Message

The Canada Revenue Agency will send automated telephone messages to individuals who may be required to pay their tax by quarterly instalments, to remind them of the December 16, 2019 instalment payment due date. The message will be sent from November 25, 2019 to December 13, 2019.

The message will not include personal taxpayer information and will not ask for personal information.

National Do Not Call List

The National Do Not Call List gives consumers a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls. Since the due-date reminder message is not a telemarketing call, the National Do Not Call List does not apply to it. However, if an individual does not want to receive our automated telephone messages, they can call 1-800-959-8281 and ask us to remove their telephone number from the calling list.

Fraudulent communications

Fraudulent communications often ask for personal information such as social insurance, credit card, bank account, and passport numbers. The CRA's automated courtesy calls do not ask for, or give out, personal information. To learn more about how to identify fraudulent communications, go to Protect yourself against fraud.

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