You filed your tax return last month, and now you're getting
various brown envelopes or email notices from the Canada Revenue
Agency. One of these will be your Notice of Assessment, the CRA
document that says the tax department has had a first look at your
return and has found it either okay or problematic. Here's what
to do if the CRA sends you an unfavourable Notice of
Assessment.
The first thing to do is find out why the CRA has disallowed a
claim or otherwise increased your taxes. If there's a
difference between your figures and what they have calculated,
it's quite possible that no one has even looked at your return
beyond a computer or a data entry clerk. So don't panic. You
have a legal right to appeal your case if you think CRA has made an
error. More importantly, if you do this properly, you stand a very
good chance of winning.
