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Opinion: Automatic tax filing will need more work

Those who most need tax credits are vulnerable low-income Canadians who don't file at all. CRA needs ways to find them

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It’s tax time. With returns due Thursday, millions of Canadians will once again file at the last minute, late or not at all. Those who don’t file potentially miss out on various valuable tax credits, including for children, to help workers or to supplement spending on groceries and other essentials.

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Ottawa’s answer is to make tax filing automatic, or at least simpler, for very low-income filers. This year the........

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