Most Canadians live their lives with only very infrequent contact with the tax authorities and are generally happy to keep it that way.
Most Canadians live their lives with only very infrequent contact with the tax authorities and are generally happy to keep it that way.
Most taxpayers sit down to do their annual tax return, or wait to hear from their tax return preparer, with some degree of trepidation. In most cases taxpayers don’t know, until their return is completed, what the “bottom line” will be, and it’s usually a case of hoping for the best and fearing the worst.
Our tax system is complex and, understandably, its myriad rules and exceptions are a mystery to most Canadian taxpayers – and most are happy to leave it that way.