Filing your return
How a finished Hypertax return actually reaches the CRA.
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The three steps of a Hypertax return
Answer the questions, upload your slip, then review and print. Each step saves as you go, so you can stop and come back on another device.Getting startedFiling your returnUploading documentsFiling late or asking for more time
What filing a T1 late costs, why the CRA grants no extension to ask for, and why a late return is still far better than no return at all.DeadlinesAfter you fileFiling your returnWhen your Canadian T1 return is due
Your 2026 T1 return is due 30 April 2027, and any balance owing is due the same day. Late filing costs 5 per cent of the balance plus 1 per cent a month.DeadlinesFiling your returnHow to file your Canadian return
A Hypertax T1 is filed on paper. Print it, sign the certification, attach the slips the return asks for, and post it to the CRA tax centre for where you live.Filing your returnPrinting and mailingQuebecWhy Hypertax does not e-file
Hypertax produces a paper return because NETFILE accepts only a .tax file from software the CRA has certified, and Hypertax does not hold that certification.Filing your returnWhat Hypertax coversPrinting, signing and assembling your return
How to print a Hypertax return so the agency can process it: paper, ink, signatures, which slips to attach, and what to keep for your own records.Printing and mailingFiling your returnUploading documentsWhere to mail your Canadian return
A paper T1 goes to the CRA tax centre for where you live. Confirm the address on the CRA page on the day you post, because tax centre assignments change.Printing and mailingFiling your returnPaying tax you owe
How to pay a balance in each country, why paying is separate from filing, and what happens when you cannot pay the whole amount by the deadline.After you fileFiling your returnTracking your refund
Where to check a refund in each country, how long a posted return takes to process, and why a paper return is slower than a transmitted one.After you fileFiling your return