Name: CRA Audits Overview '24-'25 - Net Worth Audit Excel Included
Price: 155 CAD
Rating: 4.6 (101 reviews)

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the CRA’s audit objectives and government priorities.

check_circleNavigate the CRA’s Income Tax Audit Manual effectively.

check_circleIdentify common types of CRA reviews and audits.

check_circleRecognize typical audit triggers and adjustments.

check_circleFollow the CRA audit and tax objection processes step-by-step.

check_circleApply legal considerations and privilege strategies in CRA audits.

About This Course

In this comprehensive course, Steven Pitucci, a practicing CPA from Toronto, Ontario, discusses the main areas you need to know about audits executed by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), updated for current technical issues encountered by tax accountants and lawyers across Canada.

The ten areas covered in this course include:

Government stats and objectives pertaining to CRA audits.
Introduction to the CRA Audit Manuals, with a walkthrough of navigating the Income Tax Audit Manual (ITAM).
Types of reviews and audits that the CRA executes.
Common audit triggers and adjustments to tax returns.
CRA audit trends being observed in 2024 – including net worth audits, property flips, GST/HST carousel schemes, and other matters.
Steps in the CRA audit process.
Steps in the tax objection process.
Legal considerations when dealing with the CRA.
Legal privilege in tax audits (and when accountants can assert such privilege).
How to achieve the best results from a CRA tax audit.

Included in this course is a bonus section that contains a downloadable copy of a Net Worth Audit (NWA) spreadsheet template similar to one used by the CRA when conducting such audits. This resource is extremely useful for understanding how the CRA conducts its analysis in NWAs and can also be used to vet their findings. Steven includes a video walkthrough on how to use this spreadsheet and further discusses specific considerations related to NWAs.

Your Instructor

Steven Pitucci

Accounting and Tax Educator, CPA, CA

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As a Chartered Professional Accountant, I am currently navigating the complex world of forensic accounting & advisory in a Canadian insolvency firm. I am a former partner of public accounting firm serving Canadian individuals and privately-held businesses. I am also educating other accountants with all things accounting and tax. I have a passion for taking complex issues and teaching them to others in a manner that is understandable.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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