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Filing Taxes Can Add $’000s to a Family’s Income

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In just a few minutes, Canada Revenue Agency’s online Benefits Calculator, can show a family how much they’re eligible for in Federal and Provincial Tax Benefits…not including the Canada Learning Bonds they could receive for their children.

Christopher and Marietta (not their real names), a married couple in their 30s, live in Ontario with their three children, aged 8, 5 and 8 months old. With a net family income of $37,000, it’s a challenge to afford the $2,000 rent they pay for a two-bedroom apartment.  

Using the CRA’s Benefits Calculator, they found out that filing their taxes could help them to receive over $22,000 in Federal and Provincial benefits.

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IN THE NEWS: March 27, 2017

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Today’s news includes information about ESIC’s Income tax preparation clinic for people on modest incomes.

Income tax preparation clinic for people on modest incomes.
ESIC website. March 27, 2017.
An income tax preparation clinic was held at the Université de Moncton as part of a joint initiative between the provincial and federal governments.

NB’ers learn to get their piece of the money pie.
Global News. March 26, 2017.
VIDEO: A program was held at the Universite de Moncton on Sunday to help ensure New Brunswickers on a modest income receive as much as possible at tax time.

Man honoured for helping New Brunswickers file taxes free of charge for decades.
CTV News Atlantic. March 26, 2017.
Special clinics all over the Maritimes are helping those with modest incomes navigate tax paperwork; it’s a cause close to the heart of a Moncton man, who’s being honoured by the federal government for decades of volunteer work.

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