Tax Advisory
Providing sound tax planning solutions is an important part of the services provided at Powell Jones LLP. A significant amount of resources is devoted to developing our staff in the area of taxation in order to provide exceptional advice. Our team of tax professionals is capable of handling a wide variety of tax matters including more complex situations.
Tax Reporting and Compliance
Tax reporting and compliance has become increasingly complex and challenging for many individuals, businesses and organizations in an environment where the rules are constantly changing. Our expertise and experience allows you to spend less time and energy on managing your reporting and compliance requirements.
These services include:
- Preparation and filing of personal, estate, and corporate tax returns
- Preparation and filing of tax slips such as T4, T4A, T5, T5013
- Assisting with CRA audits
- Preparation and filing of Charity and Non-Profit Organization returns
- Reporting the sale of real property
- Preparation and filing special elections and voluntary disclosures
- Preparation and filing notice of objections
- Filing CRA elections
- Agristability and agristability applications
- Voluntary disclosures
- Interest and penalty relief applications
Tax Planning
Minimizing your tax burden is a result of implementing good strategies. We take an integrated approach to managing your taxes by pro-actively planning for both your corporate and personal goals. Often an integrated plan requires us to perform detailed tax work. We are often engaged to perform services such as:
- Corporate re-organizations
- Amalgamations and wind ups
- Use of life time capital gains exemption
- Compensation strategies
- Estate and retirement planning
Indirect Tax (GST/HST)
An area that is often overlooked but relevant to many businesses and organizations is the harmonized sales tax (HST). At Powell Jones LLP our tax team is experienced at providing a variety of HST services including:
- Preparing and filing HST returns
- Assisting with HST audits
- Preparing and filing real estate property rebates
- Filing CRA elections
- Advising on the HST status of specific transactions
- Public Service Body rebate applications