Posts filed under: CRB News

How to change my address with the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA)?

Who must notify the CRA of the change of address? Anyone earning revenue in Canada must update their address with the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA).  For most of us, when we talk about changes of address with the federal government, we...

Narcity – Here’s Where You Can Get Your Taxes Done For Free In Ontario With The CRA’s Tax Service

Canada Revenue Agency offers the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program. The deadline to file your 2023 taxes is approaching and you might be considering getting help with your return. Well, the Canada Revenue Agency offers a service across Canada so you can get your taxes...

Globe and Mail – CERB helped a significant number of workers rejoin the job market in better positions

Vanmala Subramaniam Future of Work Reporter – Published 6/12/2023 The Canada Emergency Response Benefit helped a significant number of Canadians get better jobs, mainly because it gave them the financial means toimprove their skillsthrough training programs, a new study has...

CBC.ca – Some Canadians who repaid pandemic benefits are seeing their tax refund withheld

Taxpayer ombudsperson says office hearing from several Canadians still receiving collection notices Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2023 Some Canadians who have repaid a pandemic benefit they received by mistake are still seeing their tax refunds withheld by the government....

Canada Revenue Agency Strike Service Disruption

The Government of Canada is committed to negotiating collective agreements that are fair for employees and reasonable for taxpayers.  However, bargaining groups representing approximately 159,000 public servants, including the 39,000 represented employees of the Agency, are in a legal strike...

Financial Post – CRA tries to catch taxpayer who made an incorrect TFSA catch-up contribution

Story by Jamie Golombek The tax-free savings amount (TFSA) contribution limit on Jan. 1, 2023, will finally increase by $500 to reach $6,500, marking the first time since 2019 that this limit has been increased. That’s because in 2015, the government announced...

CBC.ca – London man frustrated as Ottawa seeks $2,000 CERB repayment

About 1.8M Canadians received similar debt notices, saying they were overpaid benefits Andrew Lupton · CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2022 Like thousands of Canadians, Randy Helsdon’s employment dried up during the dark days of early 2020 as the first wave of COVID-19...

Toronto Sun – High schoolers reportedly claimed $636 million in federal relief cheques

Kevin Connor Publishing date: Jul 14, 2022 Statistics Canada says hundreds of thousands of teenaged students received payments of up to $5,000, which was money intended for COVID relief aid for jobless taxpayers facing eviction or foreclosure, according to Blacklock’s Reporter....

CBC.ca – Almost 100,000 students to get break on CERB repayments

Elizabeth Thompson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 24, 2022 Many students who got CERB should have applied for the lower paying Canada Emergency Student Benefit Nearly 100,000 students asked to repay CERB benefits they claimed during the COVID-19 pandemic could soon get a break....

Canada.ca – Update on the Government of Canada issuing debt notification to ineligible Canada Emergency Response Benefit recipients

May 10, 2022   Ottawa, Ontario   Canada Revenue Agency The quick and decisive actions taken by the Government of Canada to provide income support through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) helped more than 8 million workers and their families stay afloat,...