•2019 version of the Income Tax Act is 1,113,618 words long, an increase of 12,177 words from last year • It would take the average reader almost 62 hours to read it (41 minutes more than last year)
You're already out of time to read the Income Tax Act before tax filing deadline: CTF
OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is reminding Canadians that with tomorrow’s April 30 income tax filing deadline, it is likely too late to try and read the federal Income Tax Act. That’s because it’s 3,302 pages long – that’s 1,113,618 words – so it would take the average reader almost 62 hours to read (with no breaks).
“Over the years, the Income Tax Act has become so long and complex virtually no one can understand it all,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick.
