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Ugh .. what a mess of completed sets of many files that I have taken down to my filing room, but have yet to actually file. And, worse yet - about 1/2 of them have been since the April-June/2006 personal tax season!

But - I have burned a new CD last weekend (see the list of songs here!) and cranked all afternoon since about 1:30pm ..

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I normally try to leave my clients out of this blog .. but something happened today that, in my opinion, makes a good learning example of what NOT to do - when filing Goods and Services Tax (GST) Returns. In my client’s case, the company is a monthly filer.

For monthly GST filers, the return for the current month has to be filed by the end of the following month. It’s pretty much the same for quarterly GST filers, where the return for the 3 months of the last fiscal quarter is due by the end of the following month. Canada Revenue sends GST registrants preprinted forms with the preprinted period dates and due date usually, just prior to the end of the current month - so you will have the form to use for the next month when it is due.

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