You’re in one province, the person who hired you is in another. You’re Zooming sixty unknown faces, and you have no idea which province any of them lives in. How do you know which sales tax rate to charge in the working-from-home era?

For our second ArtistProducerResource.com Learning Pathway, Financial Literacy Consultant Audrey Quinn offers a step-by-step approach to tackling the most wonderful time of the year…tax season.

A collection of our favourite financial resources. Explore categories for artists, producers and non-profit workers, and tax season.

The CERB program, which has allowed eligible Canadians to collect $500/month since March 15, ends September 27 and is transitioning into two programs.

CERB has been extended another eight weeks to August 29 (a change from a 16-week eligibility period to 24). Most of the same requirements apply as with the previous periods, with one notable addition.

The “Canada Emergency Response Benefit” was announced on Wednesday, March 26 - and it already has a fun acronym.

While our governments and arts councils are still in the process of determining what financial support they will be able to provide to workers who have been affected by event cancellations and public closures, they have all stated the importance of documenting your financial losses.

There are many theories on how to deal with your grant when it comes to tax time, not all of which are helpful. The most important thing to remember is that grants awarded to individual artists are taxable income to the recipient.