Cerb Repayments

• ‘So forgotten’: No pandemic loan forgiveness for business owners in fire-razed Lytton

  Megan 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."

  Politics

  Aug 11, 2023
  
• CERB repayment letters found First Nations more often, government data suggests

  Number-crunching by The Canadian Press about where CERB letters went suggest a disproportionate number landed in postal codes home to First Nations.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2022
  
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• CRA to send more letters to CERB recipients checking eligibility, possible repayments

  The 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.

  Money

  Jan 27, 2022
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• Repaid CERB wrongly listed as taxable income on some tax slips: CRA

  The 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.

  Money

  Mar 2, 2021
• CERB recipients deemed ineligible after messaging mix-up won’t be forced to repay

  The CERB repayment announcement is reversal of the Trudeau government’s previous position on the matter.

  Money

  Feb 9, 2021
• ‘It didn’t seem right’: Class-action lawsuit proposed over CERB repayments

  A Mississauga retired Montessori teacher is the plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit that asks the federal government to stop asking for CERB repayments.

  Money

  Feb 3, 2021
• CRA admits ‘unclear’ communication on CERB eligibility led to some mistaken applications

  The 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.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2020
• 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.

  Money

  Dec 19, 2020
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• As thousands of Canadians face CERB repayments, Trudeau says not to stress

  Trudeau was asked about the CRA's letters to roughly 441,000 Canadians, suggesting they might need to repay CERB payments by Dec. 31, 2020.

  Consumer

  Dec 18, 2020