Income Tax — T1
Your annual T1 personal tax return, prepared accurately from your source documents and filed directly with the CRA before the deadline. Military members, veterans, nurses, and first responders qualify for the 15% service appreciation rate.
We handle employment income, savings interest, dividends, and RRSP contributions. You provide the documents; we handle everything else. Still in school? Our Student Tax Guide covers the T2202, and whether to transfer the tuition credit or keep it. Bought a newly built home? Our New Home HST Rebates guide covers what comes back and the two-year window to claim it. Picked up agency shifts or a second job this year? Our Agency Shifts & Late T4s guide covers why the second employer deducts too little, and how to check which slips the CRA already holds before you file.
- Full preparation and CRA e-filing
- Review of all income sources and slips
- Claim of all eligible credits and deductions
- Confirmation of tax liability or refund position
- Deadline tracking and reminders
Your base fee is set by the most complex element in your return, on a three-step ladder. You don't add the steps together.
So the fees on the sections below are schedule prices, not totals. Three of them — capital gains, rental, self-employment — put the return at the $399 Premium base, and that base already covers the first one. Foreign income and property is a straight add-on to whichever tier your return lands on. The fee calculator assembles your own combination and shows the total with HST included.
Disposition of property, shares, or other capital property requires careful reporting on Schedule 3. We calculate your gain accurately, including the adjusted cost base, capital losses, and available exemptions. Selling a loser before year-end to offset a gain? Our Tax-Loss Selling guide covers the superficial loss rule, the thirty days on either side, and why it reaches your TFSA, RRSP, and spouse.
A capital disposition makes this a Premium return: $399, with this schedule covered by that base. The schedule itself is $150, or $250 where a principal residence claim or CCA recapture is involved. Gains that arrive already reported on a T5008 slip are a different case — those sit in the $249 Standard tier.
- Gain calculation on property and share dispositions
- Adjusted cost base (ACB) tracking and review
- Principal residence exemption where applicable
- Capital loss carryforward and carryback planning
- Lifetime capital gains exemption (LCGE) for qualifying property
Rental income must be reported on Form T776, including all allowable expenses, mortgage interest deductions, and CCA claims. We ensure your rental schedule is complete, compliant, and optimized within CRA rules. New to it? Our Rental Property Tax Guide covers repairs versus improvements, the CCA recapture trap, and short-term rental rules.
- T776 rental income schedule preparation
- Allowable expense review and claims
- Mortgage interest and financing cost deductions
- Capital cost allowance (CCA) planning
- Multiple property portfolios
Rental income makes this a Premium return: $399, with the first property's T776 covered by that base. It is not $149 plus $150. Each additional property after the first is $150.
If you earn self-employment or freelance income, your net business income must be reported on Form T2125. We prepare your statement of business activities and ensure your CPP contributions are correctly calculated. New to it? Our Self-Employed Tax Guide covers instalments, the HST threshold, and what you can and can't claim.
- T2125 business income and expense reconciliation
- Allowable expense review and claims
- Home office and vehicle expense claims
- Self-employed CPP contribution calculation
- HST registration and remittance guidance
Self-employment makes this a Premium return: $399, with the T2125 covered by that base. It is not $149 plus $200. Books that need rebuilding before the T2125 can be prepared are quoted as bookkeeping first, before any return work starts.
Overseas earnings, foreign dividends, and foreign property add complexity. We handle all foreign income reporting on your T1 and apply treaty relief where it reduces your Canadian tax liability.
- Foreign employment and self-employment income
- Overseas dividends and interest
- Double taxation treaty relief claims
- Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) calculations
- T1135 Foreign Income Verification Statement
Unlike sections 02 to 04, this one doesn't move your tier. It's $150 on top of whichever tier your other income sets — $299 alongside an otherwise Essential return.
Year-round advisory to structure your affairs efficiently and legally. Whether you're approaching a significant disposition, planning RRSP contributions, or reviewing your income mix, we provide clear, actionable guidance.
- Pre-disposition capital gains planning
- RRSP contribution room and carry-forward advice
- TFSA and investment account structuring
- Income splitting and attribution rule review
- Annual tax position review
Every price above is before tax. We add 13% HST to each invoice, and the fee calculator shows your total with it included. GST/HST No. 75896 0975 RT0001. The full published list — every schedule, the spousal and service appreciation discounts, prior-year returns, and hourly work — is on the pricing page.
Comparing quotes? What an accountant costs in London, Ontario sets out the going rates, what moves them, and where these fees sit against them.
Working Together
What we need,
and what you get
What we need from you
Your slips and receipts through the secure upload page, and the intake form and questionnaire, which fill in on your own device. New to us? Last year's return and your most recent notice of assessment, which carries your RRSP room and carryforwards. What to Bring lists the rest by situation.
What happens next
We confirm what your return involves and quote the fee before any work begins, on the three-step ladder above. If a slip has not arrived we can usually see what the CRA has on file once you have authorized us. If something looks off, we ask you before we file, not after.
What you get back
A return prepared and checked by one person and EFILED directly with the CRA, with confirmation the moment it is accepted, and a copy of what was filed for your records. The same person stays on your file, so if the CRA writes to you later, you are not explaining your return to a stranger.
Common Questions
Three Things People Ask
What does a personal tax return cost?
From $149 for an Essential return: employment and benefit income, with RRSP, FHSA, donation, medical and tuition claims, unlimited slips. Slip-reported investment income makes it a $249 Standard return. A rental property, self-employment or a property sale makes it a $399 Premium return, and that base covers the first of those. Prices are before HST, and the fee calculator shows your total with it included.
Can you file the years I missed?
Yes. A prior-year return is $149 a year, prepared from whatever slips you still have, and once you have authorized us we can usually pull the slips the CRA already holds for those years. If a balance is owing, interest has been running since the original deadline, so the sooner it is filed the less that costs. If a refund is owing, it is still yours to claim.
Do you prepare my spouse's return as well?
Yes, and together is better. Several credits are worked out across both returns, so we prepare them side by side and decide together where each claim does the most good. The second return is priced on its own situation, less a $50 spousal discount, with a $99 minimum.