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I e-filed my and my wife’s 2015 tax return in March of 2016. My wife’s was processed and sent back within 2 weeks. I received my assessment in May. They had somehow overlooked the fact that I was married and withheld $3600 for the family tax credit, etc.
After spending about 2 weeks trying to explain this to someone at revenue Canada they finally admitted that there had been a mistake and that it would need to be re-accessed. Except that can’t do that over the phone. I needed to sign up for the CRA web site and fill out the proper forms.
So in September 2016 the CRA finally issue me with a token to access the web site. I fill in the form and call them in October. They claim they didn’t get the submission but to print out the forms, fill them in and send them registered mail.
I called back in November and they told me it was being processed. Same in December, then January 2017, then February 2017. I called back today was told there is a 60 week waiting list from today for reassessments. This means that it won’t be processed until June or July 2018. WTF.
So my next question was do I get interest on that?... “On No, we don’t pay interest”
One of my work colleagues and a guy I ride with are going through exactly the same thing. The Government erred on their own side and won't pay it back. The cynic in me is saying we are in such an economic hole that Trudeau is trying to cook the books
I e-filed my and my wife’s 2015 tax return in March of 2016. My wife’s was processed and sent back within 2 weeks. I received my assessment in May. They had somehow overlooked the fact that I was married and withheld $3600 for the family tax credit, etc.
After spending about 2 weeks trying to explain this to someone at revenue Canada they finally admitted that there had been a mistake and that it would need to be re-accessed. Except that can’t do that over the phone. I needed to sign up for the CRA web site and fill out the proper forms.
So in September 2016 the CRA finally issue me with a token to access the web site. I fill in the form and call them in October. They claim they didn’t get the submission but to print out the forms, fill them in and send them registered mail.
I called back in November and they told me it was being processed. Same in December, then January 2017, then February 2017. I called back today was told there is a 60 week waiting list from today for reassessments. This means that it won’t be processed until June or July 2018. WTF.
So my next question was do I get interest on that?... “On No, we don’t pay interest”
One of my work colleagues and a guy I ride with are going through exactly the same thing. The Government erred on their own side and won't pay it back. The cynic in me is saying we are in such an economic hole that Trudeau is trying to cook the books
