits, such as the  Child Tax Benefit and the GST / HST credit, is based on your income tax information as net income. If you file your tax return late, your benefit payments will stop because the RA will not know your eligibility status.

Tips for late taxpayers

Do not delay submitting your returns because you think you owe money or wonder if you can pay your balance in full. In this case, you only make things worse.

Instead, make sure you submit your returns by the April 30 deadline, even if you can not pay your balance in full. So, even if you have to pay interest on the outstanding balance, at least your benefit payments will continue and you will not have to pay the late filing penalty in addition to other penalties and interest.

Explore with the RA the possibility of staggering your payments or waiving penalties for late payment of your balance.

The Revenue Agency is pleased to make payment arrangements with taxpayers who can not pay the amount of income tax they owe before the deadline.

To submit an application to this effect, you must complete and mail Form, Taxpayer Relief Application. If you find yourself in this situation in April, do not panic. Simply contact the Canada Revenue Agency as soon as possible to resolve the situation.