Overview
CRA My Account notifications are an essential tool for Canadian taxpayers to stay informed about their tax affairs and enhance their tax security. These digital alerts provide timely updates directly from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), helping users manage their accounts proactively and detect potential issues.
Leveraging these notifications can significantly improve your ability to monitor your tax information, respond to CRA communications efficiently, and safeguard against fraudulent activities.
- Purpose: CRA My Account notifications serve to keep taxpayers informed about important activities and changes within their CRA accounts, including new mail, benefit updates, and security alerts.
- Security Benefits: By receiving immediate alerts, users can quickly identify and address unauthorized access or suspicious activities, bolstering their tax security measures.
- Access and Management: These notifications are accessible through the CRA My Account portal, allowing users to customize their preferences and manage the types of alerts they receive.
Understanding CRA My Account Notifications and Tax Security
As of February 7, 2022, individuals using Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) My Account system will need to have an email address on file. This will help protect users against fraudulent activity as you will be notified via email when important changes are made to your account and personal information. These changes include:
- Your address
- Your banking information for direct deposit
- Your marital status
- Your authorized representative information
- Your personal identification number is created, updated, or deleted
- You have successfully applied for a COVID-19 benefit
- Your CRA ID and password have been revoked
You can also choose to receive email notifications about other matters, like when:
- You have uncashed cheques
- Your “submit documents” submission has been received
- There is a file status update to your disability tax credit application
- Tax information slips are available in My Account
- Your notices of assessment or reassessment are available
If it’s your preference, you can still receive mail from the CRA by paper if you uncheck “electronic mail” in your correspondence preferences on My Account. You’ll be able to view your mail in My Account, but you will not be notified by email about it if you make this choice.
Learn more about registering for My Account and CRA correspondence settings and preferences here.
KWB strives to keep our clients informed of news that could affect their business and livelihood. To become a KWB client, visit kwbllp.com/ or call us at 780.466.6204.