Extended tax deadline is today
Revenu Quebec is reminding citizens of the province that the deadline to submit their income declarations either electronically or by mail for the 2019 tax year is today, June 1, by 11:59 p.m.
As of last Friday the government office reported having received 5,308,000 declarations, 4,721,000 of which were submitted electronically. As of May 27, roughly 64 per cent of citizens had already received their tax returns, with an additional 29 per cent owing the government money. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Revenu Quebec fast-tracked the declarations indicating a return in order to try to get people their money back faster.
The pandemic also resulted in this year’s deadline being extended from the usual date of April 30 to June 1 to allow people more time to sort out details in what has become a complicated time for many, financially. The limit for repaying money owed has also been extended, this time to September 1. Revenu Quebec is also waiving penalties on declarations filed up to September 1.
Revenu Québec is also committed to providing additional time for the filing of applications related to certain socio-fiscal programs, such as the tax credit for home-support services for seniors and the Housing Allowance program.
In addition, in the case of citizens who have not filed their 2019 tax year income return on time and who are entitled to the solidarity tax credit,
An early Saturday morning fire that destroyed the house at 621 Mciver Street in Bury has been added to an ongoing investigation into fires on that street by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
According to SQ spokesperson Stephane Tremblay the fire, which started around 2:40 a.m., was the second on that property in as many days, and the third on the street since May 18.
The officer said that another fire completely destroyed the home at 856 Mciver on May 18, although the fire department closed that file without transferring it to the police. Ten days later, early in the morning of May 28, another fire call came in for the house at 621. This second fire was brought under control, only resulting in damage to one wall, but the firefighters transferred the investigation because the circumstances were deemed suspicious and the cause undetermined.
Tremblay said that after the second fire the SQ also went to investigate the site of the fire at 856 Mciver as well.
That investigation is ongoing, now with the added element of 621 Mciver having caught fire again and burned to the ground two nights after the second fire.
Tremblay emphasized the fact that the transfer of an investigation from the local fire department to the police does not necessarily mean that there was anything criminal about the fires, but he added that the investigation by the SQ is still underway.
“It could just be when the cause is unknown to the firefighters,” he said.