Fact sheet

September 2006

My Business Account

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has expanded its suite of e-services to provide business owners with convenient and secure on-line access to their personalized business account information through a new on-line service called My Business Account.

My Business Account is a response to the overall Government objective of meeting the increasing expectations of taxpayers for faster, more accessible, and more transparent government service. My Business Account enables users to access a multitude of electronic CRA business services with a single User ID and password.

The September 2006 initial offering of My Business Account will provide business owners with the following services including:

• Filing a corporation income tax return
• Making certain online requests
• Registering a formal dispute – NEW
• Requesting a CPP/EI ruling – NEW
• Viewing a business address – NEW
• Viewing status of a corporation income tax return – NEW
• Viewing an account balance for corporation tax and excise duties and taxes – NEW
• Viewing excise duties and taxes transaction details and endorsements – NEW

Throughout 2007, the list of services offered through My Business Account will continue to grow to include additional transactional services.

My Business Account third party authorization, (anticipated release - fall of 2007) will offer business owners the ability to authorize third parties to access their CRA business account(s), conduct online account transactions and view account balances and details of accounting transactions on their behalf.

For more information about My Business Account, the newest addition to CRA's suite of electronic services, visit www.cra.gc.ca/mybusinessaccount.

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