Tax refund?
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I amended my daughter's tax return last year because I forgot to include her tips from her restaurant job.
Got a letter from the CRA asking for copies of her medical claims receipts. The letter said re-filing automatically triggers a review of the tax return by a human CRA employee.
Thankfully I had all the receipts on file to send them, and that was the end of it.
For what it's worth...
I get CPP and OAS, plus take money down annually from my RRIF. No taxes are withheld on my CPP and OAS, and only a small amount is withheld on my RRIF amount received, so I always owe tax.
I've amended my tax form once and sent in the receipt and they never question any other item on my original return.
Not a big deal.
Did five sets of taxes last weekend.
Logged on and paid a modest amount to CRA for my own to cover added income from a small capital gain in non-registered account triggered last year.
Bank bill paying info screen reminded me the last time I paid the CRA other than payroll deductions was in 2020.
So something must be going right.
Then tidying my desk yesterday, I came across a tax slip for my youngest's bank account interest buried in other stuff.
$40 missed, oh well.
Never thought to look for it because in the past he always blew through everything he made. But now he has a full time job.
Logged on and paid a modest amount to CRA for my own to cover added income from a small capital gain in non-registered account triggered last year.
Bank bill paying info screen reminded me the last time I paid the CRA other than payroll deductions was in 2020.
So something must be going right.
Then tidying my desk yesterday, I came across a tax slip for my youngest's bank account interest buried in other stuff.
$40 missed, oh well.
Never thought to look for it because in the past he always blew through everything he made. But now he has a full time job.
I haven't seen a tax refund since about 2008. The only thing I can think of is if you turned 65 last year you are entitled to extra non refundable tax credits most notably the age amount. Perhaps that triggered the refund?
In my tax program I can view a 5 year tax summary, I don't think you can do that in the off the shelf tax programs like TurboTax or UFILE. Perhaps I'm wrong. I find that's the best way to see if anything is amiss.
In my tax program I can view a 5 year tax summary, I don't think you can do that in the off the shelf tax programs like TurboTax or UFILE. Perhaps I'm wrong. I find that's the best way to see if anything is amiss.
