#tax-mistakes

#tax-mistakes

As last-minute types rush towards the November 19 deadline extension, we look at where some people go wrong. For many workers, especially the self-employed, Halloween wasn't the scariest thing last month: it was the eerie reminder that Revenue is just around the corner, ready to pounce unless they filed their annual tax return.

"A big one is that we automatically go for a shortcut and a shortcut is never in taxpayers' favour," she said.