Navigating Taxes on COVID-19 Benefits
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There have been a lot of tax changes and implications of receiving COVID-19 benefits, which can be confusing. To help, we’ve provided a summary of what you need to know regarding your 2019 and 2020 taxes.
CERB is a Taxable Benefit
In this post, we show you how to determine if you will face a CERB or CESB tax bill in 2021. We also share advice on making your tax payments.
We explain what we know today on whether CERB will be dischargeable in an insolvency filing.
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CRA has extended the deadline to pay your 2019 taxes to September 30, 2020. Penalties and interest will not be charged if you file and pay by this date.
If you have not filed your 2019 tax return yet, it could affect continued receipt of the Canada Child Benefit and HST Credit. The Canada Revenue Agency uses your tax return to calculate eligibility.
If you applied for CERB through both Service Canada and the CRA, you may have received a double-payment. You will be required to repay this double-payment amount.
$442 Million in CERB Double-Payments Were Accidentally Sent Out
If you did receive CERB incorrectly, this post on Canada.ca explains the process for returning extra payments to the CRA. Just a heads up, if you return your incorrect payments before December 31, 2020, you will not be taxed on this income next year.
How to Return CERB Over-Payments, Double-Payments, Ineligible Payments
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Would Printing More Money Solve Our Economic Problems?
While all the COVID-19 income benefits we received were necessary for financial relief, you may be curious about how the national deficit and investment in pandemic payments will affect our economy and your personal finances in the future.
Is printing more money the solution? Doug Hoyes gives us a detailed analysis.
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