Personal and self-employed tax
Identify employment, freelance, rental, investment and foreign income. Province of residence and changes in residency can affect the return. Gather slips, expense records and prior-year information.
CANADA · CANADA
Tax help in Canada, starting with your situation.
Canadian tax work starts with residency, the tax year and whether you are filing as a person or a business. Federal and provincial obligations connect, but Québec and Alberta can introduce separate administration. Cavait provides online intake, records organization and scope coordination; the required professional and filing channel are confirmed before an engagement.
WHAT WE CHECK
A local workflow, scoped to your facts.
Choose personal or business help during intake. You can include more than one service; a person reviews the exact work and fee before you commit.
Corporations, sales tax and payroll
Keep the corporate return separate from the owner’s return. Review GST/HST, provincial sales taxes, payroll accounts and year-end records as separate obligations. Alberta and Québec corporate filings need specific attention.
Moving between Canada and the U.S.
Map dates, citizenship, residency, accounts and income in both countries. Canadian and U.S. obligations need coordinated review; a move does not automatically close a filing obligation.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you start.
Can I start from any Canadian province or territory?+
Online intake can collect your situation from any province or territory. Cavait confirms jurisdiction, service scope and professional availability before accepting the work; this is not a guarantee of coverage for every case.
Does a federal return settle every provincial business tax obligation?+
No. Provincial sales taxes and separate corporate tax administration can require additional work. Identify the business footprint before deciding which accounts and returns apply.
VERIFY THE CURRENT RULES
Tax rules and filing programs change. These are primary tax authority sources for Canada.
Choose the work you need
Service scope and professional coverage are confirmed before engagement.
Canada
Personal tax preparation
Done-for-you Canadian personal tax return help. Cavait organizes the intake, records, review and filing workflow so you do not have to figure it out alone.
CanadaSelf-employed tax preparation
Tax filing and tax-ready record support for Canadian freelancers, contractors and sole proprietors.
CanadaCorporate tax preparation
Canadian corporate tax return preparation, tax-ready books, owner coordination and year-round tax workflow for small businesses.
CanadaGST/HST services
Get help understanding GST/HST registration, filing periods, returns and catch-up work for Canadian businesses.
CanadaCRA notice support
Got a CRA letter or tax notice? Cavait helps organize the notice, deadline, records and next step before representation is scoped.
Canada and United StatesBookkeeping and tax-ready close
Monthly bookkeeping, catch-up, reconciliations and tax-ready close for small businesses in Canada and the United States.
Canada and United StatesPayroll tax services
Payroll tax setup, remittance and filing support for small businesses in Canada and the United States.
Canada and United StatesCross-border tax coordination
Cross-border tax intake and specialist coordination for people and small businesses with Canada and U.S. tax obligations.
Canada and United StatesBusiness tax setup
Set up the tax side of a new company: tax accounts, filing calendar, bookkeeping handoff, payroll tax and sales tax workflow.
Useful tax answers
Student taxes start with a short list of facts.
Students may have employment income, tuition information, scholarships, moving costs or other tax items that affect a return. Start by gathering the slips and school records that apply to you, then check the current CRA rules for the tax year you are filing.
Your first Canadian return begins with the timeline.
For newcomers, the date you entered Canada, your residency facts and income before and after arrival can matter. Keep your immigration timeline, Canadian tax slips and relevant foreign-income records together so the return can be scoped correctly.
Investment taxes are easier when the records tell the story.
Investment tax reporting depends on what you owned, the account type, income received and any dispositions during the year. Keep broker slips, transaction history and adjusted-cost information together, especially when assets moved between institutions or currencies.
Treat the rental like a set of records, not a pile of receipts.
Canadian rental-property reporting starts with gross rent, ownership, property details and support for expenses. Separate operating costs from larger property improvements and keep purchase, sale and financing records because they can matter beyond one tax year.
Provincial and state workflows
Ontario tax help
In Ontario, a personal return connects federal and provincial income tax. For corporations, the CRA administers Ontario corporate income tax through a harmonized T2 return. Businesses may also need GST/HST and payroll work. Cavait starts by mapping which of those jobs actually applies to you.
British Columbia tax help
A B.C. business may have a federal GST account and a separate provincial sales tax obligation. Those are different systems. We ask what you sell, where your customers are and which accounts you already have before scoping returns or bookkeeping.
Québec tax help
Québec brings Revenu Québec into the tax workflow. For many businesses, GST and QST registration and returns need to be considered together. Personal and corporate income tax work also needs the right Québec-specific review, so we do not treat it as another province with identical forms.
Alberta tax help
An Alberta corporation may need an Alberta AT1 return as well as its federal T2. Alberta Tax and Revenue Administration administers provincial corporate income tax separately. Cavait collects the entity, permanent-establishment facts, year-end records and account details before the filing scope is confirmed.
NEXT STEP
Tell us what needs doing.
Cavait saves your request, then confirms the scope and who can handle it. Direct CRA and IRS transmission, uploads and payments are only available when their respective features are active.
Online intake is available across these locations. This page does not claim a local office, guaranteed professional availability, or a final tax conclusion.