Personal income tax
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Personal income tax
Switching some benefit recipients from paper to online mail
Starting July 3, 2025, some benefit recipients will now receive their CRA mail online. If you are registered for a CRA account and currently receive paper mail, you may now receive most of your mail in My Account. For more information, go to: Change from paper to online mail for some benefit recipients.
Who should file a tax return, how to get ready and file taxes, payment and filing due dates, reporting income and claiming deductions, and how to make payments or check the status of your refund.
Who should file
Determine if you need to file a tax return, what are your tax obligations
Get ready to file
What's new for 2024, get tax slips, NETFILE access code, update your information
How to file
File using tax software or by paper, get help from a tax specialist or service
Paying your taxes
Find options to pay a debt now or over time, pay 2025 taxes by instalments
After you file
Get your notice of assessment (NOA), refund, proof of income, pay a balance owing, change a return
Help others with their taxes
Authorized representatives, free tax clinics, filing for someone who died
Understand how taxes work
Due dates and payment dates
Filing and payment due dates for taxes, contributions, instalments or other amounts
Types of income to report
What you need to report as income, how to enter amounts on your tax return
Deductions, credits, and expenses to claim
Deductions, credits, and expenses to reduce the amount of tax you have to pay
Tax rates and income brackets
Find federal, provincial and territorial tax rates, understand income tax brackets
Interest and penalties
When and how interest charges and penalties are applied, late-filing, other penalties
Learn about your taxes
Learn about our tax system, how it works, why we pay taxes
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- 2025-07-09