Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦

I'm an accounting firm owner | #QBO ProAdvisor💻| Specializing in #CanadaTax & #AccountingServices for neighbours /#BCSmallBusiness in #WestVan (☎️604-213-9798)

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Quick Tip: Search our company information @Google by typing "Alice Cretelli" or "WestVanCPA". You will find our website, location and contact information quickly.

#WestVancouver, #WestVan, #NorthVancouver, #Vancouver

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

📰Good News! No BC PST for accounting and tax services for now!

Wow ... 7% Tax Saving for BC taxpayer😍!

The BC Government "pauses" 🛑PST expansion to professional services amid ongoing trade uncertainty!

#WestVan, #NorthVan

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[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

@MrBeast Our best guess is 554,496 ;)

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Tax Tip🇨🇦: The Canada Groceries & Essentials Benefit (CGEB) replaces & enhances the GST credit in 2026.

Eligible families of 4 may receive up to $1,890, & singles up to $950 for 2026-27.

🔖No application needed; CRA determines eligibility from your 2025 🇨🇦tax return.
#NorthVan

[Finance Canada @FinanceCanada]

Legislation has passed to deliver the new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit.

The new CGEB will provide targeted support for more than 12 million Canadians, helping them afford daily essentials.

https://t.co/SWgXS077FY

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Yes, 2026 personal tax filing season is here 🥳!

🔖Reminder: Feb 23, 2026 (Monday) is the earliest day to file your personal taxes online🇨🇦 if you have all your tax slips and tax documents ready.

#NorthVan, #WestVan

[Canada Revenue Agency @CanRevAgency]

📢Tax season is almost here!

Make sure to do your taxes so you don’t miss out on benefit and credit payments.

🆕 To help you get ready, we’ve put together what’s new for this tax season ➡️ https://t.co/EfqbriO1M2 #CdnTax

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

This year’s coming to a close, I wish you a joyful holiday and Happy New Year🍾🎉.

Last but not least, don't forget to visit our Christmas tree🎄before January 7, 2026, with all other 140 beautiful decorated trees located at Dundarave, West Vancouver waterfront.

#NorthShore

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Hope you enjoy my latest article in the October issue of the Neighbours of Dundarave magazine on this sunny thanksgiving afternoon🥧🥳🍾:

🔖Strategies to implement now that will save your $$$ for your 2025 tax year🇨🇦. Enjoy!

#WestVan, #NorthVan, #Ambleside

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Tax tips🇨🇦: Are you wondering how family income reported on personal tax returns affect your qualification for the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) benefit?

Check out this link for details: https://t.co/XCL1O4TNef

#WestVan, #NorthVan, #Ambleside

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Tax Tips🇨🇦: Mitigating the impacts of the 4 week Canada Post strike, the government plans to extend deadline for claiming 2024 charitable donations on tax returns to Feb 28, 2025.

Stay tuned for an update once Parliament returns in the new year. #WestVan, #NorthVan, #Ambleside

[Canada Revenue Agency @CanRevAgency]

📣 The federal government intends to amend the Income Tax Act to extend the deadline for making donations eligible for tax support in the 2024 tax year, until February 28th, 2025.

Get the details: https://t.co/hSsEXJZyBa #CdnTax

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

❄️Happy Holidays! Do you know there are over 140 beautifully decorated Christmas trees lining the West Vancouver Waterfront until Jan 7, 2025?

🎄Come and visit our tree at Dundarave Beach, and enjoy a scenic walk in this magical winter😀!

#WestVan, #NorthVan, #Ambleside

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone🥂🍁🍂.

May your day be filled with joy and all the things that make you happy.

#WestVan, #NorthVan, #TaxTwitter

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Beautiful May's full flower🌼moon light up the sky tonight in #WestVan.

https://t.co/uP8Bihyxhv

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Dinner at Chelo Kitchen tonight with family🥰.

An enjoyable night with good food and live music.

https://t.co/jZXxi9cE5n

#NorthVan, #WestVan

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Happy May 4 to everyone🤩! May the force be with you in this tax season & have your personal tax filed on time.

🔖Reminder: self-employed individuals' 2023 tax-filing deadline is Jun 17, 2024 (Mon); but tax owing payment due date was Apr 30.

#TaxTwitter ; #NorthVan; #WestVan

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Good Morning and a Happy Easter to all.

Hope you have a wonderful Easter filled with chocolate🍫, sunshine☀️, and smiles😁

#WestVan; #NorthVan; #TaxTwitter

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

🔖Tax Tip: To receive your Canada Carbon Rebate on time (April 15, 2024), make sure to file your personal tax return by March 15th, 2024, if you're 🇨🇦resident of:

Alberta
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island or
Saskatchewan.

[Canada Revenue Agency @CanRevAgency]

The next #CanadaCarbonRebate, formerly the #ClimateActionIncentivePayment, is April 15th.

To receive the payment on time, make sure you do your taxes by March 15th.

If you do them after then, your payment will come later in the spring. ➡️ https://t.co/WorKEgLyXF #CdnTax

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

🔖3rd time's a charm🤔? The Climate action incentive payment (CAIP) has renamed to Canada Carbon Rebate (CCR).

Do you agree this new name serves these purposes?
✅Clarify CCR's function
✅Make its meaning & relationship to the carbon pricing system more intuitive for Canadians.

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

🔖Climate action incentive payment (CAIP) is a tax-free amount to help eligible individuals & families in #Canada🇨🇦offset the cost of the federal pollution pricing. It consists of a basic amount & a supplement for residents of small & rural communities.

🔗https://t.co/CR4tpY9d3F

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

WoW! My 4 years with #TwitterX!

Happy Anniversary🎉🎂!

I am so happy to grow up🥹 here at twitter, twitterX, or X🤩. It is such a great place to connect and share thoughts & ideas!

#MyXAnniversary; #TaxTwitter; #NorthVan; #WestVan

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

Tax tip🇨🇦: If you're eligible to claim home office expenses as an employee in 2023, you must use the detailed method by completing Form T2200, Declaration of Conditions of Employment, & signed by your employer🖊️.

🔖The temporary flat rate method doesn't apply to 2023 tax return.

[Canada Revenue Agency @CanRevAgency]

❗ We’ve updated our home office expenses webpages and form T2200 for the 2023 tax year.

Learn more about claiming home office expenses 👉 https://t.co/D2hM6miG2z #CdnTax

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

🔖Reminder: Check you mail today for the New Canadian Dental Care Plan🦷invitation letter💌from Service Canada, if:

✅You are, or will be, 70 years or older by Mar 31, 2024
✅Resident of Canada🇨🇦 in 2022
✅ 2022 family net Income< $90K (on tax return)

🔗https://t.co/ZFcRfXK7RF

[Employment and Social Development Canada @ESDC_GC]

The Canadian Dental Care Plan is expanding applications! As of February, potentially eligible seniors aged 72 to 76 will start receiving letters inviting them to apply.

Learn more: https://t.co/ubzqMqYu1P

[Alice Cretelli, CPA |🇨🇦 @AliceCretelli]

🇨🇦Tax tip: 🏘️Multigenerational home renovation tax credit (MHRTC) is a new refundable tax credit that can be claimed on your income tax & benefit return starting in tax year 2023.

Consult #CRA link below⬇️for eligibility criteria

#TaxTwitter; #NorthVan, #WestVan, #Ambleside

[Canada Revenue Agency @CanRevAgency]

Building a secondary unit for a loved one who’s a senior, or has a disability? 🏠🔨

You might be eligible for up to $7.5K in home renovations! Find out if you qualify 👉 https://t.co/6FqO8cTuQ1 #CdnTax