Netfile was particularly busy today, and I completely forgot to change my address with Canada Revenue Agency beforehand. The deadline of April 30 was never much of a consideration before since I’ve always had refunds. But this year I have a balance, and I wasn’t too optimistic about getting through to them on the phone on the day of the deadline to file, and THEN file electronically on the busiest day of the year.

I only had to redial twice to get through to CRA, and I sorted out all the filing and payment issues quite quickly. The agent warned me that the Netfile site was super busy, but that CRA extended the Netfiling deadline to May 6:

http://www.netfile.gc.ca/bulletinboard-e.html?

April 29, 2008
The filing deadline is April 30, 2008

If you have difficulty sending or correcting your NETFILE return, you have until midnight (local time) on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 to transmit it. Your tax return will be considered as filed on time.

Self-employed individuals and their spouses or common-law partners have until midnight Monday, June 16, 2008 (filing due date) to file their tax return.

Please remember, if any balance is owed for 2007 taxes, it must be paid on or before April 30, 2008.

It took about 15 minutes for me to download the submission page at Netfile, but the subsequent pages loaded quickly.

So if you can’t get through, don’t despair! The Netfiling deadline has been extended to Tuesday.