Changes to Paper Filing Disempowering

Last tax season, only 7% of all Canadian tax filers filed on paper. The CRA is pushing for zero. It continues to steer the holdouts to digitized filing by adding lots of obstacles. Most recently, it is removing almost all the schedules from the tax return package it mails. This seems unfair to people who paper file because they can’t afford a computer and internet, distrust the security of online filing and those who are neither tax or computer literate. Here’s what they are up against:

The 2015-2016 Manitoba provincial budget is scheduled to be tabled on April 30, 2015, but some of the goodies are already out of the bag.

There is very little that sends butterflies flitting through the stomach like that little brown envelope from CRA saying “we would like to take a closer look at your tax returns.” 

We all make mistakes, but what are the chances of accidently setting your original Will alight without the intention of revoking it?

Retirement planning is changing in Canada, but Canadian seniors are yet to catch up with them. 

Substantial tax reform has recently changed the rules for post-death planning for high net worth families.

People with presence seem to navigate a room with ease, stopping to talk with others for just the right amount of time before moving on.