Crypto-assets are digital assets that exist on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger. There are many types of crypto-assets, the most common being cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether. Transactions related to crypto-assets often have tax implications and must be reported on your income tax return.

If you’re a crypto-asset user, knowing whether your transactions resulted in a capital gain (or loss) or in business income (or loss) is important because it may affect your taxes.

Crypto-assets are digital assets that exist on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger. There are many types of crypto-assets, the most common being cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether. Transactions related to crypto-assets often have tax implications and must be reported on your income tax return.

Whether the earnings you make from online platforms is your main source of income, or a small part of it, you are considered to be a platform economy participant. When it’s time to file your taxes, you must report all sources of your income, including gifts and donations.

Each area of the platform economy is unique, and participants can have different tax obligations.

For example, in general, if you provide goods or services and earn more than $30,000 over four calendar quarters, then you must collect and send the related goods and services tax / harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, if you earn income from ridesharing, you must collect and send the GST/HST to the CRA regardless of the amount you earn.

The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentive program provides over $3.7 billion annually in tax incentives to businesses who conduct research and development in Canada. The program is available to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors, including biomedical technologies, clean technologies, electrical engineering, and more. For information on what work is eligible for SR&ED, visit What work is eligible.

As we celebrate Small Business Week from October 20 to 26, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is here to support Canada’s small business community. This week is dedicated to helping you connect, learn, and grow your business knowledge. We’re excited to share tax resources, tools, and services to help you tackle the challenges of running a business and keeping your tax affairs in check.

Hi, I’m Charlie! Charlie the chatbot. You can find me on the Canada.ca/CRA webpage where I can answer questions about your business and other tax-related matters. From January to June 2024, I was asked just over 1,100,000 questions in English and 160,000 questions in French. As we head into Small Business Week 2024, I am here to give you some information about business taxes based on questions that I’ve received from others. 

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) would like to highlight new information about the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses, a refundable tax credit designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises across Canada. This initiative aims to return a portion of the federal fuel charge proceeds directly to eligible Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs).

Note that businesses do not need to apply for this rebate. Those who are eligible will automatically receive the payment.

Every October, Cyber Month highlights the importance of safeguarding personal information from ever-evolving cyber security threats.

The security of taxpayer information is of the utmost importance for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and we are continually enhancing our security measures to help prevent unauthorized access to taxpayers’ information.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) understands that many businesses continue to change in response to new economic challenges and opportunities. As you undergo business changes, you may face different requirements in managing your tax affairs, and we are here to help, year-round, with your unique business needs.

You may be affected by Canada’s new Reporting Rules for Digital Platform Operators if you use digital platforms to earn income. These rules have been implemented to increase transparency and support compliance in the international tax community.

Under the rules, certain platform operators are now required to collect and report information on sellers considered to be reportable sellers to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). If you are a reportable seller, be aware of what is being reported by your platform operator(s) to ensure it’s accurate and consistent with what you report under existing tax obligations.

New reporting requirements for digital platforms have been implemented to increase transparency and support compliance in the international tax community. These reporting requirements are known as the Reporting Rules for Digital Platform Operators.

Under the rules, reporting platform operators are now required to collect and report information on sellers considered to be reportable sellers to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). 

Tax literacy is an important life skill, and we want to make sure that students have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make the right decisions about taxes. This back-to-school season, we’ve got you covered! Whether you are an educator, a parent, or an organization that supports educational growth, there are many resources that you can take advantage of this academic year.

Heading back to school? Make sure tax literacy is on your course calendar! Understanding taxes will help you make smart decisions about your finances – how to put money in your pocket and help you save for a holiday, a car, or a house of your own.

This July, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) expanded its SimpleFile services (phone, digital, and paper) to invite more than 500,000 eligible lower-income individuals to file their return and potentially gain access to important benefit and credit payments.

