Update to Underused Housing Tax (UHT)
Note: This is a further update to our article published on January 5, 2023. The Underused Housing Tax Return and Election Form is now available on the CRA website.
Note: This is a further update to our article published on January 5, 2023. The Underused Housing Tax Return and Election Form is now available on the CRA website.
Personal tax season is just around the corner. Please visit Personal Taxes for the following documents and other tools to help you get started:
Toronto residential property owners, including corporations, partnerships and trusts, must submit a declaration of their property’s occupancy status for 2022 and pay any tax assessed on the property in 2023.
Owners, except for Excluded Owners (see below), of residential property in Canada will now have to file an annual Underused Housing Tax return to determine if they are subject to this new tax.
Note: Under the revised legislation set out in Bill C-32, the new trust reporting rules will now apply to trust taxation years that end after December 30, 2023. These rules are not yet law as of this date, but the expectation is that they will be law soon. We will continue to provide you with updates on any developments related to this issue.
Note: This is a further update to our article published on October 12, 2022.
As we have previously written, there are new reporting requirements for trusts that will result in trustees having to file a trust tax return (T3 return) by March 31, 2023 for trusts that did not previously have to file.
Note: This is an update to our article that was originally published on December 13, 2021. The new reporting requirements for trusts, applicable to T3 returns that are due on March 31, 2023, have been clarified by the Department of Finance.
Have you had a vacation or are you planning a vacation in Ontario in 2022? If so, remember to keep your receipts to claim the Ontario Staycation Tax Credit. How does it work?
We are so excited to share some news. Over the past couple of months, three of our students attained their CPA designation. Join us in congratulating Damon Wan, Liji Chen, and Dennis Luk who are now Chartered Professional Accountants. Certainly, a testament to their hard work and dedication.
We hope you are all doing well and managing through another year of the pandemic. As we are, hopefully, nearing the end of the pandemic, we remind you that personal tax season is around the corner. There are a few things that we need you to do prior to sending in your information.
