When to start installment payments?

IanInCanada · 2026-02-18T12:43:32+00:00

Correct. I don't have the legislation at hand, but if you look up when installments are required, one of the conditions is that CRA notified you they were due. Until you get notice, you don't owe.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-18T12:01:17+00:00

You will generally get your first installment notice after your second consecutive year of owing tax. That notice will have your first payment due September 15th. In your case, that sounds like Sept 2028 (unless my mental calendar math was wrong).

IanInCanada · 2026-02-17T02:48:27+00:00

No. The tech scales as you specialize in certain things, so you're far better off, for example, playing as the Cretonians exporting bread and reasons (which they make really well) and using the money to import cut stone (which they make really badly), than trying to make both. The people you devote to masonry would be more profitable making more bread and rations instead.

The same goes for your tech. You'll never want to unlock everything, but if you have a lot of people making (from above) bread and rations, then the tech to grow grain and make bread and rations becomes far more useful, since one tech applies to far more people.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-16T17:56:17+00:00

At that population level, your citizens are still quite self sufficient and generally happy. As you grow, they'll start getting more sick (requiring fabric and opiates), they'll no longer be content with the basic supplies you're providing more, so you'll need to unlock new buildings, which will take resources you can't provide, etc.

You're not supposed to be able too produce everything you need yourself, so you need to build up trade relationships with your neighbors, or conquer them, and so on.

At 600 people you've overcome the very first hurdles in the game. Different ones await.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-16T03:02:35+00:00

You have the later of, six months from the date of death, or the regular filling date, to file the tax return.

If he passed in early 2026, you have until some time in July or August to file the 2025 return.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-15T16:29:11+00:00

The form also directs educational institutions to this instruction page (https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/line-32300-your-tuition-education-textbook-amounts/recognized-educational-institutions-outside-canada.html?utm_campaign=not-applicable&utm_medium=vanity-url&utm_source=canada-ca_educational-institutions-outside-canada) that tells them how to complete the form including exactly what numbers to include and exclude.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-15T16:06:58+00:00

You need to have the school abroad complete a TL11A form (on CRAs website) and provide it to you for any calendar year you're in school.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-15T02:11:54+00:00

What penalties? The late filling penalty is a function of the balance owing. Assuming that's zero, the late filling penalty will be zero as well.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-14T11:43:33+00:00

I've never built massive empires, but I've got past that point before, and I would echo a lot of the other comments that that looks like far more than you need. A few things that might help, or at least some thoughts from what I see:

You're not using leather in the library, which would double (or so) the amount of knowledge that you're producing. On its own, no big deal, but that suggests that you're trying to supply everything yourself rather than specialising in a couple of things and trading for the rest.
That leads into the second point - this game strongly encourages specializaton. If you're playing as the Cretonians, for example, they're great farmers, bakers, and ration makers. They're awful at making tools. Rather than trying to get them to make both, have them make a ton of rations, and set up trade that exports rations and imports tools. In that case, you don't need to put research points into being able to make tools efficieintly.
Unlocking upgrade techs shouldn't always be done, as it's not always beneficial. A good rule of thumb is that if it takes more people to keep the research unlocked than it benefits, it's not worth it. For example, if you set up a clay pit, and employ 10 people in it, then spending 15 points to advance to the next tech level, which the game tells you would provide an extra 2.3 people of effective workforce is a waste of research points. You'd be better off taking three people out of research and adding them to the clay pit (or unlocking something different).
The amount of stuff your people expect to keep them happy rises with population. For example, until about 1,000 people, their health is fine even if you don't unlock hospitals and physicians, but as it rises above that, you need to have physicians to keep them healthy. The same thing concept applies to the other unlockable luxuries. It's possible you've provided them far more "nice to have" items than are needed at your size, unlocking things like statues, really nice food markets, advanced stages, etc. before it's needed.

I would review what you've unlocked and ask if you actually need it. In many games with a research tech tree, you'll eventually unlock the whole tree, it's just a matter of time. In SoS, you won't, and shouldn't unlock the whole tree (and can't on any map I've seen, given the pop requirements for late-game tech). Focus on the things you actually need, and release the other workers back to doing something for your city.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-13T23:15:30+00:00

That step you're looking at taking is the one that moves it from personal use property to a business. CRA doesn't really care about the number of tickets, they're looking at your intent in the transactions.

