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...

The research symposium "Overcoming barriers to tax filing for people with low incomes" was held in Ottawa on Thursday, February 7, 2019, hosted by Prosper Canada and Intuit. The symposium presents research results and insights from practitioners in the field on barriers to tax filing experienced...

For Canadians with low-incomes, tax time is an important opportunity to boost their incomes by accessing a wide range of government benefits. This can be done by claiming benefits directly when they tax file or by using tax filing to establish their eligibility for benefits that they can then apply...