As of June 20, 2024, certain psychotherapists and counselling therapists are no longer required to collect the GST/HST on their services. The Canada Revenue Agency wants to ensure that all providers of these types of services have the information they need to determine their tax situation and take any next steps, such as closing their GST/HST account.

The July 15 deadline approaches to be eligible for the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses. This refundable tax credit announced in Budget 2024 returns a portion of federal fuel charge proceeds directly to an estimated 600,000 small and medium businesses.

What is changing starting January 2025:

1. T619 electronic transmittal

2. Submitting one information return type per file

3. Early system shutdown notification, 2024

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is responsible for collecting individual overpayments for all COVID-19 benefit programs, such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) and the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB).

Starting in July 2024, for individuals who have not responded or co-operated, and who have been determined to have the financial capacity to pay, legal warnings will be issued and legal measures could be taken to recover monies owed. Legal measures are only taken when there is no cooperation from an individual with ability to repay the debt.

Whether you’re here for the heat or not – we know one thing will never go out of season: benefit and credit payments and tax-free savings.

Read on to find out what’s new, what’s changing, and what payments you could receive to help you beat the heat.

The Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses is a refundable tax credit announced in Budget 2024 to return a portion of federal fuel charge proceeds directly to eligible Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs).

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is working towards issuing the retroactive payments, which total over $2.5 billion with respect to the 2019-2020 to 2023-2024 fuel charge years.

Earlier this month, we issued a tax tip answering your top seven business tax information questions. Now that the basics are covered, we can turn to more specific questions.

The deadline to apply for the second and last benefit period of the interim Canada Dental Benefit (CDB) is fast approaching – apply by June 30! Don’t miss out on your opportunity to get up to $650 per child for dental care. To be eligible, your child must have received dental care between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

The information below will help guide you through some of the important questions that you might have when it comes to eligibility, how to apply, and how you can get your payments quickly.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is here to support you and your business in meeting your tax obligations.

If you are a self-employed individual, or your spouse or common-law partner is self-employed, you have until June 15, 2024, to file your 2023 income tax and benefit return. Since June 15, 2024 falls on a Saturday, you will be considered to have filed on time if we receive your return on or before June 17, 2024.

The platform economy includes economic activities facilitated by digital platforms, like websites or mobile applications. Commercial ridesharing and delivery services are two common activities in the platform economy sector. These activities are part of different areas of the platform economy, and come with different tax obligations.

Question 1: What are some of the 2024 tax changes that could affect my business?

Last year, there were many announcements for businesses that took effect as of January 1, 2024. These include:

• Changes to mandatory electronic filing thresholds

• Changes to electronic filing for GST/HST registrants

• New reporting requirements for trusts

To help you understand these and other changes, we’ve pulled together a quick reference tax tip that covers what you need to know. Please check out the reference tax tip here: Here are the top changes this year that will affect business taxes in 2024.

From students to families to seniors to newcomers, Canadians are finding it difficult to find the types of rental homes they need at prices they can afford. To help ensure more rental housing is available for Canadians, the Government of Canada is providing a 100% rebate on the Goods and Services Tax (GST), or the federal portion of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), on new purpose-built rental housing (PBRH). This housing includes apartment buildings, student housing and seniors’ residences. Applications for the PBRH rebate can be made online starting May 13, 2024.

Our digital services make handling your business tax matters faster and easier. You and your authorized employees and representatives can file, pay and access detailed information about your tax accounts. Here is information about the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) most used digital services, as well as information about how to access other services too.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is now accepting grant applications from community organizations that offer free tax clinics through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) and the Income Tax Assistance – Volunteer Program (ITAVP) in Quebec. Eligible organizations can apply from May 1 until June 30, 2024.

Filing your income tax and benefit return each year is what you need to do to receive any benefit and credit payments you're entitled to. Sometimes after you file, you realize you made a mistake or forgot to include something important. If this happens to you, don’t worry. It’s easy to change your tax return.

If you need to change your tax return, you can do so after filing. Once you have your notice of assessment (NOA), you can make a change. For faster service, submit your change request online.