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Print this pageForward this document  What's new for T1/T3 Internet version 23.12?

The latest DT Max program update is now available for downloading. It features the T1/TP-1 program for the tax years 2008 to 2019 inclusively and fully supports T1/TP-1 EFILE. This version also features the T3/TP-646 program for the tax years ending from 2008 to 2019 inclusively. Installing this version will update your version of DT Max to 23.12.

Please note that all program versions are available on the Internet.

In this version...

DT Max T1

  1. Version highlights
    1. Client suggestions implemented in version 23.12
      1. Capacity to go to the source keywords directly from the diagnostic reports
  2. New diagnostics
    1. Error prevention reports
  3. Deleted options

DT Max T3

  1. Version highlights
    1. Known issues fixed in version 23.12
      1. Schedule A not generated when there is a deemed disposition of assets creating a capital gain
      2. Page 4 of Quebec form TP-772 not produced
    2. Reduction of the Quebec dividend tax credit rates
    3. British Columbia 2020 budget: new top income tax bracket
    4. Specified investment flow-through trusts (SIFT): reduction of corporate tax rates for Alberta and Nova Scotia
    5. Changes to the Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP)
  2. Revised forms
  3. New keywords
  4. Deleted keywords
  5. New options
  6. Deleted options

DT Max T1

  1. Version highlights

    1. Client suggestions implemented in version 23.12

      1. Capacity to go to the source keywords directly from the diagnostic reports

        As of 2019, you can go directly to source keywords from any diagnostic report. When a message suggests that you use a particular keyword, the line "Double click here for the Source keywords" will appear at the end of the message. Double-click on this line and you will see the list of source keywords. Just select the desired keyword and the program will direct you to the keyword in question.

  2. New diagnostics

    1. Error prevention reports

      Federal

      T1135 - Foreign income verification statement

      Warning
      According to the information obtained through the CRA auto-fill my return (AFR) service, Form T1135 - Foreign income verification statement was completed in 2018.

      There are substantial penalties for failing to complete and file Form T1135 accurately and by the due date. Verify whether the taxpayer has to file the T1135 in 2019.

      All Canadian resident taxpayers are required to file Form T1135, Foreign Income Verification Statement, if at any time in the year the total cost amount of all specified foreign property to the taxpayer was more than $100,000 (Canadian).

      Quebec

      447 Premium payable under the Québec prescription drug insurance plan - Full-time student

      You have selected the option "Age 18 to 25, full-time student, unmarried" with the keyword Situation to indicate the taxpayer should not have to pay premiums under the Québec prescription drug insurance plan.

      The taxpayer is over 26 years old. Please verify the data entry.

      447 Premium payable under the Québec prescription drug insurance plan - Full-time student

      This dependant has completed Schedule K to calculate the premium payable under the Quebec prescription drug insurance plan. Please verify whether this person is covered free of charge by the public drug insurance plan.

      A full-time student does not pay the premium for each of the months he/she meets all of the following conditions:

      • Age 18 to 25;

      • Enrolled full-time at a secondary-, college- or university level;

      • Is spouseless;

      • Lives with one of his/her parents or his/her tutor;

      • Does not have access to a private plan;

      • The parents asked the Régie to extend his/her coverage as a student.

      If applicable, please select the months for which this dependant should not be paying contributions using the keyword Drug-Insur as follows:

      If this dependant was registered full-time during the winter and fall terms:

      • Select the option "Quebec prescription drug insurance (exceptions all year)";

      • In the keyword Situation , select the option "Age 18 to 25, full-time student, unmarried".

      • The 12 months of the year are eligible even if the person was not registered for the summer term.

      If this dependant was registered full-time for a single term:

      • Select the option "Quebec prescription drug insurance (exceptions per month)";

      • In the keyword Situation , select the option "Age 18 to 25, full-time student, unmarried";

      • In the keyword Months , select the months (complete or incomplete) that cover the period he/she attended full-time at such an establishment.

      447 Premium payable under the Québec prescription drug insurance plan - Full-time student

      You have selected the option "Age 18 to 25, full-time student, unmarried" with the keyword Situation to indicate the taxpayer should not have to pay premiums under the Québec prescription drug insurance plan.

