NOTICE OF OBJECTIONS
Understanding Objections
Objections (also appeals specifically for Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Employment Insurance (EI)) lead to a formal and impartial review of an assessment, determination, or decision. When any type of objection is filed, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) reviews all the information before making its decision.
If you have received a Notice of Assessment or Notice of Reassessment and you do not think that it is correct or you have additional information for CRA to consider, we can help you submit additional documents and prepare your file in a manner that will either reverse the original assessment or reduce the balance owing to a lower amount than before.
How We Help
We would first speak with CRA officer to discuss the case facts and explain to him why his assessment is incorrect or require adjustment to make your case resolved in a fast and efficient manner. We know what to say to them and what not to say and we will tell them what they want to hear.
But if for some reason, CRA officer does not allow the claim or reassess your tax returns to what was requested, then the Income Tax Act allows the taxpayer to file a Notice of Objection to the officer's assessment and allows you to make your appeal to a non-partisan officer who would look at the facts of the objection and give it a second look.
Professional Objection Filing
Many times, what happens is that first CRA officer has made some mistakes and do not agree to something for which you have solid evidence due to timing issues or sometimes it is a delay by the CRA officer. We know in our experience and of our knowledge of the Income Tax Act how to present the objection so when the officer assigned reviews it understands it clearly and we get our point across to the officer right away.
A taxpayer generally has 90 days from the date a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) notice of assessment or reassessment is mailed to file a formal Notice of Objection.
We do not recommend taxpayer's filing objections on their own because once the objection is disallowed, it can go against the taxpayer as two officers have now rejected the taxpayer's claim. Please contact us and let our experience and knowledge of the Income Tax Act be your voice.
Common Objections we file routinely
- •Objection to the reassessment where CRA disallowed your expenses and arbitrarily assessed your income
- •Objection to dispute a notice from the CRA about benefits or credits such as the Canada child benefit or disability tax credit
- •Objection to dispute the notice from CRA for the Canada Carbon Rebate for Businesses
- •Objection regarding GST/HST assessed by CRA
- •Objection about the ITC claimed
- •Objection about the GST/HST rebate application
- •Objection to a decision letter from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)/ Employment Insurance (EI) Rulings Division; or
- •Objection to a notice of assessment for payroll source deductions.
- •Objection where CRA misinterpreted the TFSA, FHSA and RRSPs limits
Need help filing a Notice of Objection? Contact us today at 905-605-4775.