The CRA says the Income Tax Act does not require it to request a death certificate to mark a taxpayer as deceased. He isn't sure whether he made the mistake or CRA, but both he and his wife were both declared dead. He provided a death certificate for his late wife, but clearly didn't provide his own. "Please, if you declare somebody deceased make sure that person is really deceased," Kane told CBC News. If you owe money, death certificate requiredMiedema notes the CRA requires a death certificate before it will stop collections efforts against those who owe the federal government money.

Source: CBC News April 27, 2018 08:02 UTC