Filing Due Dates for the 2021 Tax Return

Generally, your return for 2021 has to be filed on or before April 30, 2022.

Note: If you file your return after April 30, 2022, your GST/HST credit (including any related provincial credit), Canada Child Tax Benefit payments (including those from certain related provincial or territorial programs), and Old Age Security benefit payments may be delayed.

Balance Due Date

Your balance owing is due no later than April 30, 2022. When a due date falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday recognized by the CRA, consider your payment to be made on time if the CRA receive it or it is postmarked on the next business day.

Self-employed Persons

If you or your spouse or common-law partner carried on a business in 2021 (other than a business whose expenditures are primarily in connection with a tax shelter), your return for 2021 has to be filed on or before June 15, 2022. However, if you have a balance owing for 2021, you still have to pay it on or before April 30, 2022.

Deceased Persons

The due date for a balance owing on a final return depends on the date of death.

Due Date for Paying a Balance Owing on a T1-OVP – Individual Income Tax Return for RRSP Excess Contributions

You have to pay any balance owing on a T1-OVP, Individual Income Tax Return for RRSP Excess Contributions, no later than 90 days after the end of the year in which the unused contributions exist. However, if the due date for payment falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday recognized by CRA, consider the payment to be paid on time if the CRA receive it or if it is postmarked on the next business day.

Important Dates for RRSP, RDSP and HBP

RRSP

March 1, 2022, is the deadline for contributing to an RRSP for the 2021 tax year.
December 31 of the year you turn 71 years of age is the last day you can contribute to your own RRSP.

RDSP

The deadline for opening an RDSP, making contributions and applying for the matching Grant and the income-tested Bond for the 2021 contribution year is December 31, 2021.

Home Buyer’s Plan

You have to buy or build the qualifying home before October 1 of the year after the year of withdrawal.

Check List for your 2021 Income Tax Return

Personal Income Tax Return Check List 

When to File Your Corporation Income Tax (T2) Return

File your return no later than six months after the end of each tax year.

If the corporation’s tax year ends on the last day of a month, file the return by the last day of the sixth month after the end of the tax year. Otherwise, file the return by the same day of the sixth month after the end of the tax year.

Examples

• If your tax year ends on March 31, your filing due date is September 30.
• If your tax year ends on August 31, your filing due date is February 28.
• If your tax year ends on September 23, your filing due date is March 23.

When the T2 filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday, we will consider the return filed on time if we receive it on the first business day after the filing deadline.

Note: You must file a return no later than three years after the end of a tax year to receive a tax refund.

Balance Due Date

The balance due date is the date you have to pay the remainder of the tax you owe for the tax year.
Generally, all corporation taxes (except Part III and Part XII.6) charged under the Act are due two months after the end of the tax year.
However, for Parts I, VI, VI.1, and XIII.1 tax, the balance of tax is due three months after the end of the tax year if conditions 1 and 2 that follow are met, as well as condition 3 or 4:

1. the corporation is a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC) throughout the tax year
2. the corporation claimed the small business deduction for the current or previous tax year
3. the corporation’s taxable income for the previous tax year does not exceed its business limit for that tax year (if the corporation is not associated with any other corporation during the tax year)
4. the total of the taxable incomes of all the associated corporations for their last tax year ending in the previous calendar year does not exceed the total of their business limits for those tax years (if the corporation is associated with any other corporation during the tax year)

Check List for your 2021 Corporate Income Tax Return

Corporate Year End Check List

When to Pay a Balance Due On Your T3 Return

You have to pay any balance due on a T3 return no later than 90 days after the trust’s tax year-end.

If the due date for payment falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a statutory holiday, consider the payment to have been paid on time if the CRA received it, or it is postmarked on the next working day after the payment due date.

Final Return

You have to pay any balance owing no later than 90 days after the trust’s wind-up (discontinuation) date.