{"id":18,"date":"2016-04-26T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T08:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/?p=18"},"modified":"2021-09-28T08:54:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T08:54:04","slug":"money-market-rates-finding-the-best-accounts-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Income Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"introduction\">\n<h2>Personal Income Tax<\/h2>\n<p>If you were a B.C. resident on December 31 or earned income in B.C. you may need to file an income tax return for the tax year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>B.C. income taxes are administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Forms to calculate your B.C. income tax are included with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/forms-publications\/tax-packages-years\/general-income-tax-benefit-package\/british-columbia\/5010-r.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">T1 Income Tax Return<\/a>. Even if you don\u2019t owe income tax, you can file an income tax return to claim a refund, credits, or benefits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/taxes\/income-taxes\/personal\/report-pay#special-rules\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Special rules<\/a>&nbsp;may apply to trusts, bankruptcies, part-year residents, non-residents, tax on split income, taxpayers subject to alternative minimum tax, taxpayers who pay tax in more than one jurisdiction, and credits filed in separate returns.<\/p>\n<h4>Source deductions<\/h4>\n<p>Source deductions are income tax deductions made from payments you receive, such as from an employer or pension administrator. You must complete a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/forms-publications\/td1-personal-tax-credits-returns\/td1-forms-pay-received-on-january-1-later\/td1bc-british-columbia-personal-tax-credits-return.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">TD1BC<\/a>&nbsp;so your employer or pension administrator can calculate the amount of tax to deduct from your payment.<\/p>\n<h2>Corporate income tax<\/h2>\n<div class=\"topicThemeCarousel excludeKeywordHighlight\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Corporations that maintain a permanent establishment in B.C. at any time during the tax year must file an income tax return.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>Corporate income tax is administered in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Revenue Agency<\/a>&nbsp;(CRA). To learn more about filing a corporate income tax return, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/businesses\/topics\/corporations\/corporation-income-tax-return.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">CRA\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Reporting and paying tax<\/h4>\n<p>To report corporate income tax, you\u2019ll need to file a tax return with CRA. You file your provincial corporate income taxes with your federal income tax return using your business number.&nbsp;Corporations must file a return every tax year even if there is no tax payable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need a separate provincial account number.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about filing and get answers to your questions related to filing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/businesses\/topics\/corporations\/corporation-income-tax-return.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">corporate income tax<\/a>. Learn about your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/make-a-payment-canada-revenue-agency.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">options for making a payment<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To file a return, complete a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/forms-publications\/forms\/t2.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">T2 Corporation Income Tax Return<\/a>&nbsp;and either a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/forms-publications\/forms\/t2sch427.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule 427 British Columbia Corporation Tax Calculation<\/a>&nbsp;or a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/forms-publications\/forms\/t2sch5.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule 5 Tax Calculation Supplementary \u2013 Corporations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Use the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/forms-publications\/publications\/t4012.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Corporation Income Tax Guide (T4012)<\/a>&nbsp;while filling out your corporate income tax return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about corporate income tax:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/taxes\/income-taxes\/corporate\/tax-rates\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Tax Rates and Business Limits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/taxes\/income-taxes\/corporate\/credits\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Tax Credits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/taxes\/income-taxes\/corporate\/international-business\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">International Business Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/taxes\/income-taxes\/corporate\/forms-publications\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Forms and Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus sit volupt tem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[14,17],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax","tag-audit","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myslcpa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}