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Tax Accountant in Barrie: File Your Taxes Online

Barrie clients can file with us online: you send your slips, we prepare the return, you review and approve it, and we e-file it with the CRA, with no office visit. We do not have an office in Barrie; you can meet us at our Eglinton Branch in Scarborough if you prefer. The City of Barrie bills property tax in four instalments, licenses boarding, lodging and rooming houses, and licenses more than 60 categories of business, so this page sets out the points that matter to owners and landlords.

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File your taxes online from Barrie

From the waterfront to Allandale and Holly, you can file from home. Send your slips and receipts through our remote tax filing service, review the finished return and approve it before we e-file it with the CRA.

  1. Tell us about your return

    A short request form, with no sensitive information asked.

  2. Send your slips and receipts

    We explain how to share them safely after your request.

  3. We prepare your return

    An accountant prepares it and checks it before you see it.

  4. You review and approve

    Nothing is filed until you say so.

  5. We e-file with the CRA

    You get your copies and know what happens next.

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Barrie Property Tax, Rooming House Licence and Business Licences

What to know, from the official pages named on each card. We last checked them on October 30, 2026.

Barrie property tax: four instalments, with a charge that cannot be waived

Barrie's 2026 interim instalments were due on February 27 and April 30, and the final instalments on June 30 and September 29. The interim bill is issued each January, and the final bill each May, often reaching mailboxes in early June. The City charges 1.25% a month, calculated on the first day of each month that payment is delayed, and says interest and penalty fees cannot be waived. Payments must be received by the City by the due date. The City offers pre-authorized withdrawals through a monthly plan, a due date plan and, for accounts with arrears, an arrears plan, and people on these plans do not receive an interim bill.

Source: City of Barrie: property taxes (opens in a new tab)

Every boarding, lodging and rooming house in Barrie must be licensed

The City describes a boarding, lodging or rooming house as a dwelling where lodging is provided for one or more tenants and at least one tenant-occupied room has an external lock, or where more than four tenants are lodged. Group homes, hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts are excluded. Every such house, small or large, new or existing, must be licensed, but a property with up to four tenants and no external locks on bedroom doors does not need one. Applications need heating and electrical inspection certificates no more than five years old, proof of liability insurance of at least 2 million dollars, a floor plan, a parking plan and 24-hour contact details for a manager, and the property must pass property standards and fire inspections. Rental income belongs on your tax return, and we can help you report it.

Source: City of Barrie: boarding, lodging and rooming house licence (opens in a new tab)

Business licences in Barrie: more than 60 categories

Whether you need a Barrie business licence depends on your category under the City's General or Transportation business licensing by-laws, which together cover more than 60 categories. The general list includes bed and breakfasts, body piercing and tattoo parlours, building renovators, general contractors, driving schools, kennels, pet shops, pawnshops, restaurants and taverns, second-hand sales and refreshment vehicles. General licences are applied for online, and a renewal is filed as a new application. A licence is not issued until all required approvals, inspections and documents are in, and your property taxes must be paid up to date. Taxi, limousine and driver-for-hire licences are applied for in person at Enforcement Services. We can help you work out what applies and keep your books.

Source: City of Barrie: business licence (opens in a new tab)

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Also useful: our free income tax calculator and the tax deadlines list.

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Barrie tax questions

Yes. Barrie clients can send their slips and receipts through our remote tax filing service, review the finished return and approve it, and we e-file it with the CRA. No office visit is needed.

In 2026 they were due February 27 and April 30, then June 30 and September 29. The City charges 1.25% a month on the first day of each month payment is delayed and says it cannot waive it, so follow the dates on your bill.

A boarding, lodging or rooming house must be licensed, whatever its size. A property with up to four tenants and no external locks on bedroom doors does not need one, and bed and breakfasts have their own licence category.

It depends on your category, as the City licenses more than 60 of them, from tattoo parlours and kennels to restaurants and general contractors. A licence is issued only once the approvals, inspections and documents are in.

No. You can meet us at our Eglinton Branch at 3238 Eglinton Avenue East in Scarborough if you prefer. Most Barrie clients file online with our remote tax filing service, and you can call first if you would like to visit.

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