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Should Canada implement automatic tax filing? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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CRA is running a public consultation on automatic tax filing. You can fill it out here.

It's unbelievable that Canada makes people with trivial tax needs jump through so many hoops. If someone is elderly and poor, they need to file taxes to receive their full benefits. That's a huge barrier to many people.

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[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

YES!

They already have all the absolutely required information in various government systems. All we Canadians should need to do is file additional items if we have them. If we have nothing additional to file we shouldn't need to do anything.

I'm currently using Canadian based Wealthsimple.

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They'd also need to have a way to inform Canadians when they owe an amount and allow a period for us to confirm the information is all correct before the payment due date. Not sure how they'd put that into place. Can't always depend on Canada Post....