“It is essential that you file your 2020 personal income tax and benefit return by April 30, 2021,” warns the Canada Revenue Agency from the get-go in a “tax tip” published Wednesday. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. At the time, CRA approved most applications from Canadians who hadn’t filed their 2019 taxes because the program was launched months after the beginning of 2020. Back in November, the CRA revealed that 800,000 recipients of CRB’s predecessor, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, had not filed taxes in the year leading up to the pandemic. For the CRA, the 2020 tax season will also be critical in the monumental task its facing to recoup any COVID-19 benefit overpayments to Canadians.

Source: National Post April 16, 2021 09:56 UTC