Tax Department Back In Business on March 15th

Good news for those of you with tax refunds. CRA has announced that online services will be back up and running on Thursday, March 15th. We will be filing all returns that we have completed just as soon as the system is up. Keep in mind that there will probably be a rush at the beginning of filing so there may be some delay.

The following is the CRA update posted today.

Update: March 12, 2007

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Commissioner Michel Dorais today announced the Agency's timeline to bring services back on line.

"We have begun to bring some of our systems into production," reported Mr. Dorais. "We expect to have all of our taxpayer services, including EFILE, NETFILE, Change My Address and return processing back into full service no later than on Thursday March 15th, 2007."

The CRA is bringing back some of its temporary employees tomorrow morning to begin processing all outstanding files.

The security of taxpayer information is paramount for the CRA. The security and privacy of taxpayer data was protected and was never at risk during this preventive suspension of online services. A malfunctioning software patch is the cause of this service interruption.

CRA appreciates the patience and understanding of taxpayers during this interruption and is making every effort to restore full services as soon as possible.

Please check the CRA Web site at www.cra.gc.ca/update on a regular basis to see which services are available.