How much should we put aside for tax?
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How much should we put aside for tax?
So I'm not quite sure how to work this new job my other half has got.
He's been trying to get into Construction for awhile but had no experience. Finally he has landed a job as a labour/Carpenters helper. He's learning lots but it's just working for a guy.
This guy/employer says he is a subcontractor and responsible for his own tax etc.
That's crap in my option as he is most defiantly an employee and just a way to avoid paying WCB etc. Whatever though, right now we need the money and in 6 months he should have experience to try for an apprenticeship with another employer.
My question, how do we pay tax? CCP? EI? Do we just put money aside and pay after filing taxes at the end of the year? How much should we put aside for BC? My boyfriend is getting paid by personal cheque, its not cash in hand.
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He's been trying to get into Construction for awhile but had no experience. Finally he has landed a job as a labour/Carpenters helper. He's learning lots but it's just working for a guy.
This guy/employer says he is a subcontractor and responsible for his own tax etc.
That's crap in my option as he is most defiantly an employee and just a way to avoid paying WCB etc. Whatever though, right now we need the money and in 6 months he should have experience to try for an apprenticeship with another employer.
My question, how do we pay tax? CCP? EI? Do we just put money aside and pay after filing taxes at the end of the year? How much should we put aside for BC? My boyfriend is getting paid by personal cheque, its not cash in hand.
Thanks
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So I'm not quite sure how to work this new job my other half has got.
He's been trying to get into Construction for awhile but had no experience. Finally he has landed a job as a labour/Carpenters helper. He's learning lots but it's just working for a guy.
This guy/employer says he is a subcontractor and responsible for his own tax etc.
That's crap in my option as he is most defiantly an employee and just a way to avoid paying WCB etc. Whatever though, right now we need the money and in 6 months he should have experience to try for an apprenticeship with another employer.
My question, how do we pay tax? CCP? EI? Do we just put money aside and pay after filing taxes at the end of the year? How much should we put aside for BC? My boyfriend is getting paid by personal cheque, its not cash in hand.
Thanks
He's been trying to get into Construction for awhile but had no experience. Finally he has landed a job as a labour/Carpenters helper. He's learning lots but it's just working for a guy.
This guy/employer says he is a subcontractor and responsible for his own tax etc.
That's crap in my option as he is most defiantly an employee and just a way to avoid paying WCB etc. Whatever though, right now we need the money and in 6 months he should have experience to try for an apprenticeship with another employer.
My question, how do we pay tax? CCP? EI? Do we just put money aside and pay after filing taxes at the end of the year? How much should we put aside for BC? My boyfriend is getting paid by personal cheque, its not cash in hand.
Thanks
Put aside 40% if possible to cover yourselves and you'll likely have a good chunk left after all taxes are paid.
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Re: How much should we put aside for tax?
So I'm not quite sure how to work this new job my other half has got.
He's been trying to get into Construction for awhile but had no experience. Finally he has landed a job as a labour/Carpenters helper. He's learning lots but it's just working for a guy.
This guy/employer says he is a subcontractor and responsible for his own tax etc.
That's crap in my option as he is most defiantly an employee and just a way to avoid paying WCB etc. Whatever though, right now we need the money and in 6 months he should have experience to try for an apprenticeship with another employer.
My question, how do we pay tax? CCP? EI? Do we just put money aside and pay after filing taxes at the end of the year? How much should we put aside for BC? My boyfriend is getting paid by personal cheque, its not cash in hand.
Thanks
He's been trying to get into Construction for awhile but had no experience. Finally he has landed a job as a labour/Carpenters helper. He's learning lots but it's just working for a guy.
This guy/employer says he is a subcontractor and responsible for his own tax etc.
That's crap in my option as he is most defiantly an employee and just a way to avoid paying WCB etc. Whatever though, right now we need the money and in 6 months he should have experience to try for an apprenticeship with another employer.
My question, how do we pay tax? CCP? EI? Do we just put money aside and pay after filing taxes at the end of the year? How much should we put aside for BC? My boyfriend is getting paid by personal cheque, its not cash in hand.
Thanks
Look at this, CRA are very hot about contractors in construction and self employed. RC4110 - Employee or Self-employed? As many are really employees.
Mostly doing this means employers don't have to pay the employer contribution for CPP and EI. Unless he does his own WCB, the employer should be reporting contractors on their WCB filing.
Your partner is PR, Canadian or on TWP?
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Re: How much should we put aside for tax?
This might help https://simpletax.ca/calculator
Look at this, CRA are very hot about contractors in construction and self employed. RC4110 - Employee or Self-employed? As many are really employees.
