The CRA has advised that T2 Corporation Income Tax Returns and T3 Trust Income tax Returns that would have been due in June, July, or August are now due on September 1. For T2s and T3s, as previously announced, any income tax balance due on or after March 18 and before September 1 will also be due by September 1.   More Information

The  Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant  offers financial assistance to Alberta businesses, cooperatives, and non-profit organizations that faced restrictions or closures from public health orders, and experienced a revenue loss of at least 50 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible job creators can apply for up to $5,000 through this program.

The City of Medicine Hat has mailed out Assessment Request for Information (ARFI) packages to property owners of improved non-residential and multi-family property classes. For property owners to be eligible to appeal their 2021 assessment, they must respond completely to a ARFI by July 31, 2020. Property owners are encouraged to contact the Assessment department directly if they have questions.

Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) will be extended by one month to cover eligible small business rents for July. In addition, to simplify the application process for all applicants, the government is removing the requirement to claw-back insurance proceeds and provincial rent supports from the CECRA forgivable loan amount for both existing and new applicants.

Payment deferrals have ended as of June 30. Businesses that continue to experience difficulty in remitting GST/HST and customs duty amounts owing can contact the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to make a request for the cancellation of penalties and interest, and/or for a flexible payment arrangement with the CRA.   More Information

Travel restrictions are still in place at all Canadian international border crossings and will remain in place until at least July 21. All travel of an optional or discretionary nature, including tourism, recreation and entertainment, is covered by these measures across all ports of entry in all modes of transportation: land, marine, air and rail . More information

We have been advocating for the Twinning of Highway 3 for decades. The government has finally  announced  the twinning of a 46-kilometre stretch of Highway 3 between Taber and Burdett. Twinning Highway 3 will improve safety along this increasingly busy portion of the highway. Construction will begin in 2021 and the project will take about three years to complete. In addition to twinning, there will be key intersection improvements, in particular at Highway 877 at Grassy Lake. This stretch of Highway 3 sees about 3,900 vehicles per day.

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