Statutory Declaration of Common-law Union

[lavierose]

Hi there

I am filling up the statutory declaration of common law union form and I have a few questions.

1) The sentence: solemnly declare that we have cohabited in a conjugal relationship for _____ continuous year(s) from __date________ to ___date_______.

I need to fill in the date. My partner and I are still staying together. We started our cohabited conjugal relationship since last year. so what should i put for the to date since we are still living together?

and also, the part where I have to declare : have declared our common-law union under the canadian income tax act (T-1 " General - individual income tax return).
What does this mean?

 

[Krystine]

Hi there

I am filling up the statutory declaration of common law union form and I have a few questions.

1) The sentence: solemnly declare that we have cohabited in a conjugal relationship for _____ continuous year(s) from __date________ to ___date_______.

I need to fill in the date. My partner and I are still staying together. We started our cohabited conjugal relationship since last year. so what should i put for the to date since we are still living together?

and also, the part where I have to declare : have declared our common-law union under the canadian income tax act (T-1 " General - individual income tax return).
What does this mean?

Hello,

In my case, I input as from "the date (2016-XX-XX)" which I started living with my partner to "current" (I did not put the particular date for this area, I just simply put the word 'current'

Also, the Canadian income tax part is asking if you renewed your marital status to a common-law in your CRA account and filed your taxes under this common-law status. In my case, I officially became a common-law relationship in March 2017 and so I changed my marital status to 'common-law' since then as well as filed my taxes for the year of 2017 under the new status. Then when I filled up the declaration form in early 2018, I clicked yes to the part of the Canadian income tax. Hope this helps.

 

[lavierose]

Hi krystine

Thanks so much for your reply! Im from Singapore, and in Singapore common law status is not recognized, therefore my partner and I file our income tax individually. So in this case, I should tick No?
your help is much appreciated thank you

 

[EE456]

Hi krystine

Thanks so much for your reply! Im from Singapore, and in Singapore common law status is not recognized, therefore my partner and I file our income tax individually. So in this case, I should tick No?
your help is much appreciated thank you

Yes.