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Self Employed Tax Accountant

Self Employed Tax Accountant

Our self-employed tax services handle all the important details of your taxes and keep the process open throughout your busy fiscal year. Our tax accounting services are at their best when we discuss your goals and develop a realistic plan for you. Our self-employed tax accountant helps your businesses grow and thrive.

Self Employed Tax

This tax covers your Medicare and Social Insurance contributions. In principle, it will be deducted from your contractor payments.
It is important to be clear about the cost that the self-employed must pay and the tax records that may be filed with the CRA. For self-employed people preparing for tax season, it is essential to keep detailed logs of income, expenses, and tax deductions throughout the year.

The Canadian authorities consider you a sole owner when you start buying and selling items or offerings for cash without an employer. At that point, you are required to record your taxes with the CRA and file all your earnings. On your Personal Tax Return, the earnings will be considered your personal earnings.

Form T2125 (Statement of Business or Professional Activities) is used to report all deductible business expenses when filing your taxes as a self-employed person. All business income is treated as personal income on your self-employed tax return. You should collect receipts from every client you have worked with throughout the year because you need to know how much you made overall and from each client.

If your business makes more than $30,000 in revenue annually, you must obtain an HST number and start collecting HST on your sales revenue. Once you have your HST number, the CRA will create a payment schedule for you. After making a pre-tax adjustment to the CRA, you will need to pay HST.

A self-employed person can incorporate his business. Our accountant will advise you when to incorporate a sole proprietorship into a corporation and how much taxes you can save at the end of the year. When a sole proprietor incorporates the business he can also transfer the assets of the sole proprietor company to the corporation under section 85 rollover. Section 85 rollover is a very lethal technique to save capital and gain taxes in your tax filing.

Note: Taxpayers are permitted to transfer eligible assets to a taxable Canadian entity on a tax-deferred basis through the Section 85 Canadian Income Tax Act rollover option

Self Employment Deductions

Canada is generally subject to Canadian corporate income tax (CIT). Non-resident corporations are subject to CIT on Canadian business income and capital gains from the sale of Canadian taxable assets. Buyers of taxable Canadian real estate are generally required to withhold taxes from payments unless the non-resident seller has security clearance.

  • Advertisement: 

Leaflets, business cards, internet advertisements, etc.

  • Vehicle cost: 

If you use your vehicle to make money in your business, you may be able to deduct the costs of gas, insurance, maintenance, repairs, cleaning, oil changes, and leasing. Membership fees may also be deductible. A calendar-like logbook and mileage statements at the beginning and end of the year are a must.

  • Office supplies:

Pens, paper, paper cutouts, printer ink, etc.

  • Stock:

The cost of items purchased for resale will be deducted from the total amount.  If you run your business from home, you may be able to deduct some of your household expenses when you pay your taxes. Part of the rent and utilities is included. Take all receipts and bills for rent, security, water, electricity, heat, etc. Of these costs, you can only deduct the portion that corresponds to the portion of your home that you use exclusively for work.

  • Mobile:

You can also charge a portion of the cost of using the phone for business. Please have your mobile phone bill ready.

Self-employed tax returns are a major hassle for many in Canada. We help you understand everything you need to know about your taxes. You already have enough work to run your own business and handle day-to-day affairs. We prepare your taxes, answer your questions, and support you with aftercare all year long. Filing self-employed taxes is a hectic process and requires a lot of attention to detail. Sal Accounting can assist with filing taxes for you and create a sustainable long-term relationship with you. 

 

Self Employment Deductions

Canada is generally subject to Canadian corporate income tax (CIT). Non-resident corporations are subject to CIT on Canadian business income and capital gains from the sale of Canadian taxable assets. Buyers of taxable Canadian real estate are generally required to withhold taxes from payments unless the non-resident seller has security clearance.

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Leaflets, business cards, internet advertisements, etc

Office Supplies

Pens, paper, paper cutouts, printer ink, etc.

Mobile

You can also charge a portion of the cost of using the phone for business. Please have your mobile phone bill ready

Vehicle Cost

If you use your vehicle to make money in your business, you may be able to deduct the costs of gas, insurance, maintenance, repairs, cleaning, oil changes, and leasing. Membership fees may also be deductible. A calendar-like logbook and mileage statements at the beginning and end of the year are a must

Stock

The cost of items purchased for resale will be deducted from the total amount.  If you run your business from home, you may be able to deduct some of your household expenses when you pay your taxes. Part of the rent and utilities is included. Take all receipts and bills for rent, security, water, electricity, heat, etc. Of these costs, you can only deduct the portion that corresponds to the portion of your home that you use exclusively for work

Frequently Asked Questions

Some partners, independent contractors, and sole proprietors use self-employment taxes to cover Social Insurance and Medicare taxes that other employees pay through payroll taxes.
It is not included in income tax, but it must be calculated and paid when filing a final tax return. These taxes are deducted from the employee’s salary by the employer. The self-employed pay the taxes at the same time as documenting their personal obligations, unless they pay the taxes in instalments assessed quarterly.

Self-employment tax is generally levied on 92.35% of net self-employment income. Net income is calculated by subtracting normal and necessary trading or business expenses from gross income earned from trading or business.

If you are self-employed, you do not pay a trade tax. Therefore, use Form T1 to list your personal income on your tax return. You must also complete structure T2125 to list deductible business expenses.

There is no precise method for determining how much money to save throughout the year so that you can pay your taxes in full when they are filed. When figuring out how to keep up with your tax obligations, there are, however, a few important considerations to make.
The common principle is to save somewhere in the range of 25% and 30% of the pay acquired for charges. The following taxes will need to be paid for within that range:

  • CPP
  • Federal income tax
  • Provincial income tax
  • GST/HST filing (if registered)

This amount varies according to your business income and changes in tax rates.

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