      A full-time student does not pay the premium for each of the months he/she meets all of the following conditions:

      • Age 18 to 25;

      • Enrolled full-time at a secondary-, college- or university level;

      • Is spouseless;

      • Lives with one of his/her parents or his/her tutor;

      • Does not have access to a private plan;

      • The parents asked the Régie to extend his/her coverage as a student.

      Since the taxpayer is not a dependant, please verify that all conditions are met.

  3. Deleted options

    1. Following the removal of boxes 32-2 and 33-2 from the RL-15 slip, the following options have been deleted form the keywords Resource-Add and Resource-Ass :

      QEE - Quebec exploration expenses (25%)
      QEE-SM - Que. surface mining expl. exp. (25%)

    2. Following the removal of boxes 62-2 and 63-2 from the RL-15 slip, the following options have been deleted form the keywords Renunciation and Assistance :

      QEE - Quebec exploration expenses (25%)
      QEE-OG - Que. oil & gas expl. expenses (25%)

DT Max T3

  1. Version highlights

    1. Known issues fixed in version 23.12

      1. Schedule A not generated when there is a deemed disposition of assets creating a capital gain

        When there was a capital gain created by a deemed disposition of assets within the Business group, Schedule A was not generated. This was a problem with the participation of Quebec Schedule A. This issue has been fixed in version 23.12 of DT Max.

      2. Page 4 of Quebec form TP-772 not produced

        The issue where page 4 of Quebec form TP-772, Foreign Tax Credit, was not being produced in version 23.05 of DT Max has been corrected in this version.

    2. Reduction of the Quebec dividend tax credit rates

      For Quebec, the dividend tax credit rates are gradually being reduced until December 2021. New rates take effect on January 1, 2020.

      The tables below show the rates applicable to either the gross-up amount or the actual amount of ordinary dividends and eligible dividends.

      Dividend tax credit rate (percentage) applicable to the gross-up amount of a dividend received or deemed received

       

      2019

      2020

      2021

      Tax credit rate for eligible dividends

      11.78%

      11.70%

      11.70%

      Tax credit rate for ordinary dividends

      5.55%

      4.77%

      4.01%

      Dividend tax credit (percentage) rate applicable to the actual amount of a dividend received or deemed received

       

      2019

      2020

      2021

      Tax credit rate for eligible dividends

      16.2564%

      16.146%

      16.146%

      Tax credit rate for ordinary dividends

      6.3825%

      5.4855%

      4.6115%

    3. British Columbia 2020 budget: new top income tax bracket

      The Government of British Columbia introduced in its February 18, 2020, budget a new top income tax bracket, effective for the 2020 and subsequent tax years.

      Graduated rate estates (GRE) and qualifying disability trusts (QDT) with taxable income greater than $220,000 will be taxed at the new rate of 20.5%. Trusts other than GRE and QDT will also see their tax rates increase from 16.5% to 20.5%. In addition, this tax rate increase will be applied to donations over $200.

      Please refer to the DT Max knowledge base link below for additional details on the new British Columbia tax bracket.

    4. Specified investment flow-through trusts (SIFT): reduction of corporate tax rates for Alberta and Nova Scotia

      Alberta is gradually reducing the province's general corporate income tax rate from 12% to 8% by 2022. The general corporate tax rate was reduced to 11% effective July 1, 2019, and to 10% as of January 1, 2020.

      Nova Scotia announced in its February 25, 2020, budget the reduction of the Corporate Tax Rate by 2% from 16% to 14% effective April 1, 2020.

      The tax rates for these provinces have been adjusted for the calculation of the provincial or territorial SIFT tax component.

    5. Changes to the Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP)

      The Quebec Interpretation and Administrative Bulletin concerning the laws and regulations on the Voluntary Disclosure Program has been updated to take into account recent developments concerning the exchange of information between Canada and other jurisdictions, as well as the changes to the federal Voluntary Disclosure Program.

      In short, for the application to be accepted and for relief to be granted under the program, the application must be spontaneous, complete and verifiable, and the tax debt must be paid.

      Extensive modifications have been made for 2019 to the Quebec form LM-15 to reflect the program changes. Therefore, changes to keywords and options in regards to this form were also necessary. We strongly recommend to review any existing data entry under the keyword Voluntary-Disclose .

