Volunteer registration 2023: Program terms

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Important

In order to volunteer with the CVITP, you must read and agree to the program terms and select the checkbox in the Confirmation of declaration section to confirm that you have never been convicted under the Criminal Code or any Act of Parliament and that you read the Privacy Notice.

As a volunteer with the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, I agree to:

protect the taxpayer's privacy by never using or divulging any information provided by the taxpayer for any purpose other than the preparation of his or her income tax and benefit return;
offer my services free of charge and decline any monetary reward that may be offered to me;
return the completed income tax and benefit return to the taxpayer directly, or to the community organization;
not keep any copies of a taxpayer's income tax and benefit return (paper or electronic);
have the taxpayer sign Form TIS60, Community Volunteer Income Tax Program - Taxpayer Authorization and return it to the taxpayer;
only use the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program tax software to prepare returns for eligible taxpayers;

not use the tax software for monetary gain;
not copy or allow copies to be made of the tax software;
encrypt taxpayers' returns using the tax software and save electronic copies only on an encrypted USB flash drive, and transmit the return to the Canada Revenue Agency within 48 hours of preparation;
delete all electronic copies of the taxpayer's return, no later than 48 hours after its transmission to and acceptance by the Canada Revenue Agency;
allow the CVITP to share my contact information and registration approval with my affiliated community organization(s), or with other CVITP community organizations in my area if I require assistance to become affiliated; and
allow the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program to make sure that I meet the security requirements to become a volunteer.

Confirmation of declaration and Privacy Notice (required)

I declare that I have never been convicted of any offence under the Criminal Code or any Act of Parliament that has not been pardoned or in respect of which a record suspension has not been ordered. This includes any offence involving evasion in the payment or remittance of tax; fraudulent transactions in which the public or any person is defrauded of property, money, valuable security or service; or possession of property obtained by crime or the proceeds of crime.

Personal information is collected under the authority of section 220 of the Income Tax Act (ITA), combined with paragraph 30(1)(a) of the Canada Revenue Agency Act and will be used to register volunteers, organizations and tax preparation clinics as part of the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) or the Income Tax Assistance – Volunteer Program (Quebec). Information may also be used to assess suitability to participate in these programs and may be disclosed to the extent authorized by law. Automated personal information matching will be used to identify returning participants in order to avoid duplication of accounts. A refusal to provide the information may result in the rejection of your registration request.

Personal information is described in Personal Information Bank CRA PPU 100. Under the Privacy Act, individuals have a right to have their personal information protected. They also have the right to access, correct or notate this information and to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding our handling of their information.

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