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:

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It seems to sneak up on us every year:  the Christmas Holiday season.  Regardless of how you celebrate, it is a time to reflect, count your blessings, give,  and re-evaluate how you will use your precious resources of time and money in the new year.

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While the March 2nd 2015 deadline for filing T4 slips is still some time away, CRA released publication RC4120-Employers’ Guide – Filing the T4 Slip and Summary on November 21, 2014. 

Is your estate planning up to date so that your final wishes will indeed be carried out?  If not, things may not pan out, as the courts take matters into their own hands.