 Missing 2007 T4 Returns |
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 May 5 2008, 06:19 PM
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Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 31-October 01 From: Thunder Bay Member No.: 404  |
Not sure which forum to post this in. Choose this one.
Apparently CRA is behind in their processing of 2007 T4 Returns and their computer system is generating automatic requests for missing 2007 T4 Returns (even though they were long ago mailed to CRA). These requests for missing 2007 T4 Returns are being mailed directly to clients. Our office has seen 7 requests where we do about 200 sets of T4s. In all cases the T4 returns were mailed to the Ottawa Technology Centre in late Jan/early Feb. |
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May 5 2008, 07:22 PM
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 Senior Member Group: QuickBooks Pro Advisor, VOA Posts: 3,650 Joined: 30-November 99 From: Alberta Member No.: 17 |
Jennifer, we efile all our information returns, and as such we get quite a good turnaround.
May wish to consider that for next year... -------------------- As this forum is slowly screeching to a halt.... It has been nice knowing you all, including the tossing of verbal barbs back and forth...
To all my Intuit friends (if I have any left)... been nice knowing you too. Will miss this forum banter. Never did make it to top poster.... For this communication, together with the work done to prepare this communication, I accept and assume responsibility only to the party who retained me to prepare this communication and as specified in the relevant engagement contract. Absolutely no reliance can be placed on general communication in a forum such as this hence if the circumstances so warrant, the person asking the question should seek appropriate professional advice. |
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May 5 2008, 07:49 PM
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 Top Contributor Group: QuickBooks Pro Advisor, VOA Posts: 1,875 Joined: 30-November 99 From: Three Hills, AB Member No.: 36 |
QUOTE(Bert_Mulder_CGA @ May 5 2008, 01:22 PM)  Jennifer, we efile all our information returns, and as such we get quite a good turnaround. May wish to consider that for next year... But for small offices, Bert, this is cost prohibitive. Basic is not green;  it does not e-file...
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May 5 2008, 08:09 PM
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 Professional Member Group: Members Posts: 790 Joined: 2-December 01 Member No.: 273 |
Another crappy service out of CRA, They don't post the T1013's correctly or at all, the same with RC59's. and I have had the same letters. I just send them back with a nasty note, suggesting that they should get their work done. Even when they are not posted, they still are noted as received by the mail with stamp and entry to the computer system and yes I have Premier, but I still paper file.
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Blue Ink Accounting Corp Remember, the family that does tax together, Saves together ! |
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May 5 2008, 08:09 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 31-October 01 From: Thunder Bay Member No.: 404 |
We're not a small office, but our T4s are usually small (one to 10 employees on average).
And we have given up on efiling officially. Of the 500 or so T1's we efiled, 50 were selected for post assessment review and a number of them are still in the objection stage for various reasons (CRA is wrong in every case). Of the 1,500 T1s we paper filed not a one was reviewed or looked at or reassessed. We recommended to our clients that they paper file. |
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May 5 2008, 08:19 PM
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 Professional Member Group: Members Posts: 871 Joined: 4-December 03 From: Manitoba Member No.: 1,095 |
QUOTE(spenceh @ May 5 2008, 02:49 PM) But for small offices, Bert, this is cost prohibitive. Basic is not green; it does not e-file...I guess; however, if I had 200 sets of T4's to do I would ensure I could internet file my slips to avoid the above case. james -------------------- James (the "original" PYEG)
In God we trust, all others we virus scan. ~Author Unknown Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown |
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May 5 2008, 08:21 PM
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Professional Member Group: Members Posts: 871 Joined: 4-December 03 From: Manitoba Member No.: 1,095 |
QUOTE(Jennifer C @ May 5 2008, 03:09 PM) We're not a small office, but our T4s are usually small (one to 10 employees on average). And we have given up on efiling officially. Of the 500 or so T1's we efiled, 50 were selected for post assessment review and a number of them are still in the objection stage for various reasons (CRA is wrong in every case). Of the 1,500 T1s we paper filed not a one was reviewed or looked at or reassessed. We recommended to our clients that they paper file. 10% post assessment rate, I had only a 1% rate (if that). My be a interesting set of clients. james -------------------- James (the "original" PYEG)
In God we trust, all others we virus scan. ~Author Unknown Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown |
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May 5 2008, 08:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: QuickBooks Pro Advisor, VOA Posts: 3,650 Joined: 30-November 99 From: Alberta Member No.: 17 |
Not sure what my post assessment rate is, but it is very small...
