Due to COVID-19: Payment deadline extension was updated on July 27, 2020.
The Canada Revenue Agency has further extended the payment due date for current year individual income tax returns, as well as for installment payments, from September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2020.
Penalties and interest will not be charged if payments are made and returns are filed by the extended deadline of September 30, 2020.
Free tax clinics are important to communities throughout Canada.
Due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, many community organizations had to close, postpone, or scale back on the free tax clinics they offer.
Honorable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, announced that virtual clinics will be held on an interim basis to help those that rely on this service while still following physical distancing guidelines.
Clinics will have new flexibility to receive and authenticate documents in a variety of ways, including allowing the use of video communication.
These free tax clinics, where eligible people can have community volunteers file their taxes, will be offered by local organizations, in partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) and the joint CRA and Revenue Québec Income Tax Assistance – Volunteer Program.