common-law CRA effective date?

[Krystine]

Hi there friends,

One thing very weird just happened to my CRA account - common-law effective date after I completed to file 2017 tax.

I initially put my common-law effective date starting as XX-March-2017 since I have been living together with my partner since XX-March-2016.

Then we filed our 2017 tax a week ago with a help from my personal accountant. Today, when I logged in my CRA personal information to check my marital status, the effective date has been changed to 31-December-2017 which is not done by myself. I do not understand why this happens.

I would like to fix it back to XX-March-2017 so I can use it as a proof for my PR application. Does anyone know why this happened and how I can update it back?

 

[Wakki]

Hi there friends,

One thing very weird just happened to my CRA account - common-law effective date after I completed to file 2017 tax.

I initially put my common-law effective date starting as XX-March-2017 since I have been living together with my partner since XX-March-2016.

Then we filed our 2017 tax a week ago with a help from my personal accountant. Today, when I logged in my CRA personal information to check my marital status, the effective date has been changed to 31-December-2017 which is not done by myself. I do not understand why this happens.

I would like to fix it back to XX-March-2017 so I can use it as a proof for my PR application. Does anyone know why this happened and how I can update it back?

Maybe you should call CRA to discuss if can be fix

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[a16107]

How are you about this now ? it shows Dec 31st on my case too

 

[Peanut butter and jelly]

How are you about this now ? it shows Dec 31st on my case too

I think that for tax purposes it means that the CRA will consider you as common law since january 1 of the following year (my effective date is also December 31). IRCC doesn’t care, don’t worry about it.

 

[k.h.p.]

Yes, this is a CRA thing - for them, eligibility only ever starts on January 1 of a calendar year. As PBJ said, IRCC doesn't care about this.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Benefits and tax credits are recalculated as soon as marital status changes, so it is quite important that CRA has the right date. They do not just start from the beginning of the year following common-law establishment.