03/30/2026
April 30 is coming.
You're not ready.
Missing documents. Unfinished bookkeeping. Questions you don't have answers to yet.
Most Ontario business owners facing this situation make one of two mistakes:
Rush to file something incomplete just to meet the deadline.
Or miss it entirely and deal with the fallout later.
Both cost you.
Filing late when you owe money triggers penalties immediately—5% of what you owe, then 1% more for every month you're late. Plus interest compounding daily.
But filing a rushed, wrong return to meet the deadline creates different problems you'll spend months fixing.
Here's what most business owners don't understand: the penalty for filing late and the penalty for paying late are different things. Knowing which deadline actually matters changes your options.
Our guide explains what actually happens when you can't make April 30, when filing late costs less than filing wrong, and why "I'll pay when I have the money" doesn't work the way you think.
Read it here: https://www.kkcpa.ca/blog/archive/what-to-do-when-you-realize-youre-not-going-to-make-the-april-30-tax-deadline/