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No Change to CRA Prescribed Rate for Q2 of 2012 

Canadian Tax Adviser
February 14, 2012

 

Paul Hickey
Toronto, National Tax Centre

 

The government has announced that the CRA prescribed income tax interest rates for taxable benefits, overpaid taxes and underpaid taxes for the second quarter of 2012 (April 1-June 30, 2012) will remain the same as the current quarter.

Currently, the rate for penalties and interest on overdue income taxes is 5%. The prescribed rate for refunds of overpaid tax is 3% for non-corporate taxpayers (1% for corporate taxpayers), and the prescribed rate that applies to taxable benefits for employees and shareholders from interest-free and low-interest loans is 1%.

 

Prescribed rates for 2011 and 2012 are as follows:

 

Prescribed rates for 2011 and 2012

 

For more information, contact your KPMG adviser.

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