NOTICE: We file tax online with Skype. Please add cvitp@eclife.ca to your Skype after your registration and confirm your booking. Please make sure the mic and camera working on your device.
ECLife Newcomer Centre is a CRA CVITP clinic to provides Tax return assistance for newcomers. Our team members are all volunteers combined with students and immigrants who are willing to contribute to the local community.
Our program runs from Mar 1, 2025, to April 30, 2025. After you submit your booking information, we will contact you for an appointment to file your tax with a volunteer.
How to start
- eligibility and required documents
- SIN or ITN
- In order to complete a tax return, you will need a SIN (social insurance number). If you are not a Canadian resident, like you are an international student who is not able to get a SIN, you can apply for an ITN (Individual Tax Number). SIN can be obtained from Service Canada. Apply ITN here.
- Submit your tax request
- After you submit your request, please add cvitp@eclife.ca to your Skype to confirm your booking.
- In general, you need to prepare your SIN/ITN, photo ID/passport, tax forms, previous year NOA (Notice of Assessment), bank cheque info (click see example)
- Please prepare all the tax-related documents and go online with Skype on or 5 mins before your appointment time. our volunteer will complete the tax return online. We will check your ID to confirm you are who you are over the webcam with mic. (Please test your webcam and mic to make sure they work.)
If you have any questions, please email cvitp@eclife.ca
After we completed the tax return
Our volunteer will submit the tax report to CRA through CRA-certified software, you will receive an email from CRA to confirm. We will email you a PDF file, which is your 2024 tax return report. Please keep the tax return report for more than 7 years. There may be a case that the tax report can not submit online, so you have to print out the tax report and mail them to CRA.
Follow up service
Due to the fact that most of the follow-up requests come after April 30, therefore, the ECLife Community Volunteer Tax Return Program does not provide follow-up service in general. We may have limited year-round volunteers who can help you or the paid service could help with the follow-up requests.
Adjustment service
Our program does not include a free Tax Adjustment service if your tax is done wrong by another tax preparer or tax clinic. If anything is done wrong with our office or volunteer, we will do a tax adjustment for you with no charge.
What if I am not eligible for CVITP
We have a limited paid tax return service if needed. Please contact us for more details after you submit your booking request.
What if I am not eligible to serve at ECLife
Lots of other organizations also provide the same CVITP service you could choose from like the public libraries and schools. You can always seek help from a professional tax preparer/clinic or accountant for a fee. Or you can also buy tax return software done by yourself.