“I think it’s pretty important to extend the deadline, not only for people who are living on a low income, but for all Canadians,” said Rise Calgary's executive director. yyc
Among many other services, Rise Calgary helps prepare tax returns for low-income Calgarians.
Kassam said it’s important for people to file their taxes so they can access benefits. She said the strike will cause delays for people not filing electronically.“Unfortunately right now, for those folks who are wanting to use a paper system — who may not have the digital literacy and who may be filing for more than five years, which we do quite a bit of — we aren’t able to process those right now,” Kassam said.
Kassam said the labour dispute has also had an impact on the Canadian volunteer income tax preparation program. “This is an awesome program where we have volunteers across the country, helping other people file their taxes. Right now, unfortunately, we can’t move forward on on boarding new volunteers. Here at Rise Calgary, we have two volunteers who are ready to go and ready to help other people and help us with a huge demand that we have right now for tax filing but we can’t get them the right access they need,” Kassam said.
So far, approximately 95 per cent of the 17 million people who have filed have done so using self-service digital options.
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