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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Date modified:
2025-07-09