Dealing with CRA
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From audit to appeal, understand every stage of the CRA process.

Michael Cadesky and Hugh Woolley show you how to handle audits, reassessments, and verification reviews effectively. Learn to manage penalties and objections, apply fairness provisions, and build stronger compliance practices to protect your clients and defend your position.

On-Demand
On-Demand

2 Hours CPD
2 Hours CPD

New
New Release

Course Curriculum
5 sections • Expand to view details
  • Introduction
  • Tax Lifecycle, The Outside
  • Tax Lifecycle, The Inside
  • Tax Payment (Individual, Trust, Corporation)
  • E-File
  • Result of E-Filing
  • Typical Verification Requests
  • My Account Issues
  • Audits
  • High Net Worth Audit
  • New CRA Powers
  • Reassessment
  • Notice of Objection
  • Collections
  • Waivers
  • Waiver Revocation
  • Statute Barred
  • Misrepresentation
  • Tax Attributes
  • Penalties
  • Gross Negligence Penalty
  • Privilege
  • Notifiable Transactions
  • Reportable Transactions
  • Reportable Uncertain Tax Treatment (RUTT)
  • Voluntary Disclosure (VDP)
  • Fairness Applications

Seminar Snapshot

Date Recorded
July 17, 2025
Presentation
■ Yes
Slides
■ Yes
Detailed Notes
■ Yes
Technical Corner
■ Yes
Teach Test
■ Yes
Resources
■ Yes
Included in Archive
■ No

Whether you work with corporate or individual clients in a tax practice, this seminar gives you the language, logic, and leverage you need when the CRA shows up. From supporting a deduction, drafting an objection, or deciding whether to pay before fighting, you'll walk away with strategies you can use immediately.

Learn how to respond effectively to audits, reassessments, and CRA verification. Understand interest, penalties, objections, privilege, and key risk points across the tax lifecycle to better protect your clients and support your positions.


Who This Program Is For:

This program is designed for tax professionals, CPAs, accountants, and advisors who work with individuals, corporations, and trusts in managing their tax compliance and CRA interactions.

The program follows the complete tax lifecycle from both external (CRA's perspective) and internal (professional's workflow) viewpoints.


Seminar Length: 2.0 hours

Category: Tax Practice

Frequently Asked Questions
Once you complete your purchase, you will create your account if you haven't already. You can access the course anytime through our platform. All Cadesky Tax Seminars programs come with one-year access.
Yes. This course is eligible for verifiable CPD hours for Canadian CPAs. A downloadable Certificate of Completion will be available once you complete all required modules.
Our programs are designed for CPAs and tax professionals who want to deepen their technical expertise. While no prerequisites are required, a working knowledge of Canadian tax will help you get the most out of the material.
On-demand courses include the full video presentation, downloadable slides, and additional resources mentioned in the Seminar Snapshot (Technical Corner, teach test, checklists).
Yes. You will have unlimited access to the course materials within the 1-year access period, so you can revisit the content anytime to refresh your knowledge.

Learning Objectives
1
Understand tax payment requirements, filing deadlines, avoid interest and penalties.
2
Improve tax compliance processes to reduce errors and disputes.
3
Understand penalties and arguments to defend against them.
4
Complete fairness applications and learn what separates success and failure.

Meet Your Presenters

Michael Cadesky

Michael Cadesky

FCPA, FCA, FTIHK, CTA, TEP (EMERITUS)

Michael Cadesky is the managing partner at Cadesky Tax and a committed contributor to the tax and accounting professions since 1980, earning the title of Fellow from CPA Ontario. He is a past governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, past chair of STEP Canada and STEP Worldwide, and past chair of the CPA Canada Tax Committee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Michael is also the co-author of 11 books on tax subjects and the author or co-author of numerous papers and articles on Canadian and international taxation.

Hugh Woolley

Hugh Woolley

CPA, CA, TEP

Hugh Woolley is an independent tax consultant who has taught income tax for over 30 years for a number of different professional organizations. Hugh has written courses for CPA Canada and over 10 papers for the B.C. Tax Conference as well as papers for the CTF's National Tax Conference and STEP Canada's National Conference. From 1990–1992 he worked at the CRA's Rulings Directorate in Ottawa writing "butterfly" tax rulings. Hugh is a past Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation.

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