Canada Revenue Agency launches first-ever CRA mobile app for small and medium-sized businesses.
The new app lets business users create custom reminders and alerts for key CRA due dates related to installment payments, returns, and remittances. Our Government developed the app following feedback from consultations with small and medium-sized businesses on how to improve the CRA’s services while reducing red tape and making it easier for businesses to fulfill their tax obligations.
This is just one example of how our Government is improving service options to meet the needs of Canada’s entrepreneurs. As part of the Government of Canada’s Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, a growing number of service enhancements and measures have been launched to reduce red tape for businesses, including several introduced in Economic Action Plan 2014, which the CRA is implementing this year. For example, since April, corporations have been able to file amended T2 income tax returns using commercial tax preparation software, and taxpayer representatives have been able to send an authorization request (Form RC59), electronically to the CRA on behalf of the businesses they represent. These are specific examples of the real results we are delivering for small and medium-sized businesses across the country.
For more information on the Business Tax Reminders mobile app, go to www.cra.gc.ca/mobileapps
Quick facts
- The Business Tax Reminders mobile app is now available free of charge on Apple iOS, Google Android, and BlackBerry mobile platforms, and will have a similar look, feel, and functionality across each platform.
- To download the mobile app, go to your favourite app store and search “Business Tax Reminders”, or visit the CRA Business Tax Reminders mobile app page, and follow your app store’s download instructions.
- The mobile app lets users customize their reminder system with different methods of alert, either calendar or pop-up messages, to meet their business needs.
- The Business Tax Reminders mobile app is recommended for small and medium-sized businesses. Large businesses can use the app at their discretion if they do not have a complex tax situation.
- The app is designed to benefit businesses. It is not intended for individual use.
Remembering tax deadlines just got easier for small and medium-sized businesses, thanks to the new Business Tax Reminders mobile app.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) new Business Tax Reminders mobile app is available now on Apple iOS, Google Android, and BlackBerry mobile platforms.
Features
The Business Tax Reminders mobile app is recommended for small and medium-sized businesses with annual revenue of $20 million or less and fewer than 500 employees. The app was created based on consultations with small and medium-sized businesses, and allows business users to:
- create custom reminders for key CRA due dates related to instalment payments, returns, and remittances.
- customize and tailor the reminder system for their personal business deadlines with either calendar or pop-up messages.
The Canada Revenue Agency is committed to improving services for small and medium-sized businesses by reducing red tape. We have listened to these businesses across the country and created our Business Tax Reminders mobile app to ensure the CRA’s online services meet the needs of businesses by helping them fulfil their tax obligations.
How to use the app
Using the CRA’s Business Tax Reminders mobile app is easy. Follow our guide below as an example on how to create one of several profiles on the app and create business tax reminders in no time!
Android
Creating a profile Creating reminders
Apple
Creating a profile Creating reminders
BlackBerry
Creating a profile Creating reminders
Sources:
- http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/mblpp/menu-eng.html
- http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do;jsessionid=c34929dee43ab557b10c0a3dde1668e565003e199eadc1b5a522e1cd7048dd50.e38RbhaLb3qNe38Kbxj0?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=878259&crtr.tp1D=1
