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I don't know about you, but I'm still mulling over what to do with the new Assisting Accountant rules CGA BC just hit us with. How are you going to handle this new requirement? Have you tried asking another CGA to back you up if you're not capable of continuing for any reason?  What type of response did you get?  Who did you ask?

And what about the new mandatory e-File rules?  Are you ready for that January 1, 2013 is creeping up!

September 11th at 9:30 am Pacific Standard Time, join in the conversation with other CGA's

TaxClub for CGA's only

Bonus, attend this meeting, and access TaxLinks Pro Portal until the end of September.  Renewal each October 1 is $30 plus tax.  Monthly meetings are $30 plus tax and if you join for a year, it's $300 plus tax and TaxLinks Pro Portal is included.

CRA has a new page with links to information you'll want to know!

Back to school? Save your receipts.

The password for IPBC members for free access until September 30 2012 is found in the latest posting in the new Talk to the Tax Detective Members Only Forum

Log in as a member at www.ipbc.ca to get your password for this page now!

Password Protected Page

This morning there was a phone call from Service Canada asking me why I hadn't responded to their request that I log into the ROE Web to replace the existing paper agreement with an electronic one with new security features.

After I logged in, once I found the old email from 3 months ago, I remembered why. There had been a problem with Java and in the middle of doing taxes, I set it aside to deal with later and forgot about it figuring they would trip over my neglect later and remind me.  Sure enough, they did.

There is now a way around the problem of having the wrong Java type installed and even though they don't support it, there's a workaround to click on to activate your account before they cancel you out of the ROE program for electronic filing through the Service Canada ePass, which is different from your CRA ePass...

There's a request to remind others who might not have activated their ROE accounts to also do this as September 16, 2012 is the deadline or you lose the ROE rights to electronically file.  Since it wasn't an easy process to get to the point of having an account, you definitely want to keep it.  Hopefully they have made the process to apply easier for those of you who haven't yet signed up. 

You'll find the ROE electronic services and the ePass for Service Canada at their website.  Now that tax season is over, maybe you'll have time to initiate this process. I think it's a good one as it definitely saves time and trees.

www.servicecanada.gc.ca

CRA - Videos for businesses is part of an initiative by CRA to communicate more effectively with Canadian's in business.

What do you think?  What else should they provide videos about?

Vehicles?
Meals?
Home Office?

New legislative proposals re the Income Tax Act...just out today

http://www.fin.gc.ca/drleg-apl/bia-leb-0812-eng.asp

For the past few years I've hosted a tax club for CGA's only.  It has been meeting on Monday, the fourth Monday of the month.

http://www.taxdetective.ca/TaxClubs.html
 Here's the topics and dates for the next few meetings:

•  August 27:          Tax returns: T3's for Estates (by request)
• September 11:     T1 season/mandatory e-File: T1s and T2s Jan 1 2013
• October 9:            Meals / Employee benefits
• November 13:      Vehicles
• December 11:      Home office

Over the past year, I've had requests to start a club for non-CGA's and have had comments from some CGA's that maybe this club would not be as intimidating, so I posted a new invite, but so far, no one who requested the new club has signed up.

I'll need a minimum of 5 participants or I'm cancelling this offer.

http://www.taxdetective.ca/BootCamp.html

Here's the topics and dates for the next few meetings ( you might want to join both clubs...)

• August 27        Children / Child Care / Dependents over 18 / Family Caregiver Amounts
• September 18  Seniors / Caregivers / Medical
• October 16      Personal Tax Credits / new Family Caregiver Amount / Infirmity
• November 20  Disability Application Form T2201
• December 18  Medical Expenses - all 150 ? come with questions / examples

Cost is $30 per month for either meeting (see links above)

...There's a bonus, you also get the password to access TaxLinks and that's worth $30 on it's own.
The next meeting of these clubs is August 27th and I'll leave those dates as is.

So, if you want to attend the September meetings you could

....email me at eileen@taxdetective.ca to let me know you are interested and which meeting you'd like a reminder about on August 28th