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Two appellate court rulings confirm that the Canada Revenue Agency is not at liberty to intimidate and threaten taxpayers and must take appropriate care in how it treats them.

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While tax season may still be a few weeks away, in preparation for the annual ritual, the Canada Revenue Agency recently unveiled its new “Auto-fill my return” service to make filing your 2015 taxes online easier and faster than ever before.

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In separate decisions released earlier this month, both the Federal Court of Appeal and the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed that the CRA has a general legal “duty of care” with respect to taxpayers.

“A few decisions have accepted this principle over time, but these are the most senior courts to affirm,” says tax lawyer David Rotfleisch of Rotfleisch & Samulovitch PC in Toronto. “This should, over time, result in a difference in the way the CRA treats taxpayers and their rights.”