Nil T2 Eligibility Checker
Four questions that say whether a nil T2 is the return you need and whether this service can file it, at $300.00 plus HST per tax year.
Written and reviewed by Sharad Gondaliya, CPA (Ontario), CPA Ontario Membership 61040184.
Last reviewed: October 26, 2026
Answer all four and the result appears here.
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.
What This Checker Decides, and What It Does Not
This checker answers one question: is a nil T2 the return you need, and can this service file it. It is deliberately narrow. The four gates are the kind of return, whether the year has ended, whether the year was nil, and whether it is already filed.
It does not grade how nil the year was. That is the dormant corporation test, which asks ten activity questions and names the item that disqualifies the year. Use this one to find out whether to start, and that one to find out whether the year itself qualifies.
What Makes a Year Nil
A nil tax year is one in which the corporation carried on no business, earned nothing and paid nothing out. The corporation can still exist, hold a bank account and own assets.
A holding corporation with investment income, a rental corporation and a corporation that paid or received a dividend are not nil. Those are handled by Gondaliya CPA Professional Corporation at gondaliyacpa.ca at $350.00 plus HST per year.
What Happens When the Answer Is Yes
The fee is $300.00 plus HST per tax year. You give the corporation details, pick the tax years, pay, confirm the filing information and sign Form T183CORP on a secure single-use screen. Your return is transmitted electronically by a registered EFILE electronic filer and your CRA confirmation is emailed within 3 business days.
Frequently Asked Questions
What If More Than One Year Is Outstanding?
Check the oldest one here, then use the unfiled years checker to list every year still outstanding and what each one was due.
The Corporation Has Never Traded at All. Does It Still File?
Yes. A corporation that was incorporated and never started operating files a T2 for every tax year until it is formally dissolved.
What If the Year Turns Out Not to Be Nil After I Pay?
We check before you pay. If we find it afterwards, we refund you in full, and the work is handled by Gondaliya CPA Professional Corporation at gondaliyacpa.ca instead.
Does an Open GST/HST Account Change the Answer?
Not for the T2. It does mean that account has its own nil filings or an RC145 closure, which the GST/HST nil filing checker covers.
Is a Nil T2 a Shorter Form?
No. It is a complete T2 with the figures at zero. The identification, the fiscal year dates and the GIFI schedules where they are required are all still part of the return.
Nil T2 Filing, $300.00 plus HST per tax year
Type your corporation name, pick your unfiled years, pay, and sign Form T183CORP on a secure screen. Your CRA confirmation is emailed within 3 business days.
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