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Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) national headquarters in Ottawa on June 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Kourtney Koebel is an assistant professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. Wayne Simpson is a professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba.

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will begin automatic tax filing in 2027, with a full rollout expecting to benefit 5.5 million individuals by 2029 . This marks an important advancement for Canada’s tax-and-transfer system. Currently, many benefits earmarked for low-income Canadians go unclaimed, since those with low incomes are not legally required to file taxes. For instance, data from 2016 sugges

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