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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The tax filing deadline for unincorporated business owners is June 16 and filing late will attract penalties and potential audits.

CRA wants to remind you that fessing up can be profitable.

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Well it's that time of the year again. . .tax audit season. The ostrich approach is one way to cope, but not the smartest.