Cerb Repayments
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Alberta couple battles the CRA after it claws back $14K received in COVID benefitsThe worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but the fallout certainly isn't for an Alberta couple involved a big battle with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).MoneyJul 10, 2024
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‘So forgotten’: No pandemic loan forgiveness for business owners in fire-razed LyttonMegan Fandrich's Klowa Art Café in Lytton was the place her daughter took her first steps. She now describes it as a "nice, burned up piece of property."PoliticsAug 11, 2023
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CERB repayment letters found First Nations more often, government data suggestsNumber-crunching by The Canadian Press about where CERB letters went suggest a disproportionate number landed in postal codes home to First Nations.CanadaApr 22, 2022
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CRA to send more letters to CERB recipients checking eligibility, possible repaymentsThe Canada Revenue Agency is sending out letters to individuals it has some, but possibly incomplete, information on whether they need to repay some of their COVID aid.MoneyJan 27, 2022
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Repaid CERB wrongly listed as taxable income on some tax slips: CRAThe CRA's website notes that people who repaid Canada Emergency Response Benefits before December 31, 2020 should not have to pay tax on those repaid amounts on 2020 tax returns.MoneyMar 2, 2021
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CERB recipients deemed ineligible after messaging mix-up won’t be forced to repayThe CERB repayment announcement is reversal of the Trudeau government’s previous position on the matter.MoneyFeb 9, 2021
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‘It didn’t seem right’: Class-action lawsuit proposed over CERB repaymentsA Mississauga retired Montessori teacher is the plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit that asks the federal government to stop asking for CERB repayments.MoneyFeb 3, 2021
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CRA admits ‘unclear’ communication on CERB eligibility led to some mistaken applicationsThe government collection service said this included confusing information both on the benefit's web pages, and admitted unclear information was given to call centre agents.CanadaDec 19, 2020
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CERB repayments: What are taxpayers supposed to do when even tax pros aren’t sure?There is sharp disagreement among accountants and tax lawyers on the issue of repaying the emergency benefit.MoneyDec 19, 2020
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