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What to do in the event of. . .

An AUDIT by the CRA

If you are a 2008 Member of The Canadian Tax Audit Protection Plan and are notified by the Canada Revenue Agency that they intend to audit your 2007 Taxation Year, you must send the following documents to us before we will commence providing legal services to you under the Terms & Conditions of the Plan.

  1. A copy of your 2008 T1 Income Tax & Benefit Return;
  2. A copy of your 2008 Notice of Assessment;
  3. A copy of the letter from the CRA informing you that they intend to audit your books and records in respect of your 2008 Taxation Year; and
  4. A Request for Legal Assistance Form.

Once we receive this documentation from you, we will confirm that you did, in fact, qualify for Membership in the Plan at the time you applied for your 2008 Membership, and if so, we will then contact you to schedule a time for you to speak with you, or your accountant or tax advisor should you direct us to do so.

Receiving a NOTICE OF REASSESSMENT

If you are a 2008 Member of The Canadian Tax Audit Protection Plan and you receive a Notice of Reassessment from the Canada Revenue Agency in respect of your 2008 taxation year, we must receive from you within 45 days of the Date of Mailing of the Notice of Reassessment the following documents in order for us to provide or continue to provide legal services to you under the Terms & Conditions of the Plan. If we do not receive these documents within 45 days, Sixth Sphere shall have no obligation to provide or continue to provide any legal services to you under the Terms & Conditions of the Plan. You do not need to resend any of these documents if you have already sent them to us as part of an audit.

  1. A Request for Legal Assistance Form;
  2. A copy of the Notice(s) of Reassessment in respect of which you are seeking assistance from the Plan;
  3. A copy of any letter or letters you received from the Canada Revenue Agency in which they set out the basis upon which they proposed to reassess you and a copy of the CRA auditor’s working papers to the extent that such papers were provided to you;
  4. A copy of your T1 Income Tax & Benefit Return for the taxation year(s) in question; and
  5. A copy of your Notice(s) of Assessment for the taxation year(s) in question.

Once we receive this documentation from you and have confirmed that you did, in fact, qualify for Membership in the Plan at the time time you applied for your 2008 Membership (if we have not already done so), we will contact you to schedule a time to speak with you to advise and assist you with respect to the reassessment.

Receiving a NOTICE OF DECISION from CRA Appeals

If you are a 2008 Member of The Canadian Tax Audit Protection Plan, you have filed a Notice of Objection with the CRA in respect of a reassessment by them of your 2008 Taxation Year, and you receive a Notice of Decision or Notice of Reassessment in response to your Notice of Objection, we must receive from you within 45 days of the Date of Mailing of the Notice of Decision the following documents in order for us to provide or continue to provide legal services to you under the Terms & Conditions of the Plan. If we do not receive these documents within 45 days, Sixth Sphere shall have no obligation to provide or continue to provide any legal services to you under the Terms & Conditions of the Plan. You do not need to resend any of these documents if you have already sent them to us.

  1. A Request for Legal Assistance Form;
  2. A copy of the Notice(s) of Decision and/or Notice(s) of Reassessment in respect of which you are seeking assistance from the Plan;
  3. A copy of the Notice(s) of Objection that you filed with the Canada Revenue Agency or that were filed on your behalf;
  4. A copy of any letter or letters you received from the Canada Revenue Agency in which they set out the basis upon which they proposed to reassess you and a copy of the CRA auditor’s working papers to the extent that such paper were provided to you;
  5. A copy of your T1 Income Tax & Benefit Return for the taxation year(s) in question;
  6. A copy of your Notice(s) of Assessment for the taxation year(s) in question; and
  7. A T1013 Form (Authorizing or Cancelling a Representative) authorizing the CRA to deal with Sixth Sphere Services Professional Corporation as your representative in respect of your 2008 taxation year;

Once we receive this documentation from you and have confirmed that you did, in fact, qualify for Membership in the Plan at the time time you applied for your 2008 Membership (if we have not already done so), we will contact you to schedule a time to speak with you to advise and assist you with respect to the reassessment.

How & Where To Send These Documents

You may send these documents to us:

BY MAIL or COURIER   

The Canadian Tax Audit Protection Plan
c/o Suite 402 - 1999 Nelson Street
Vancouver, British Columbia  V6G 1N4

ATTENTION: Audit Services

or by FAX   

(416) 866-8278