The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) would like to remind taxpayers and registrants that they have until December 31, 2023, to make a taxpayer relief request related to the 2013 tax year or reporting period.

If you want to ask for penalty and interest relief, you must send your request within ten years from the end of the calendar year or fiscal period of concern. The CRA may also cancel interest and penalties that accrued within 10 calendar years of the year you made the relief request, regardless of the tax year or reporting period in which the debt originated.

This year’s deadline applies to taxpayer relief requests for:

• the 2013 tax year;
• any reporting period that ended during the 2013 calendar year; and
• any interest and penalties that accrued during the 2013 calendar year for any tax year or reporting period.

If you are involved in a tax process with the CRA, including an audit, objection, or appeal for the 2013 tax year, or a reporting period that ended in 2013, and are not sure if you need to make a taxpayer relief request, then you should make the request before the December 31, 2023, deadline.

You or your authorized representative can make a request to cancel penalties and interest online using the CRA’s My Account, My Business Account or Represent a Client services by selecting “Request relief of penalties and interest.”

You can also fill out Form RC4288, Request for Taxpayer Relief – Cancel or Waive Penalties and Interest, and send it:

• Online using My Account, My Business Account or Represent a Client by selecting the “Submit documents” service; or
• By mail to the designated office, as shown on the last page of the form, based on your place of residence.

For more information about how to submit documents online, go to canada.ca/cra-submit-documents-online.

For more information about relief from penalties and interest and the related forms and publications, go to canada.ca/penalty-interest-relief.

Contacts

Media Relations
Canada Revenue Agency
613-948-8366
cra-arc.media@cra-arc.gc.ca

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