Automatic tax filing could give the average non-filer more than $2K per year: PBO
Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan says the program would cost $342 million over five years and deliver benefits to people who do not file.
- On Thursday, Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan released a report estimating that automatic tax filing could provide non-filers an average of $2,212 in annual benefits for the 2025 tax year.
- The Canada Revenue Agency distributes essential benefits to low-income households, parents, and workers, but many Canadians miss these payments because they do not file tax returns.
- Ryan estimates the federal government will pay out $342 million in benefits over five years under the new program, while administrative costs total $87 million.
- Payments will start next fiscal year for 3,000 eligible Canadians, with the CRA scaling the service up to 50,000 individuals for the 2027 tax year.
- Announced in the 2025 federal budget, this initiative aims to automate filing for individuals with simple tax situations, with benefit amounts projected to rise with inflation thereafter.
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It could allow Canadians to receive several benefits each year to which they are entitled.
Some low-income Canadians could get over $2K through automatic tax filing: watchdog
The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually.
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Automatic tax filing could give the average non-filer more than $2K per year: PBO
OTTAWA - The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in
According to the federal budgetary oversight agency, the Ottawa project to introduce an automatic tax return could allow Canadians who usually do not file tax returns to collect thousands of dollars of benefits each year.
Automatic tax filing could give the average non-filer more than $2K per year: PBO
The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa’s plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don’t file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually. The federal government announced a plan in the 2025 budget for the Canada Revenue Agency to file taxes for certain low-income individuals and offer pre-filled returns for others with simple tax situations. The government relies on the CRA to distribute ce…
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