Mountaindewed - What deductions were being taken off your pay cheques? Certainly your employer will have been obligated to do this. So know that you have already been paying income tax on each cheque (along with employment insurance and government pension as well). The only way this will not be the case would have been if you had completed a form to waive these things. That is the way here and I am very sure that is how it is everywhere. Forgive me if I am misinformed.