Income Tax Assistance – Volunteer Program Statistics

Every year as part of the income tax assistance program, community organizations hold free federal and Québec income tax return preparation sessions, where volunteers complete tax returns for thousands of eligible individuals, so they can receive the benefits and tax credits they are entitled to.

Volunteer program statistics for 2023

See the volunteer program statistics for 2023 below.

Number of registered organizations and volunteers
Participants	January 1 to December 31, 2023
Organizations	540
Volunteers	3,340

Volunteer program statistics from January 1 to December 31, 2023
Level of government	People helped	Returns filed	Refunds, credits and benefits
Provincial	197,740	208,640	$462,298,000^{1See note 1.}
Federal^{2See note 2.}	184,370	195,980	$308,583,000
Total	197,740^{3See note 3.}	404,620	$770,881,000
Note 1 This amount is an estimate rather than an actual amount. Note 2 The federal statistics come from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and were not verified by Revenu Québec. They may be updated if the CRA receives other information. Note 2 197,740 people used the income tax assistance program to complete at least one Québec income tax return, and 184,370 used it to complete at least one federal return. Since Revenu Québec did not verify the numbers provided by the CRA, the number of people who completed both a Québec and federal return cannot be determined.

Statistics for previous years

See the volunteer program statistics for previous years below.

Volunteer program statistics for 2022

Number of registered organizations and volunteers
Participants	January 1 to December 31, 2022
Organizations	530
Volunteers	3,120

Volunteer program statistics from January 1 to December 31, 2022
Level of government	People helped	Returns filed	Refunds, credits and benefits
Provincial	180,400	191,200	$339,012,000^{1See note 1.}
Federal^{2See note 2.}	166,090	176,600	$294,527,000
Total	180,400^{3See note 3.}	367,800	$633,539,000
Note 1 This amount is an estimate rather than an actual amount. Note 2 The federal statistics come from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and were not verified by Revenu Québec. They may be updated if the CRA receives other information. Note 2 180,400 people used the income tax assistance program to complete at least one Québec income tax return, and 166,090 used it to complete at least one federal return. Since Revenu Québec did not verify the numbers provided by the CRA, the number of people who completed both a Québec and federal return cannot be determined.

Volunteer program statistics for 2021

Number of registered organizations and volunteers
Participants	January 1 to December 31, 2021
Organizations	520
Volunteers	3,070

Volunteer program statistics from January 1 to December 31, 2021
Level of government	People helped	Returns filed	Refunds, credits and benefits
Provincial	165,540	173,240	$226,548,000^{1See note 1.}
Federal^{2See note 2.}	147,870	154,230	$234,217,000
Total	165,540^{3See note 3.}	327,470	$460,765,000
Note 1 This amount is an estimate rather than an actual amount. The federal statistics come from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and were not verified by Revenu Québec. They may be updated if the CRA receives other information. Note 3 More than 165,540 people were able to receive the benefits and credits to which they were entitled. Of these, about 147,870 people used the service to file both their provincial and federal returns, and about 17,670 people used it to file their provincial returns only.

Income Tax Assistance – Volunteer Program Statistics

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