Most corporations can file their T2 Corporation Income Tax Return electronically using the Internet. It is mandatory for certain corporations with annual gross revenues that exceed $1 million.

This $1 million threshold is eliminated for tax years starting after 2023. Most corporations will have to file their return electronically.

For more information, see Corporation Internet Filing.

What's new for corporations

Topics

• Corporation income tax return
  Completing and filing your return and schedules.
• Corporation payments
  How, when, and where to pay, including instalment payments.
• Corporation tax rates
  Federal, provincial and territorial income tax rates.
• Type of corporation
  Explains the different types of legal corporations that exist for tax purposes.
• Important dates for corporations
  How to determine your corporation's fiscal period, when to pay and when to file.
• Federal tax credits
  List of federal tax credits that you may be able to claim when filing your T2 return.
• Provincial and territorial corporation tax
  Provincial and territorial income taxes and credits, completing Schedule 5, rebates, dual tax rates, and business limits.
• After you file your corporation income tax return
  Reassessments, what to do if you disagree, how to prepay tax for anticipated reassessments, and authorizing a representative.
• Access to corporate tax information
  For accessing tax information as the director of a corporation.
• Business number registration
  How to register for a business number (BN), or additional accounts such as GST/HST or payroll.
• My Business Account
  Make online requests and view your corporation account information, such as balances and transactions, your T2 return status, and more.
• Eligible dividends
  Procedures and schedules for General Rate Income Pool (GRIP) and Low Rate Income Pool (LRIP), Part III.1 tax, election not to be a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC), and election for excessive eligible dividends.
• Functional currency
  How to elect, or revoke an election, to report in a functional currency.
• Partnerships – Limiting deferral of corporation tax
  The deferral of tax by a corporation that has a significant interest in a partnership having a fiscal period different from the corporation's tax year has been eliminated.
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  How the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has responded to the change in accounting standards.

Related Topics

• Request a comfort letter
• Keeping records

Government partners

• AgriStability
• AgriInvest

Forms and publications

• Guide T4012, T2 Corporation – Income Tax Guide
• Guide RC4088, General Index of Financial Information (GIFI)
• Guide T7B-CORP, Corporation Instalment Guide