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Your association or organization has been identified as a key stakeholder of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). We hope you will share the following information with your membership. Protect yourself—tax scams can be costly Have you received a suspicious email, telephone call, letter, or text message claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)? If the organization or individual is asking for personal information such as your social insurance number, credit card number, bank account number, or passport number, this is a scam. Keep these facts in mind The Canada Revenue Agency will never do any of the following:
It is important to remember that you are responsible for all information on your tax return, even if a tax preparer or representative does your taxes. To be safe, stay away from tax preparers offering things that seem too good to be true like large refunds or false tax claims, such as fake charitable donations. To help protect yourself, new this year the CRA has introduced Account Alerts, a fraud prevention service. When you sign up through My Account or MyCRA app, the CRA will notify you by email if your direct deposit information or your home or mailing address has changed, and if mail sent to you by the CRA was returned. If you think you may have been the victim of a tax scam or have been tricked into giving out your personal or financial information, contact your local police as soon as possible because your financial security and personal identity are at risk. For more information, go to www.cra.gc.ca/fraudprevention. Stay connected To receive updates on what is new at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), you can:
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Fort Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce
5500 Alaska Highway
PO Box 196
Fort Nelson, BC, V0C 1R0
Phone (250) 774-2956
Fax: (250) 774-2958
info@fortnelsonchamber.com
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