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What is NETFILE?
NETFILE is an easy-to-use, electronic-filing service to submit your personal tax return directly to CRA. It streamlines the tax-filing process and offers lots of benefits.
- secure and confidential;
faster refunds (in as quick as eight business days); - greater accuracy (with the use of software, we don’t re-key the information and there is less chance of errors);
- no paper return to mail;
no receipts to send in, unless CRA asks for them at a later date.
Learn more about NETFILE on the CRA website.
NETFILE Certification
In order to use CRA NETFILE service, our software is required to pass a thorough and strict testing process for each tax year.
- The certification process ensures our software meets CRA’s requirements for functionality, reliability, security, and functionality.
- myTaxExpress has been certified for NETFILE by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) since the tax year 2002.
- Download the certified software on the Download Center. Check our certification status on the CRA website.
Limit of 20 Returns
Since the tax year 2007, CRA requires that all NETFILE-certified software in Canada can only file up to 20 returns per installation/computer or online account.
- If you want to file more than 20 returns, please use our EFILE software.
- Switching to EFILE software is easy as it has a similar interface and works with the same tax return file format (.r0x file)
- You must register with CRA to get an EFiler ID first in order to use the CRA EFILE service. Find out how to apply for EFILE