This site is for anyone with an interest in the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP). We hope it will be of particular interest to CVITP volunteers and community-based organizations across Canada which host CVITP clinics. But we hope that members of the general public, journalists, policy wonks and politicians will also find it useful.
If this is your first time visiting the site, you might want to check out the various sections on our menu. On this site, you can learn about:
- Why we started this website, what we hope to accomplish with it, and who we are
- The connection between the CVITP and the Government of Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
- The latest CVITP related news and, of course, our slant on it
- What’s changed or new in the current tax year for low-income Canadians and their income tax and benefit returns
- What’s happening at the federal level and with the Canada Revenue Agency
- What’s happening with the provinces and territories and their part of the income tax and benefit return as well as the impact on low-income Canadians
- Information and ideas, as well as a Networking Forum for CVITP volunteers
- Information and ideas, as well as a Networking Forum for CVITP host organizations
- How you can contact us to tell us what you think
What’s New
Check out our Blog page to see the latest news and what we think of it.
Here are the most recent articles we have posted:
Inequalities of Access to Free CVITP Services Across Canada (see link below) 
CRA’s Automatic Tax Filing: Shortcomings of the “SimpleFile” Pilot (see link below) 
Rebranding “File My Return” as “Simplefile by Phone” Fails to Get Better Results (see link below) 
Why We Doubt the CRA’s Results From Its Non-filers Initiative (see link below) 
What Should The CVITP Do About Any Problems With Ufile? (see link below) 
The CVITP’s 2023 Coverage of the Impoverished in Canada (see link below) 
The Evolution of the CVITP – 2023 Update (see link below) 
What Has The CRA’s Pilot Grant Project Accomplished Between 2021 And 2023? (see link below)
- Inequalities of Access to Free CVITP Services Across Canada
- CRA’s Automatic Tax Filing: Shortcomings of the “SimpleFile” Pilot
- Rebranding “File My Return” as “Simplefile by Phone” Fails to Get Better Results
- Why We Doubt The CRA’s Results From Its Non-filers Initiative
- What Should The CVITP Do About Any Problems With Ufile?
- The CVITP’s 2023 Coverage of the Impoverished in Canada
- The Evolution of the CVITP – 2023 Update
- What Has The CRA’s Pilot Grant Project Accomplished Between 2021 And 2023?