CRA Data Breeches Put Taxpayer Information at Risk

An important deadline is coming up, around the same time that Canadians get ready to file their 2026 tax returns at the start of tax season 2027. Since 2020, more than 42,000 data breaches have occurred at the CRA. A class action lawsuit was launched in 2020 and a $8.76 million settlement was reached.  Eligible Canadians affected by these security incidents can now submit claims through the KPMG Claims Portal until February 3, 2027.  

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With the new Final Returns on Death of a Taxpayer course slated for an April 2015 release, Wayne Blackmere sent his comments regarding the course.

It’s going to be one of those tax years – lots of complicated tax changes plus lots of reasons for taxpayers to want their tax refunds early. 

There are many ways to compute a tax return mathematically correctly. 

In a recent decision from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, it was held that the former common-law partner of a deceased individual was entitled to the pension benefits of his plan because the deceased never changed the beneficiary designation.

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