![]() ![]() Stephen Solis-Reyes is facing 19 charges in connection with the incident.Īll parties say they use bank-level encryption, but last month, Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab revealed hackers stole at least $1 billion from 100 banks in 30 countries. You can start with the CRA’s own Heartbleed hacker, a 19-year-old London, Ontario university student who a year ago forced the CRA to suspend online filing. “How do we (and more importantly the government) know the computer-prepared tax return is accurate?”Ī stream of high profile data breaches also makes you wonder. “What validations are run to insure these tax programs actually prepare valid tax returns?” one reader asked. Are they accurate and is the information secure? Is the dispute resolution mechanism fair? ![]() Only 20 per cent will get a refund by cheque.īut with the popularity of DIY programs like TurboTax, H&R Block and UFile come questions. Just five years ago it was about 40 per cent. Only 15 per cent of us will use a paper return this year, the Canada Revenue Agency predicts. The change in our filing habits has been dramatic. ![]() That, plus the fact that you get a refund in a few days deposited into your account. It’s a combination of increasing comfort with the Internet, tax software and third-party preparation that makes it ever easier. As tax season ramps up more of us than ever before will be filing our annual return online.
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