Aftermath of Personal tax deadline extension petition
We started a personal tax deadline extension petition to extend the CRA deadline on Change.org. We may not have extended the tax deadline but we did add a lot of pressure on the government concerning an important topic.
Zenbooks advocates for Canadian taxpayers (individuals and businesses) on important issues. Including:
- Electronic signatures – As a professional accounting firm it’s important we advocate for Canadian taxpayers and insist on important topics that involve Canadian individuals and small business owners. In the past we’ve advocated for electronic signatures on CRA documents and have successfully pressured the CRA to recognize electronic documents on their all important T183 forms.
- Return Free Filings – We’ve also advocated for “return-free” filings for individual canadians to lower the financial and emotional burden for canadians to remain compliant with their obligations under the Income Tax Act.
Media – Petition – Eric Saumure
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Eric Saumure, CPA, CA, is co-founder and Principal of Zenbooks, an online cloud-native accounting firm started in 2015 to serve 300+ Canadian small and mid-sized businesses. Before Zenbooks, Eric spent 3 years at KPMG. He specializes in financial strategy for growth-stage companies in the $1M-$10M revenue range, with a particular focus on marketing and creative agencies, SaaS, and professional services firms, e-commerce and non-profits.
Eric's commentary on Canadian small business, tax policy, and open banking has appeared in the Toronto Star, Canadian Press, CTV, CBC, Le Devoir, Policy Options, The Conversation, and Canadian Accountant. He was named to the OBJ Ottawa Forty Under 40 and recognized on both the Financial Times Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2026 list and the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Top Growing Companies 2024. He is the principal researcher behind the Zenbooks Technology in Accounting Study, a national survey of 500 Canadian SMEs on accounting technology adoption, and the founder of OpenSME, a Canadian open banking advocacy organization. He serves on the board of Cystic Fibrosis Canada and member of the Montfort Hospital Association.
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