-------------------- As this forum is slowly screeching to a halt.... It has been nice knowing you all, including the tossing of verbal barbs back and forth...
To all my Intuit friends (if I have any left)... been nice knowing you too. Will miss this forum banter. Never did make it to top poster.... For this communication, together with the work done to prepare this communication, I accept and assume responsibility only to the party who retained me to prepare this communication and as specified in the relevant engagement contract. Absolutely no reliance can be placed on general communication in a forum such as this hence if the circumstances so warrant, the person asking the question should seek appropriate professional advice. |
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May 5 2008, 08:48 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 31-October 01 From: Thunder Bay Member No.: 404 |
Glad to see that 10% was high. We thought it was excessive and why we dropped our efiling by more than half this year.
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May 5 2008, 09:01 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 1,759 Joined: 3-December 01 Member No.: 296 |
I efile about 400 T1 returns annually and somewhere between 8 and 12 of them get selected for review. It is a bit of a pain but not that bad....you pretty much know ahead of time which ones are good candidates for review. I have not run into any problems with CRA wanting to change any of the returns during post assessing review.
As for T4's....... I do about 80 sets and courier them all in a single bundle to K1A 1G9 on about the 20th of January each year. I have personally never run into any difficulties paper filing T-slips. I have thought about efiling the T4's but remember their was some issue a couple of years back with bad data being transmitted or something. Anyone remember what the exact issue was? Was it a Profile problem? -------------------- Medicated for your protection
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May 5 2008, 09:12 PM
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Professional Member Group: Members Posts: 871 Joined: 4-December 03 From: Manitoba Member No.: 1,095 |
QUOTE(snowplowguy @ May 5 2008, 04:01 PM) I have thought about efiling the T4's but remember their was some issue a couple of years back with bad data being transmitted or something. Anyone remember what the exact issue was? Was it a Profile problem? Yes, there was a problem with Profile a couple of years ago. The program picked up the unadjusted amounts in the upload and cause a few problems. After that, I check the first upload file of the year prior to sending it to ensure it has the numbers I want and then file away. James -------------------- James (the "original" PYEG)
In God we trust, all others we virus scan. ~Author Unknown Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown |
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May 11 2008, 04:37 PM
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 Professional Member Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 2-December 06 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 12,787 |
QUOTE(Jennifer C @ May 5 2008, 03:09 PM) We're not a small office, but our T4s are usually small (one to 10 employees on average). And we have given up on efiling officially. Of the 500 or so T1's we efiled, 50 were selected for post assessment review and a number of them are still in the objection stage for various reasons (CRA is wrong in every case). Of the 1,500 T1s we paper filed not a one was reviewed or looked at or reassessed. We recommended to our clients that they paper file. For the returns that I do for my CA, we've decided against efiling so that is about 800-900 returns paper filed. We've had a little surprise with the paper filed returns... they are processing in about 8 days - the same as electronic filing. Whereas my private clients are principally filed electronically and I get about a 2% post-assessment review rate. -------------------- For this communication, together with the work done to prepare this communication, I accept and assume responsibility only to the party who retained me to prepare this communication and as specified in the relevant engagement contract. Absolutely no reliance can be placed on general communication in a forum such as this hence if the circumstances so warrant, the person asking the question should seek appropriate professional advice.
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