The EFILE and ReFile services at CRA will officially close for transmission on January 26, 2024 as CRA gets its computers ready to receive 2023 tax returns. However, records have already been broken in the tax filing world in 2024. For the first time, over 32 million tax returns were filed with CRA in the period February 6, 2023 to January 5, 2024. Only 7.7% of these returns were filed on paper, and 0.2% by phone under the File My Return option. Here are some first glimpses at tax compliance, filing and investment milestones that take effect in January; the start to a tax season, which promises to break tax filing records again, especially because EFILE rules have changed: