Podcast: Automatic Tax Filing - Will It Work?

Last week Taxpayers' Ombudsperson François Boileau  tabled his annual report:  In Pursuit of Better Service: Taxpayers Deserve More.  once again, it was nothing short of scathing, as CRA received its highest number of complaints in the last three years.  Calling our “completely nuts” Income Tax Act a potential barrier, he is nonetheless pushing for automatic tax filing as a potential solution.  A new episode of Real Tax News with Evelyn Jacks & Friends available this Friday, featuring guest Gillian Petit, Ph.D., author of a great report, Welcome News for Lower-Income Canadians, but There’s More to Do, takes a deeper dive.  Consider the following:

Most Canadians think of April 30th as the tax filing deadline and for the typical Canadian that’s true. But you well know that there are multiple dates which are important when it comes to filing tax documents and various payment dates. But April is full of important dates to pass along to your clients – no fooling!

When you file tax returns on behalf of your clients, both you and they might assume that the information you submit to the Canada Revenue Agency will be protected. It is an unsafe assumption. 

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A day after Quebec’s Finance Minister Eric Girard brought down a Budget featuring a $6.3 Billion deficit, Saskatchewan’s Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled his government’s budget on March 19. Next up was Finance Minister Adrian Salas, who tabled the Manitoba Budget on March 24. The common thread: there’s lots of red ink on the Prairies. But that’s where the budget documents differ between Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here’s the latest tax news and why it matters to the advice you give your clients.