The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) would like to remind residents of Saskatchewan that the deadline to file the 2012 tax return is midnight April 30, 2013. The filing deadline for self-employed individuals and their spouses is June 17, 2013. Self-employed individuals who opt to file on June 17, 2013, are still required to pay their balance owing by April 30, 2013.
The Saskatoon Tax Services Office, located at 340 - 3rd Avenue North, will be open until 4:30 p.m. on April 30. Tax returns can be deposited at any time in the blue drop-off box located in front of the building.
Individual Income Tax Enquiries telephone service hours are extended from 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. weekdays and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, until April 30, 2013. Service is available by calling 1-800-959-8281. Our automated telephone service will remain available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1-800-267-6999.
NETFILE service is available seven days a week from 4:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. in Saskatchewan. This service will be available until November 30, 2013.
If you file after April 30, 2013, and you owe taxes, you will have to pay a penalty as well as interest. Also, your payments from any of the following benefit programs may be late: the GST/HST credit, the Canada Child Tax Benefit (and related provincial and territorial programs), and Old Age Security.
In Saskatchewan, a total of 784,366 residents filed a 2011 tax return. This was an increase of 14,137 from the 2010 taxation year when 770,229 residents..
