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CRA Prescribed Interest Rate Drops to 3% on July 1: What This Means for Tax Planning
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced that the prescribed interest rate will drop from 4% to 3% effective July 1, 2025. This marks another decrease in the prescribed rate since the large run-up from 2022—and it opens the door to new tax-saving opportunities
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CRA Shifts to Online-Only Mail for Businesses
What Business Owners Need to Know The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has made a significant change in how it communicates with business owners. The change applies to all new business number registrants, existing businesses registered for My Business Account program,
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Protect Yourself from Tax Filing Scams
Among the most damaging schemes are those involving false tax filings to claim fraudulent refunds.
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Authorizing GGFL as Your Representative with CRA
There is one simple, but important step business owners can take to help make their filing and on-going interactions with CRA easier and more efficient. With just a few steps, you can authorize GGFL to speak with CRA on your behalf and provide us with access to your
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CRA Imposes Penalty for Cheques
If writing a cheque is your preferred method of paying CRA, you might want to rethink that approach if you owe the government $10,000 or more. In an effort to encourage more electronic payments, CRA will soon be imposing a penalty of $100 for all payments of $10,000 or
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CRA Interest Rates: The Growing Cost of Late Tax Payments
UPDATE: Effective July 1, 2025, the CRA’s interest rate on overdue taxes will decrease to 7%. The lower rate will apply to all outstanding balances, but only for interest accrued on or after that date. Any interest charged for periods before July 1 will remain at the
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