  2. Revised forms

    Federal

    • RC199 - Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) Application

    • T1135 - Foreign Income Verification Statement

    Quebec

    • LM-15 - Voluntary Disclosure

    In-house forms

    • Schedule B supplement - Investment income and expense supplementary

    • Allocation of expenses

    • Beneficiary income allocation

    • Notes and diagnostics

  3. New keywords

    1. In the Voluntary-Disclose keyword group, pertaining to Quebec form LM-15, Voluntary Disclosure:

      1. Monthly-Amount : Proposed monthly amount

        Use the keyword Monthly-Amount to enter the proposed monthly amounts for the payment arrangement in Section 3.4 of form LM-15.

      2. Number-Months : Proposed number of months

        Use the keyword Number-Months to enter the proposed number of months for the payment arrangement. This information will be captured in Section 3.4 of form LM-15.

      3. Account-Info.vdp : Date applicable to the foreign account

        Use the keyword Account-Info.vdp to enter the date of the first deposit or transfer made into an offshore bank account.

      4. Move-Detail.vdp : Details on how the funds were moved

        Use the keyword Move-Detail.vdp to enter the details on how the funds were moved from Canada to the offshore account. Provide details as to the steps involved in moving the funds.

      5. OriginalCapAmt.vdp : Amount of the original capital contribution

        Use the keyword OriginalCapAmt.vdp to enter the amount of the original capital contribution in the offshore account.

      6. Capital-Source.vdp : Source of the original capital contribution

        Use the keyword Capital-Source.vdp to enter in Section 6.1 of form LM-15 the source of the original capital contribution.

      7. Non-TaxableAmt.vdp : Non-taxable amount of offshore accounts

        Use the keyword Non-TaxableAmt.vdp to enter the non-taxable part of the offshore accounts. This information is required in Section 6.1 of form LM-15.

      8. Nominee-Pseudonyms : Whether nominees, pseudonyms or other names were used

        Use the keyword Nominee-Pseudonyms to enter the names of the people or entities used as nominees, the pseudonyms used and the names on the offshore assets or accounts. This information is requested in Section 6.1 of form LM-15.

      9. FinancialInstName : Name of financial institution

        Use the keyword FinancialInstName to enter the name of the financial institution for any assets or income held in a foreign account which were not reported.

        This information will be captured on form LM-15, section 6.2, Information about the offshore account.

      10. Account-Info.v : Dates applicable to the foreign account

        Use the keyword Account-Info.v to enter the date in which the foreign investment account was opened and closed.

      11. Account-Balance.v : Balance of the account

        Use the keyword Account-Balance.v to enter the account balance, in Canadian dollars, on December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the voluntary disclosure file was opened.

      12. Acquisition-Date.v : Date of acquisition

        Use the keyword Acquisition-Date.v to capture the year of the foreign acquisition. This information will be entered in the table in Section 6.3 of form LM-15.

      13. Amount-Acquisition : Amount of acquisition

        Use the keyword Amount-Acquisition to enter the amount of the foreign acquisition. This information will be entered in the table in Section 6.3 of form LM-15.

      14. Fund-Source.vdp : Source of funds used for the acquisition

        Use the keyword Fund-Source.vdp to enter the source of funds used for the acquisition (for example, a Canadian bank account, unreported income, etc.)

      15. Income-Generated : Amount of income generated from foreign assets

        Use the keyword Income-Generated to enter the amount of income generated from all current and past foreign assets and interests. This amount will be entered in the table in Section 6.3 of the Quebec form LM-15.

      16. Registered.vd : Whether trust is registered

        Use the keyword Registered.vd to indicate whether the trust is registered and if not, whether it should be. This applies for QST, GST/HST, source deductions or corporate income tax and will be captured in the applicable section on form LM-15.

      17. Date-Registered.vd : Date registered

        Use the keyword Date-Registered.vd to indicate the date of registration. This applies for QST, GST/HST, source deductions or corporate income tax and will be captured in the applicable Section on form LM-15.

      18. Wash-Transaction : Whether the application concerns wash transactions

        Use the keyword Wash-Transaction to indicate whether the application concerns QST or GST/HST wash transactions.

