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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While there were few personal tax changes in last month’s Federal Budget, many seniors and their families may be affected to some degree by the adjustments made to GST/HST Canada. The paper burden has also been reduced for businesses who offer Pension Plans, including Pooled Retirement Pension Plans, or deal with the Governor General. 

Tax changes for asset purchases will be introduced for 2013 and beyond – allowing taxpayers a more significant Capital Cost Allowance deduction in some cases – in an attempt by the federal government to stimulate the manufacturing sector.