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 next week, will feature guest Gillian Petit, Ph.D. - author of a great report, Welcome News for Lower-Income Canadians, but There’s More to Do - which takes a deeper dive.  Consider the following:

A comprehensive review of Canada's deposit insurance framework was announced in the February 11, 2014 budget.

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Kareen Rekowski earned her MFA-Succession and Estate Planning Specialist™ designation in 2013 and is on her way to achieving her DFA-Tax Services Specialist™ designation. We are pleased to have Kareen as one of our distinguished grads.

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