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 global economy is on the road to recovery. In fact, said veteran economist Patricia Croft, a speaker at the opening day of the Distinguished Advisor Conference in Naples, Fla., we are half way there.

Sailing in uncharted waters means taking new approaches and speakers at Day 2 of the Distinguished Advisor Conference advocated a collaborative approach.

The U.S. is fast approaching its “fiscal cliff” and how it resolves that challenge has implications for Canada and the world.

A recent Tax Court of Canada (TCC) decision shows that, despite personal feelings of sympathy, judges must follow the letter of the law.

As of January 2013, tax preparers who receive payment to prepare more than 10 income tax returns in a year will be required to file those returns electronically.

Canada and the United States are working toward improved cross-border tax compliance.