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Q&A: Annual Information Return (AIR) For Housing Co-ops
This is a short guide to better understanding the Annual Information Return (AIR) for housing co-ops and the importance of filing on time.
Q&A: Annual Information Return (AIR) For Housing Co-ops
What is the Annual Information Return (AIR)?
The Annual Information Return is the online form your auditor files on your behalf with the Agency for Co-operative Housing. Several back-up documents accompany the filing:
- Your signed audited financial statements for thefinancial year
- The co-operative's
Thank you from Your Friends at the Agency
Your co-op’s needs and concerns, as we understand them, are at the core of the services and tools the Agency provides. We aren't perfect, and we recognize that our delays and technical issues have frustrated our busy co-operative clients.
We are deeply grateful to you for your patience and
User Management System - Co-op Admin User Guide
Audit Fees on the Rise for Housing Co-ops
In recent years, with sustained high inflation affecting many goods and services, we looked at the audit fee data reported by housing co-ops in our portfolio.
Our analysis shows that audit fees are on the rise. Specifically, from 2022 to 2025, the average annual increase for housing co-op audit
Bulletin: GST/HST Rebates: Is Your Housing Co-op at Risk of Losing Them?
Q&A on the AIR for Auditors
Ten Years of On-Time Filing
We’ve seen great strides made over the years in the number of Agency clients that send us their annual filings on time. Recently, we recognized thirty-six co-ops—about seven per cent of our clients—for 10 years of on-time filing. Like all of our clients, these co-ops have their auditor file an
HST Rebate and How To Apply
Tip of the Month
Client Compliance
In 2008, 70% of Agency clients met every term of their CMHC operating agreement. Now 80% do. And compliance failures, great and small, are also fewer.