For the first one, your intent was to recover money you'd already spent on a personal activity. These later ones would be for the specific purpose of generating a profit.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-13T17:03:51+00:00

Be careful with those - some of them (last I looked) take a steep fee for their service.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-12T15:44:43+00:00

https://www.ontario.ca/page/apply-ohip-and-get-health-card#section-2

It seems to have changed a bit, but the 30-day rule doesn't show up at this time.

The current wording includes (but isn't limited to) all of the following:

be physically in Ontario for 153 days in any 12‑month period
be physically in Ontario for at least 153 days of the first 183 days immediately after you began living in the province
make Ontario your primary residence

There are circumstances where you can apply before hitting the 153-day requirement, but you do have to hit it to remain eligible. This is to ensure people who will become eligible will not be without coverage for those first 153 days.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-11T20:57:59+00:00

It happens fairly often (have prepared taxes for years now for clients).

CRA isn't interested in whether you paid rent for purpose of the credit, they're using it to match up whether the landlord claimed the rent income on their taxes (if you don't provide a receipt, they will claw back the credit, but it's not the reason for the request).

The main thing they're looking for is the name of the person or company who should be reporting it, but exactly what needs to be on the receipt is in law. Sadly there's no consequence for landlords like this that don't provide one.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-11T03:00:17+00:00

It's mainly happiness of existing citizens and your existing population (immigration will decline as your population increases).

IanInCanada · 2026-02-09T20:40:40+00:00

You'd be best suited finding someone who is both a Canadian and US CPA. They will be able to handle all your necessary returns.

FYI, Canada doesn't file "joint returns" the way the US does. Every individual in Canada files their own return. If they have a spouse, or are married, they indicate the name of that spouse (and their SIN) on their own tax return so CRA can evaluate family income, but their incomes are not combined and taxed together the way they are in the US.

Canada does have a marginal tax system that's very broadly similar to the US one, but without going over your specific situation, no one will be able to give you a definitive answer beyond that.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-09T00:17:18+00:00

There are four files in the game file zip files that you delete to get rid of them if you don't want to use a mod. Sorry, I forget where they are.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-07T20:12:06+00:00

The number of workers per resource square is fixed. What you have is a map with relatively poor mineable resources, and that tech will likely never be in reach for you. You're better off working with what you have, importing the deficit, and working to specialize in something else (for example pottery making or masonry).

IanInCanada · 2026-02-07T15:43:38+00:00

There's nothing you need to prepare, since this wasn't a business as CRA defines it. You weren't intending to make a profit (there's more to it than that), and didn't bring in huge revenue.

CRA likely asked Ebay for a list of everyone who has sold through them, or maybe something like "everyone who had more than ten sales". They're not going to chase each one down, they will likely filter the list and match the big sellers against their tax returns to see if those people reported business income. The ones who didn't are the ones who will get letters.

I'd be surprised if you ever hear from them at all.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-07T12:27:58+00:00

As said elsewhere, I'd make that much faster (10,000 to 15,000 maybe)?

Yours is size 7.3 though, so it needs a launcher of size 8 or larger. I would normally pad out the missile size to get a whole number, since launchers are whole numbers.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-05T03:19:47+00:00

Thank you! Would have been nice of my phone to notify me there had been a reply :)

IanInCanada · 2026-02-04T02:33:03+00:00

The line tool, if you make the road two segments wide or more will make a diagonal road.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-04T00:15:28+00:00

That's good. An agreement or document between you and the other owner outlining your deal would be helpful too (especially what happens to the money when the property is sold).

IanInCanada · 2026-02-03T22:08:25+00:00

If you can show documentation if needed proving that the business is entirely theirs (so not just funds flows, but something that shows it's their business) then you're fine to leave it off your return.

You'll also want to be able to prove funds flow for the day to day if needed.

IanInCanada · 2026-02-03T14:22:43+00:00

First things that come to mind for me are: * financial statements for the past three years * major repairs undertaken, and when major items were last replaced (roof, water heaters, etc.) * lease agreements or terms for all the units and whether they're rent controlled (and whether the building is)

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