Corporate Tax Return Preparation
Corporate tax is about more than filing a T2. We prepare your corporate return, schedules, and GIFI in lockstep with your books, and plan the year ahead so you keep more of what you earn.
A corporate tax return (T2) ties directly to your financial statements through the GIFI (General Index of Financial Information). When your bookkeeping is clean, the T2 follows naturally — and that's exactly how we work. We prepare your T2 return, all required schedules, and your HST/GST returns, ensuring consistency between what you report and what your books say.
We also handle CRA correspondence, SR&ED claims where applicable, and the integration between corporate and personal tax — salary vs. dividend decisions, shareholder loans, and retained earnings planning. The objective is a return that's not just filed, but filed as part of a coherent tax strategy.
Everything in this engagement
A clear, three-step engagement
Year-end close
We finalize your corporate books for the fiscal year-end, confirm balances, and prepare the working papers that drive the GIFI and T2.
Prepare & plan
We prepare the T2 and schedules, run the salary/dividend and CCA optimization, and walk you through the plan before filing.
File & remit
We file the T2 electronically with the CRA, prepare HST returns, and set your instalment schedule for the year ahead.
Transparent pricing
Corporate return
from $375Flat fee for T2 preparation, quoted after reviewing your year-end statements and entity structure. Combined with bookkeeping for a lower bundled rate.
Every engagement starts with a free scoping call. We review your needs and send a fixed quote — no hourly surprises, ever.
Book your free scoping callCommon questions
A T2 return is due six months after your fiscal year-end. Any tax owing, however, is due two months after year-end (three months if you meet the small business criteria). We'll confirm your exact dates and keep you ahead of them.
Corporate tax requires specialized knowledge of the Income Tax Act, GIFI, and inter-corporate planning — it's not the same as bookkeeping. We can prepare the T2 from your existing clean books, or provide both together.
Yes — this is core corporate tax planning. We model both options against your personal return each year so you take compensation in the most tax-efficient mix for your situation.
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