Hi, my wire is Canadian citizen and I am PR. She was non-resident and I did a short landing in 2017 and stayed for one week only. Then, we came to Canada for good last week. We would like to apply child benefit for our kids. In the application, we are required to provide our income last year, that we earned in our home country. The income had been filed and tax was paid in our home country. My question is will we need pay income tax if we reported them in the application form? Thanks.
Child benefit application
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Yes you became a resident last week only.
Yes the amount will depend on your earnings from your home country.
Hi, We landed as PR in 2015 July, spent 2 months in Canada and left. We got back in October 2017, got a house and establish residency. We are currently applying for CCB.
We filed 2017 tax as Zero income as we came with funds, and did not work in Canada that year. CCB form requires 2016 foreign income which We did not file taxes in Canada, and 2017 tax filling was zero income.
Do were record zero in both cases?
We filed 2017 tax as Zero income as we came with funds, and did not work in Canada that year. CCB form requires 2016 foreign income which We did not file taxes in Canada, and 2017 tax filling was zero income.
Do were record zero in both cases?
It doesn't matter that you didn't file taxes in Canada in 2016 or that you declared zero income in 2017. You are required to fully declare your foreign income from BOTH 2016 and 2017 for the CCB calculation. Failure to do so is benefit fraud.
Thank you Canuck for the prompt response.
For further clarification, We are willing to declare the foreign income for 2016 and 2017. Not just for purpose of the CCB, but to keep the records straight as we were ill advised on the zero filing for 2017 by filling agent, being our first filling and we never earned an income n Canada.
1. How do we go about resolving the zero foreign income in 2017 filling?
2. Or can that be done alongside the CCB application?
agree with canuck and it is not about being "willing" to declare, you MUST declare, else the benefits will be on hold until you do. Call CRA to update your income.
1. You weren't ill advised and there is nothing to resolve in your tax return. You were not required to declare foreign income earned before becoming a tax resident in Canada.
2. There is a form that you fill out with your CCB app to declare the foreign income.
Do you have a link to the form please. I read up somewhere that the 2016 can be Efiled, and 2017 can be corrected if it was Efiled also
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You don't e-file anything. As I said, your taxes were filed correctly. When you submit the CCB app, there is an additional form that you include where you declare your foreign income.