Mostly doing this means employers don't have to pay the employer contribution for CPP and EI. Unless he does his own WCB, the employer should be reporting contractors on their WCB filing.
Your partner is PR, Canadian or on TWP?
Look at this, CRA are very hot about contractors in construction and self employed. RC4110 - Employee or Self-employed? As many are really employees.
Mostly doing this means employers don't have to pay the employer contribution for CPP and EI. Unless he does his own WCB, the employer should be reporting contractors on their WCB filing.
Your partner is PR, Canadian or on TWP?
Yes that's what I was thinking. His boss is wanting to avoid paying contributions. There is no way he meets the definition of contractor, he is an employee for sure, he's got zero experience for 1.
My partner is not paying his own WCB, nor should he as he is paid the wage of an employee and we couldn't afford it anyway . I am bit concerned in-case he get hurt at work with this.
I just want to make sure we do everything above board and are not penalized in anyway for his employers decision to call him a contractor.
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Re: How much should we put aside for tax?
Thankyou, He's a PR
Yes that's what I was thinking. His boss is wanting to avoid paying contributions. There is no way he meets the definition of contractor, he is an employee for sure, he's got zero experience for 1.
My partner is not paying his own WCB, nor should he as he is paid the wage of an employee and we couldn't afford it anyway . I am bit concerned in-case he get hurt at work with this.
I just want to make sure we do everything above board and are not penalized in anyway for his employers decision to call him a contractor.
Yes that's what I was thinking. His boss is wanting to avoid paying contributions. There is no way he meets the definition of contractor, he is an employee for sure, he's got zero experience for 1.
My partner is not paying his own WCB, nor should he as he is paid the wage of an employee and we couldn't afford it anyway . I am bit concerned in-case he get hurt at work with this.
I just want to make sure we do everything above board and are not penalized in anyway for his employers decision to call him a contractor.
Homeowners and employers could be on the hook if there is an injury and the contractor has no WCB of their own. However if a company closes it can be hard to pursue. For contractors we always get a clearance letter from WCB website or if the contractor has no WCB they go on ours. Unless we really need them, we don't hire contractors without WCB of their own.
Many homeowners are unaware of their liability and should be getting clearance letters or filing WCB for any contractor on their property who does not have their own WCB. Their homeowners insurance pay not cover them in some circumstances.
He could talk to the employer about WCB, the employer may tell him to get his own though, or not hire him at all.
There is the option of going to WCB and CRA yourselves to clarify the issue. Talking to an accountant may help with the CRA issue. If CRA find out, even after the fact that he was really an employee, they still may go after the employer for contributions if someone reported the employer to CRA.
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Re: How much should we put aside for tax?
Self-employed people pay their tax by installments every quarter after they've filed their first T2125. The payments are calculated based on the assessed amount for the previous tax year.
He'll need to invoice for his work and collect GST and possibly PST.
Self-employed people have to pay both halves of CPP, i.e. the employee and employer half. Self-employed people are exempt from EI.
I would say rule-of-thumb, keep back a third of the invoiced amount to cover taxes.
Very strongly recommend having a read through: Small businesses and self-employed
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The CRA is supposed to enforce those rules. Imx all they seem to care about is GST/HST collection though. Make absolutely sure he collects it and does the GST return.
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Re: How much should we put aside for tax?
No PST on labour only services. I agree 1/3 is quite sufficient. Tee1's OH should definitely clarify who is paying WCB.
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I have this argument every year over snow clearance. Every frigging year. Is this your property, is that your property, what insurance coverage do you have, blah blah flipping blah.
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Re: How much should we put aside for tax?
Make note to never be a contractor, all this sounds downright confusing.
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I just noticed on T2 that line 295 asks the question:
If you check "yes" to that question, methinks you go up in the "likely to be audited" ranks PDQ.
So my advice would be for the OP's OH to point this out to his employer, because I'm fairly certain his accountant will point out what I've just pointed out.
If the corporation's major business activity is construction, did you have any subcontractors during the tax year?
So my advice would be for the OP's OH to point this out to his employer, because I'm fairly certain his accountant will point out what I've just pointed out.
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I just noticed on T2 that line 295 asks the question:
If you check "yes" to that question, methinks you go up in the "likely to be audited" ranks PDQ.
So my advice would be for the OP's OH to point this out to his employer, because I'm fairly certain his accountant will point out what I've just pointed out.
If you check "yes" to that question, methinks you go up in the "likely to be audited" ranks PDQ.
So my advice would be for the OP's OH to point this out to his employer, because I'm fairly certain his accountant will point out what I've just pointed out.
https://www.gowlings.com/KnowledgeCe...asp?pubID=3095
http://www.hrsbs.ca/employee-vs-cont...lassification/