Income tax filing and benefits take-up: Challenges and opportunities for Canadians living on low incomes
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Topic: Tax filing and benefits
Publisher: Prosper Canada
Location: Canada
Format: Presentation
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: February 7, 2019
Topic: Tax filing and benefits
Publisher: Prosper Canada
Location: Canada
Format: Presentation
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: February 7, 2019
In this presentation, Uttam Bajwa, Global Health and Research Associate with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, reports on tax filing challenges and opportunities for Canadians living on low incomes. This includes the challenges of not knowing what to do, fear and mistrust, and challenges accessing supports.
This presentation is based on the research conducted for the Prosper Canada report 'Tax time insights: Experiences of people living on low incomes in Canada'.
This presentation is from the session 'Barriers to tax filing experienced by people with low incomes', at the research symposium hosted by Prosper Canada and Intuit, February 7, 2019, in Ottawa.
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