Corporate Deadline Calendar Generator
One year-end in, the whole corporate calendar out: the balance date, the T2 date, the T4 date, the annual return and the next year-end.
Written and reviewed by Sharad Gondaliya, CPA (Ontario), CPA Ontario Membership 61040184.
Last reviewed: October 29, 2026
Enter the year-end and answer both questions.
Gondaliya CPA Professional Corporation is a registered EFILE electronic filer. Returns are prepared and transmitted in Canada. Credentials are never shared and never used offshore.
Every Date a Corporation Owes, From One Year-End
The single-purpose tools on this site each answer one date well. What they do not do is show you the shape of a year, which is what someone who has just picked a year-end actually wants.
This page restates dates those tools own and links to each of them. Where you want one date in depth, follow the link; where you want to see how they sit together, stay here.
Not Every Date Derives From the Year-End
Two of the rows do not. The T4 information return reports a calendar year and is due at the end of the following February whatever year-end the corporation uses, so a June year-end puts the T2 in December and the T4 at the end of February.
The federal annual return runs from the incorporation anniversary, which is why this page asks for that date separately. The federal annual return anniversary calculator is the page for that one on its own.
| Obligation | Measured from | Covered by the fee |
|---|---|---|
| Balance of tax | Two months after the fiscal year-end, or three for a qualifying CCPC | Nothing is owed on a nil year |
| The T2 return | Six months after the fiscal year-end | Yes |
| The T4 information return | The calendar year, due at the end of the following February | No |
| The federal annual return | 60 days after the incorporation anniversary | No |
Which of These the Fee Covers
One of them. The fee of $300.00 plus HST per tax year covers the nil T2 return. The registry annual return is a registry filing and sits outside it, and so does the T4 information return and any account closure.
Saying that on the calendar rather than in the small print is the point of the third column. A visitor should be able to see the whole obligation and the boundary of the service in the same table.
Every Row Moves Off a Weekend the Same Way
Each date here is moved to the next business day where it falls on a Saturday, a Sunday or an Ontario public holiday, on the one shared holiday calendar. Two rows can shift by different amounts, which is correct rather than inconsistent.
The balance row assumes the two-month period. A Canadian-controlled private corporation meeting the conditions has three months, which the corporate balance due date calculator handles.
Frequently Asked Questions
What deadlines does a corporation have each year?
A balance of tax date two months after the year-end, or three for a qualifying CCPC, the T2 six months after it, the registry annual return, and a T4 information return where a payroll account is open.
Which of them does a nil corporation actually have to meet?
The T2 filing date and the registry annual return. A nil year has no balance to pay, so the earlier date passes with nothing owed on it.
Why does the T4 date not follow my year-end?
Because the T4 reports a calendar year. It is due at the end of the following February whatever fiscal year-end the corporation uses.
Why do you need my incorporation date?
The federal annual return runs from the incorporation anniversary, not from the fiscal year-end, so that row cannot be derived from the year-end.
Are all these dates covered by the fee?
No. The fee of $300.00 plus HST per tax year covers the nil T2 return. The registry annual return, the T4 return and account closures all sit outside it.
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