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- You can deduct accounting and legal fees you incur to get advice and help with keeping your records. You can also deduct fees you incur for preparing and filing your income tax and GST/HST returns.
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You can deduct any legal fees you paid in the year to collect or establish a right to collect salary or wages. You can also deduct legal fees you paid in the year to collect or establish a right to collect other amounts that must be reported in employment income even if they are not directly paid by your employer.
Generally, if you pay a fee to a person to provide a service outside of an employment relationship or tenure of office, you need to fill out a T4A slip. This includes payments of fees for service between businesses (including sole proprietors and corporations).
Deduct the fees you incurred for external professional advice or services, including consulting fees. You can deduct accounting and legal fees you incur to get advice and help with keeping your records. You can also deduct fees you incur for preparing and filing your income tax and GST/HST returns.
Jan 3, 2023 · The short answer is yes. Some expenses can be deducted, but you must also meet certain conditions. Here’s a rundown of which expenses qualify and which conditions must be met for them to be deductible. In this article : How do you know if carrying charges and interest fees are tax deductible?
- Legal Fees for Tax Advice or Assistance. You can deduct the legal fees you incurred for advice or assistance to respond to the Canada Revenue Agency when it reviews your income, deductions or credits.
- Legal Fees Concerning a Retiring Allowance or Pension Benefit. Your legal fees from collecting or confirming a right to a retiring allowance or pension benefit are deductible up to a certain yearly limit.
- Legal Fees Related to Child Support. The legal fees you pay while trying to make child support payments non-taxable are deductible. In addition, your legal fees from attempting to collect support payments owed by a current spouse, former spouse, common-law partner or the natural parent of the child are also deductible.
- Legal Fees to Collect Salary or Wages. You can deduct the legal fees you paid to collect or establish your right to salary, wages or other amounts related to employment income directly paid by your employer.
You can deduct accounting or legal fees you paid to have an objection or appeal prepared against an assessment for income tax, Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan contributions, or Employment Insurance premiums.
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You can deduct management and administration fees, including bank charges incurred to operate your business. Bank charges include those for processing payments. Interest and bank charges