September 2024 Poll

I am absolutely concerned.  Have a very small practice but am having to deal with issues for a couple of clients where incompetence by either CRA in reassessing returns after an amended T4s (which suspect produce by CRA) or pushing because a change wasn’t reported (gov’t employee who should have had payments in 2022 but didn’t happen until 2023 and the T4 finally came out in late 2024) and hoping I can get someone reasonable if and when have to phone CRA.  The agent on one file is almost totally incomprehensible.
Am also concerned that the push to having everyone use “My Account” is going to disadvantage a lot of taxpayers, and not just seniors.  There are a fair few juniors how have signed up for that service but, for some reason can’t gain access to said account and have no idea what to do next.  Must confess that - although I do have one of those accounts - I never use it; “Rep a Client” works for me so far.

By Jo Ruelle on September 06, 2024

Absolutely concerned - this current authorial Liberal coalition has been encroaching on the taxpayers rights since they began to weave their power.  We are progressing further into a ‘dystopian’ Canada where the government has more and more control over our personal lives.    As Canadian citizens and taxpayers, we must stand against their draconian policies and curb CRA powers.  I would never sign any of the CRA proposed oaths and affidavits.  This is simply a ‘fear-mongering’ attempt to gouge as much revenue for a corrupt and incompetent government agency.

By Gaetan Ladouceur on September 05, 2024

I am not concerned, per se, about the need for oaths and affidavits as much as the fact that the government has, once again, expanded the powers of the CRA.  They already have too much power and should be reined in.  True, you have nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide but, as mentioned before, some regulations are so confusing that it takes a miracle to be in compliance at all.

By Robert A Litschel on September 04, 2024

Compliance has already become excessively complicated and expensive and it is unfair to penalize for non-compliance when the rules keep changing and have become incomprehensible in many cases. In addition, the government has begun issuing new rules without thinking them through, causing massive confusion. Trust reporting in 2023 is a perfect example. Accounting firms are already over-burdened with compliance issues and this will add to their load as more taxpayers will require more in depth levels of service out of fear. They can barely keep up now.

By David Weinstein on September 04, 2024

No not at all. If you have nothing to hide then you should have no problem swearing an oath or affidavit.

By Richard and Noreen Papineau on September 04, 2024