{"id":47968,"date":"2015-04-29T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T04:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47968"},"modified":"2025-03-08T14:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:21:44","slug":"cra-extends-income-tax-filing-deadline-due-to-human-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/29\/cra-extends-income-tax-filing-deadline-due-to-human-error\/","title":{"rendered":"CRA extends income tax filing deadline due to \u2018human error\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10381\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/taxes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10381\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/taxes.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/taxes.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/taxes-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taxpayers who have been putting off filing and paying their income tax returns are given extra five days because of a memo mistakenly issued by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).<\/p>\n<p>On April 24, Canadians were given incorrect notifications which indicated that the deadline for all tax returns submitted electronically was on May 5.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lyrica online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lyrica.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lyrica.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy periactin online <a href=\"https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html\">medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/periactin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> In clarification, the extension was not intended for all returns but for resubmission of corrected forms only.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vibramycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vibramycin.html\">medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vibramycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The CRA then extended the deadline to May 5 for standard tax returns as well so as to avoid further confusion among taxpayers. For the self-employed and their spouses, however, their deadline remains on June 15.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy phenergan online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/phenergan.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/phenergan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay spokesperson Carter Mann stressed that \u2018Minister Findlay has made it clear that this incorrect information is unacceptable and therefore she has directed her officials to ensure no Canadians are penalized for the CRA&#8217;s error.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On April 28, the CRA then issued another notice that said, \u2018The CRA takes full responsibility for the error and our first priority is to ensure that no Canadian is negatively affected. As a result, and at Minister Findlay&#8217;s request, 2014 tax returns filed by midnight on May 5, 2015, will not incur interest or penalties.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Penalties on any amounts owed and interest on outstanding balances are given to taxpayers who miss the tax filing deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the CRA \u00a0had also extended the tax filing deadline due to the Heartbleed bug which forced a shutdown on the agency\u2019s electronic services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy finpecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/finpecia.html\">endomedix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/finpecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy spiriva inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/spiriva-inhaler.html\">medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/spiriva-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxpayers who have been putting off filing and paying their income tax returns are given extra five days because of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":10381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-jane-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287738,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47968\/revisions\/287738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}