Comments on: Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB)

By: Rupendra

Rupendra — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:24:06 +0000

I like to answer Cecilia’s question. and the answer is Yes you can.
My wife and I lived in US for 12 years . Within that year we became a Canadian Resident and went back to study in US for another Two years and our baby was born within those two years. We moved back to Canada in 2008 and Filed CCTB. CCTB gave us the lump some amount. So you can go ahead and file with the birth certificates and details for your kids.

By: Cecilia

Cecilia — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:27:11 +0000

I am a Canadian citizen ,but I have lived out of Canada for the past 16 yrs, and both my children were born out of Canada, however both have Canadian citizenship and social security numbers (applied for and processed via the embassy). Now we are moving back to Canada as a family, my husband was issued his permanent residency visa …my question is, can I apply for CCTB for my children (age 8 & 11) RETROACTIVELY for all those years, or will I only be able to get the money for them as from when we move back?

By: matilda

matilda — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:43:42 +0000

My husband has been raising his son since march of 2005 without help from the childs mother, we live in BC and she lives in alberta. we have recently applied for the cctb and the universal of 100.00 a month even though the child is eight now. After a long few months of proving to the cctb that the child does live with him we are awaiting to see if we we qualify we have two other children together that we recive the payment for every month but not his son prior to our relationship. My question is will we get any kind of back pay for the child not cliamed since 2005 from the cctb or the universal? I know you can only recive the universal benifit until the child turns six but since we have been raising him since he was three and is now eight shoulnt we recive that benifit for the three years the child was eligiable? Also should we recive the CCTB since march of 2005?? And if the biological mother claimed this money while living in alberta and the child living here shouldnt she have to pay back the money she wrongfully claimed?
thanks so much for any help any one is willing to provide for us:)

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:28:32 +0000

I am also a Canadian living outside of the country, but I still must file taxes in Canada. I understand the comments about the children (yes my son is Canadian and we moved to the US six months ago) must reside in Canada in order to receive CCTB. I will follow up as I am paying Canadian income tax the same as if I was residing in the country so it is an issue that must be clarified directly with Revenue Canada.

By: Graham Hill

Graham Hill — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:06:29 +0000

I”ve never rec’d CTB – Child Tax Benefit. Whats the secret. Right now I’m trying to find out why I’m not receiving R.E.S.P.I.D. funds, evryone else does. Whats the secret there as well. I had asked my counsellor and she just told me I had to tal to a representative here on the reservation, and so I asked, and again another dead end.
Its starting to look its for women only, how in the hell would they be getting ahead by denying me help that everyone else is receiving?

By: Krissy

Krissy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:58:43 +0000

If your baby is born Jan 27th , will you recieve CCTB and UCTB for the month of January?

By: madashell

madashell — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:37:21 +0000

Im not sure if this a comment I didnt know where to post I applied on my account on the cra website for my child who came into my care over 11 months ago as i was told by a lady at the 1800 number that since this child was in my care before i wouldnt have to send in a copy of her bc hc etc now i called today and was told on feb1 they mailed me out a questionaire as my ex is fighting the dates. The only reason hes doing so is so he wont have a large back pay and lose his income tax return etc My ? is has anyone recieved one of these questionaires? If so what is on them and what are the documents that they require to prove she resides with me and not him

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:20:53 +0000

Heather, you really need to follow up with revenue Canada.

By: Heather O'Shea

Heather O'Shea — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:07:40 +0000

I have an inquiry about the CCTB. I was receiving it until 2006. I received a letter from Revenue Canada in March 2006 that I owed $1400.00. I paid them promply. (Being under tremendous stress at the time.) Now 4 years later it is my turn to claim the child tax. Having 1 of my 2 children with me fulltime. As I was inquiring I noticed that the other parent had to sign a consent form for the other to be eligible to receive the child tax. Well I never signed anything in 2006. Can Revenue Canada just assume that the other parent has the children fulltime? Why was I not advised of this in 2006. I was surely advised that I owed them money , but I didn’t receive any forms to sign. If there were forms I didn’t sign them. And if I didn’t sign them how come my Ex is still receiving the CCBT .

By: April

April — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:51:50 +0000

This is in regard to Jessica’s post about the CCTB not being a cash grab – we live in the United States, and we are receiving the CCTB. We are deemed residents of Canada based on rules and regulations governing our country. We are NOT committing fraud, as the Canada Revenue Agency knows exactly where we are, and we file tax returns as Canadian citizens. I am in the US on a student visa, and my husband and I have worked our entire adult lives in Canada while all the while paying income tax. When we return to Canada this coming June, we will be paying income tax and filing income tax returns, just as we have the entire time we have been living out of country. Please get your facts straight before you accuse people of defrauding the government. And, please, feel free to contact CCTB and let them know we are committing fraud. I’ll be happy to share my contact information with you should you provide me an email address.