500,000 Canadians Invited to Participate in Automatic Tax Filing Pilot Project

Published on July 31, 2024

Ottawa is expanding its automatic tax filing services to more than 500,000 lower-income Canadians as part of a nationwide pilot program it launched earlier this year. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) invited more than half a million eligible Canadians in July to submit their 2023 tax returns by phone, online, or by mail using SimpleFile services, the agency said in a press release. The national program, which was included in the 2024 federal budget, enables users to file tax returns in as little as 10 minutes, the CRA said. “This automatic tax filing national pilot targets individuals who have never filed a tax return or who have a gap in their filing history,” the CRA said in the July 30 press release. “Tax filing by any method helps lower-income individuals access the benefit and credit payments they’re entitled to.”...

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