CRA Process and Compliance

Follow the Canadian tax workflow after filing: notices, reassessments, instalments, balances owing, and related CRA process terms.

Follow the CRA payment terms that matter once income has been reported and tax is payable.

Learn what an instalment payment is and why some Canadian taxpayers must prepay tax during the year.

Learn what a Notice of Assessment is and why it is one of the most important CRA documents after filing.

Understand the CRA terms used when a filed return is assessed, reviewed, or changed.

Understand what reassessment means when the CRA changes a previously assessed return.

Understand tax balance owing as the amount still payable after income, credits, and withholding are reconciled on a return.