Canada Taxback

Get your money back

  • Did you work in Canada under an IEC* work permit?​

    *International Experience Program: Working Holiday, Young Professional, International Co-Op

  • Are you back in your home country?​

    Did you leave Canada permanently?

  • Do you need help with your Canadian tax return?​

    Then you've come to the right place. Canadataxback can help

Once you have permanently left Canada, online tax filing is no longer an option. The tax return must be printed and submitted by mail.

Canadataxback provides an affordable tax return service for all International Experience Canada participants (Working Holiday, Young Professional, and International Co-Op) who have permanently left Canada.

Around February or March, you will receive a T4 slip from each employer you worked for in Canada. For example, in February/March 2026, you will receive a T4 for the 2025 tax year. The Canadian tax year runs from January to December.

The T4, officially called the “Statement of Remuneration Paid,” summarizes your earnings and deductions for the year and is reported to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

You will need a T4 from each employer in order to file your Canadian tax return.

Here are the steps in the process when using Canadataxback for your Canadian tax return: 

  • Fill out the taxback request form

    Once you’ve received all your T4 slips, complete the SSL-secured request form by providing basic information about your tax situation. The service fee for the calculation is $10, payable after submitting the form. If you later decide to file a tax return, this $10 fee will be credited toward your invoice.

  • Receive a calculation

    You’ll receive a tax calculation within 48 hours, giving you an estimate of your refund or whether you owe taxes to the CRA.

  • Decide on your next steps

    After reviewing the calculation, you can decide whether to use the taxback service—there’s no obligation. You’ll never receive reminder emails or phone calls. If you choose not to file, all documents you provided will be deleted within seven days.

  • Further documentation needed

    If you choose to use the taxback service, you’ll need to provide additional documentation and identification. An SSL-secured form ensures that your documents are submitted safely. Never send your T4 or ID documents via email. All data is securely stored on the server and is only used for preparing your tax return. Once the tax return has been sent to you, all provided documents will be permanently deleted from the server.

  • Pay the invoice

    The service fee is a flat $50 per tax return. If you had both T4 employment income and self-employment income as a sole proprietor during the tax year, the service fee is $80.

  • Receive your tax return and send it off

    After payment, you’ll receive a password-protected PDF of your completed tax return, along with clear, step-by-step instructions. Simply print, sign, and mail the tax return to the CRA. The correct mailing address will be included in the instructions.

  • Wait for your refund

    If you’re entitled to a tax refund, Canadataxback will never have access to your money. All correspondence from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will be sent directly to you.

If you submitted a tax return in past years and had direct deposit set up with an active Canadian bank account, your refund will be deposited into that account. If that bank account is closed, the CRA will issue a cheque.

If this is your first Canadian tax return: Within the standard processing time of 2–4 months, you’ll receive your tax refund as a cheque from the CRA, sent to the address listed on your tax return. You can then cash the cheque in your home country into your own bank account. Please confirm with your bank at home whether they can process foreign cheques.

  • If you owe taxes to the CRA

    Along with your tax return paperwork, you will receive instructions on how to pay the amount owing to the CRA. If you don't have a Canadian bank account, you can even pay using your credit card.

NEW - You might be eligible for electronic filing via EFILE!

If you permanently left Canada during the tax year, you cannot file your tax return online using standard tax software via NETFILE — it has to be submitted on paper.

If you’ve left Canada, authorized taxback services can file your return electronically via EFILE — way faster than paper! In most cases it is instant. Heads up: You must have filed a Canadian tax return in previous years to qualify.

Request your tax calculation here

Why so affordable? Where's the catch?

There isn’t one. Canadataxback simply wants to help you keep more of your hard-earned money.

  • Competitive option

    The goal is to provide a low-cost tax return service for IEC participants who’ve returned home after working in Canada.

  • We share the work with you 50/50

    We prepare the tax return paperwork, you print, sign and send it in via post.

  • No expensive extras

    We skip fancy websites and big marketing budgets so we can keep our service fees low.

  • Personal support, not a big call centre

    No other locations no other employees, just a one on one personal support.

  • Your money stays yours

    You will receive the government cheque directly and deposit it into your own bank account. If you have direct deposit set up, the refund will be sent straight to your Canadian bank account. No middleman.

To the calculation request