      19. ReportingFrequency : Indicate the QST reporting frequency

        Use the keyword ReportingFrequency to enter the trust's QST reporting frequency. This information is required for Section 5.1 of form LM-15.

      20. TaxYear-Period.vd : Breakdown of taxation years or periods

        Use the keyword TaxYear-Period.vd to enter the breakdown of taxation years or the reporting periods. This information will be captured in Section 5 of Quebec form LM-15.

      21. Default-Type.vd : Type of default

        Use the keyword Default-Type.vd to indicate the type of default (unreported business income, uncollected and unremitted consumption taxes, etc.). This information will be captured in Section 5 of Quebec form LM-15.

      22. Transfer-Dates.vd : Dates respecting the transfer of an immovable

        Use the keyword Transfer-Dates.vd to enter the dates required in Section 5.3 of form LM-15 in relation to the transfer of an immovable.

      23. Amount-Due.vd : Applicable transfer duties

        Use the keyword Amount-Due.vd to enter the amount of applicable duties in respect to the transfer of an immovable.

      24. TP-646-Filed.vd : Indicate whether a TP-646 form has ever been filed

        Use the keyword TP-646-Filed.vd to indicate whether the trust has ever filed the Trust Income Tax Return.

      25. Impediment-Detail : Details of impediments

        Use the keyword Impediment-Detail to describe the difficulties encountered and their impact on the application.

        Give details of whether the situation covered by this application is marked by any particular difficulties in identifying the taxation years for which there was an omission, the duties payable or the relevant legal provisions, or by impediments to the availability of the documentary evidence.

        These details will be entered in Section 4.1, Impediments, of form LM-15.

      26. Duties-Enclosed.vd : Indicate whether payment is enclosed

        Use the keyword Duties-Enclosed.vd to indicate whether payment or proof of payment (cheque, money order, receipt for online payment, etc.) is enclosed with the application.

      27. Total-Est-Duties : Total estimated duties

        Use the keyword Total-Est-Duties to enter the total amount of estimated duties or tax owing. This information will be entered in Section 3.4 of form LM-15.

      28. TimeLine.vdp : Type of duty and date of first omission

        Use the keyword TimeLine.vdp to enter the applicable type of duty and the year or date of the first omission. This information is required for Section 4.3, Timeline, on form LM-15.

      29. Return-Type.vd : Type of return being disclosed

        Use the keyword Return-Type.vd to enter the type of return being disclosed. This information will be captured in Section 5, Information about the duties and estimation of the duties payable, on form LM-15.

      30. Foreign-Funds.vdp : Information about unreported offshore funds

        Use the keyword Foreign-Funds.vdp to enter information regarding unreported foreign assets.

      31. Offshore-Country.v : Country where the offshore account is located

        Use the keyword Offshore-Country.v to enter the country where all current and past offshore accounts are located.

      32. Foreign-Assets.vdp : Description of foreign assets or interests

        Use the keyword Foreign-Assets.vdp to enter the description for all current and past foreign assets and interests. This information will be captured in the first column of the table in section 6.3 of the Quebec form LM-15.

  4. Deleted keywords

    1. For federal form RC199, Part E of Section 6 has been removed. As a result, the following keywords were deleted:

      1. ACQUISITIONDATE.VD: Date of acquisition

      2. ORIGINAL-COST.VD: Original cost of shares

  5. New options

    1. For the keyword Disclosure-Info , pertaining to the questions in Sections 3 and 4 of Quebec form LM-15:

      Does not include all omissions under all fiscal laws
      Does not cover all taxation years of omissions
      Does not comply with tax laws aside from disclosure
      Taxpayers (controlled/controlling) do not comply to tax law
      Missing required information or documentation
      Estimate includes income and duties from missing doc.
      Estimate does not include income from missing documentation
      Counselled by person with a view to avoid payment of duties
      Canadian inst. informed you to open offshore bank account

    2. For the keyword Return-Type.vd , pertaining to Section 5 of the Quebec form LM-15:

      Personal income tax (foreign income)
      Corporate income tax (foreign income)
      Trust income tax (foreign income)
      Immovable transfer

  6. Deleted options

    1. The following option has been deleted from the keyword Voluntary-Disclose . As a result, the federal and Quebec information for voluntary disclosure must be entered separately:

      Federal and Quebec

 

 

March 18, 2020