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For many Canadians, this weekend will mark the beginning of tax season, a time when you start to gather all those T-slips and receipts that have been piling up in your mailbox and begin the process of preparing your 2014 return.

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The Family Tax Cut has been hogging the limelight among Canada’s recent tax changes. But chances are you’ll benefit more from four other new tax measures. There’s nothing proactive about the Family Tax Cut anyway: It will happen automatically when your accountant does your tax return. It’s much more important to be aware of the tax deductions and credits you qualify for and proactively keep receipts, file applications and claim things by the books

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But if you are one of those rare taxpayers who still enjoys the mathematical, yet mind-numbing challenge of doing your tax return by hand, this is the year you may want to switch to either a computer-based tax preparation package or use a web-based program, especially if you plan to take advantage of the new Family Tax Cut credit.