Methodology
How we verify what we publish.
Wrong tax information has consequences that a wrong recipe does not. A bad CRA line number is a misfiled return, and a confidently wrong deduction claim is money you give back with interest. This page sets out how our guides are produced and checked, so you can judge the process rather than take our word for the output.
Where the numbers come from.
114
published guides
1135
primary-source citations
100%
cite canada.ca directly
Every guide ends with a numbered Sources list, and the three figures above are counted off those lists rather than typed in. We cite the CRA directly rather than other people writing about the CRA, because tax commentary degrades as it is copied. Where a claim concerns a competitor's product or pricing, we cite that vendor's own page.
The figures the app calculates with keep their own record: every rate, ceiling and form line, the authority it is read from, and when it was last confirmed there.
How a page gets made.
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Research against primary sources
Every CRA line number, rate, threshold, and deadline is looked up in canada.ca guidance, the T2125 form, or Guide T4002. We keep pinned copies of the T2125 and a dated CCA class snapshot so a claim can be checked against the form as it stood, not as a search result summarises it.
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Draft
The guide is written to a fixed structure: the answer first, then the reasoning, a comparison table where there is something to compare, a plain-language FAQ, and the sources.
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Adversarial fact-check
A separate pass reads the draft against the primary source with the job of finding errors rather than confirming the draft, and corrects what it finds before the page publishes. This is the step that does the work. It is a check on a draft, not a guarantee about a page: errors have got past it, and when one does we want to hear about it.
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Publish, then correct in the open
Pages carry the date they were last edited, and we move it only when the page actually changes. That date says when the words changed, not that every figure on the page was read against the source again that day. We run no scheduled sweep of published guides, so a rate or a threshold can go stale between edits.
What the check actually catches.
The fact-check is not ceremonial. Across the batches that built this library it found and corrected real errors in the majority of drafts, including:
- A CRA line number that does not exist, cited confidently in a draft as if it did.
- Office expenses (8810) and supplies (8811) inverted, an easy error with a real effect on two lines of a return.
- A capital-expensing measure claimed as current after it had lapsed.
- A reference to eligible capital property, a regime that has been repealed and replaced.
- Competitor pricing and feature claims that had gone stale, corrected in the vendor's favour as often as against it.
We publish that list rather than a claim of accuracy because it is the honest description of what any writing process produces before review. The question worth asking of a publisher is not whether drafts contain errors. It is whether anything is set up to catch them.
What we are, and what we are not.
We sell a product mentioned in our own comparisons. Every comparison page says so, states what Claimable does not do (no live bank feed, no double-entry ledger, no payroll, no NETFILE), and names the cases where a competitor is the better buy. Our comparison pages include one showing competitors priced below us, because a comparison that only flatters the author is not one anybody should cite.
Our content is AI-assisted, and we would rather say so. Guides are drafted and checked with an AI pipeline under the process above. We do not invent bylines or imply an editorial staff that does not exist. Judge the sources and the corrections, which are visible on every page.
This is information, not advice. Nothing here is reviewed by a CPA, and it cannot account for your circumstances. Claimable is not a tax advisor and is not affiliated with the Canada Revenue Agency. For anything with money on it, talk to a professional.
Common questions.
Who writes Claimable's tax guides?
They are drafted and fact-checked in-house using an AI-assisted pipeline, with a separate pass that reads the draft against CRA primary sources before it publishes. We say this plainly rather than implying a newsroom we do not have. What should earn your trust is the sources on every page and the corrections when we get one wrong, not a byline.
Is Claimable's tax content reviewed by an accountant?
No, and we will not claim otherwise. Our content is checked against CRA primary sources, chiefly canada.ca guidance, the T2125 form itself, and Guide T4002, rather than reviewed by a CPA. It is general information about how CRA rules work, not tax advice for your situation. For anything material, talk to a professional.
How do you handle competitor comparisons when you sell a competing product?
Every comparison page names the product we sell, states what it does not do, and names the cases where a competitor is the better buy, including where a competitor is cheaper than us. Our comparison of tools for accounting firms shows flat-rate competitors beating our per-client pricing above roughly 14 clients. We would rather publish that than be a source nobody can rely on.
What happens when you get something wrong?
We correct the page and stamp its updated date. We do not silently edit and leave the original date in place, and we do not stamp a fresh date on a page we did not actually change. We run no scheduled re-check of published pages, so a reader telling us is often how an error surfaces. If you spot one, the support form in the app reaches us directly, or email [email protected].
Found an error?
Tell us and we will fix it. The support form inside the app reaches us directly, or email [email protected]. Corrections to tax content are made the same week and the page's updated date moves with them.