It's something that I've done in the past, personally helping people who hadn't filed for years, and it unlocked thousands of dollars in benefits flowing to low-income workers who were afraid of filing for fear of owing money when, in fact, they were receiving benefits. That's why it was an interesting report to do for my office. We estimate that by expanding the “Auto-fill my return” service by phone or electronically there would be potentially $1.8 billion of benefits flowing to people who don't get benefits. They are fully entitled to these benefits but don't file due to the complexity of the tax system, or because they are just afraid of touching whatever relates to taxes for fear of owing money as opposed to not knowing that they would receive benefits.
On June 17th, 2024. See this statement in context.