Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB)

This is the present situation with me and my child, daughter. She has turned 18 this year, she is enrolled in highschool, NorthPark Collegiate, Brantford, Ontario. Today is her first day, she is picked up for school by Lillian Miller Transportation each school day and returned. As I said she has turned 18 this year and its time for her to go on her own disability pension, she is in my custody, and I’m a recipient of a disabilty pension as well. You will find that when bring up my file that she has been with me for years, as she needs constant, uninterupted caring for aon a daily basis, geared to her schedules. So far she is included in my monthly pension allottment. She has her own bank account set up for the transfer. What has to happen for her to be put on her own or does she remain on my pension list with myself? I have not filed an income tax claim, yet. I have to find out what has to happen first. I wish to have the opportunity reserved to be able to say, no, if the house hold income is decreased because of the update. Ihave credit card obligations that has to be paid. Because of the lack of funding available to me and the total diregard from the disability office to ny concerns to house maintenance steps had to be taken so the house would not be damaged from rain. A new roof had to be installed at the cost of $10,000. plus, this past month. My concerns for the flooding of my basement went unheard although substantial damage was sustained and my high-efficiency furnance had to be replaced, and the lost furniture was thrown out because of water damage, allof ur clothes had to be replaced with no help from the ODSP Office. They have been notified of each instance at the time of occurrance, no help arrived from ODSP, again. That was because Ontario Hydro mistakenly turned off my hydro when they were sippose to turn off a neighbours trailer, I live in a house. I have that letter here somwhere as well. Don’t ask me to prove it unless you want to lend a hand in the search. There are so many times that I have been reduced in entitlement, but have not gained any help to the emergencies zi have suffered , alone. Give me the permission to write my own pension entitlement so as to cut out the prejudice I keep receive from the Brantford Disability Office.

Can a 16 year old student living without either of her parents receive her own tax credit as her mother is withholding it from her. It is a benefit of $200.00 monthly when the child can use the funds and in actual fact if the mother is not providing the 16 year child any financial assistance, is she not committing fraud? Please contact me via email ASAP

Thank you very much

Hi i want to know if i can ask for cctb for my son,he is 11 years old.
I come to Canaba as a refugee before he was born,so he is a Canadian citizen but i just got aproved by the Immigration Canada recently.
Can i get the cctb payment for him dated some back or just from the time i become permanent residence?
Thank you in advance for your answer!

I am a 17 year old living on my own. My mother kicked me out at 14 years old and my mother and my father both refuse to support me or give me any money. I was wondering if i can get the person im living with to collect my child taxes . Would they have to take custudy of me or can they just collect it ?

I was born and raised a Canadian citizen. I married an American and have since also become an American citizen. My children and I are therefore both Canadian and American. We currently live in the USA and have at times lived overseas. A family member in a similar situation has told me recently that she qualified for the Canada Child Tax Credit. Is it possible that we qualify for this benefit even though we do not live in Canada?

Just a question about childtax benefit, im wondering how much i will be getting a month, as me and my boyfriend are claiming common-law.
before taxes are taken off he make 77,000.00 this year. there was 21,000.00 taxes taken off. do they calculate how much u will get before taxes taken off, or after they are taken off. We have 3 children together.

if you totally have no income less then 20,000 you get $326 from CCTB and another $100 from UCTB

We have 4 children and are receiving child tax benefit since last five years.Now we are planing to go back home for around 2 years due to some family reasons. Do we still be eligible to get CCTB and UCTB? We have active bank account and credit card transactions, besides, I will be visiting Canada after every six months due to my exams.

Lakcing any answers, this is what has transpired, reductions all around. Once the child turns 18 that must be the cut-off line. Although she continues to attend highschool for the special classes, she does not receive benefits for doing so. No straight answers. It seems that you have to have a person working on the inside for anyone to be satisfied that they are collecting all entitlements. I am still running into a wall on the ‘Respite Funds’, it’s getting close to 2 years of entitlement I losing. Someone must be running blocker on my funds entitlement just channelling the funds someway else, they have to be, every year they have to justify their funds, as I had started the amount, understand what I’m saying? I am saying I started getting Respite Care funds and once the yearly amount was set, they have to spend that much the following year or their funds will get cut back. Its better for them to spend everything, if they were to have money to send back then their alottment would be cut back that much the next year.

How long do i wait for my baby’s first Child Tax Benefit?

Hi, I am 17 and I live on my own. Both my parents refuse to pay child support or give me any money to support me. They kicked me out when I was 15, and I am currently still in high school. Is there any type of program or benefit that the government of Alberta can offer me so I can take care of myself while I go to school?

Is the CCTB going up in October2009? and if so, how much?

hi.. my ex-bf and i have recently separated…ever since our 2 and half daughter was born ive been getting her cctb & uctb on my account thru direct deposit.. now my ex has opened up a new account for her and wants to get the money.. would they transfer it to his bank account without my permision? i am the mother and i just have a part-time job… thanks.

My daughter just had a baby and mailed her child tax credit forms last week and was wondering when she will be getting it. thanks

I filed my taxes in November for 2008 and I was curious on how long will it take to get the Child tax benift as well as the back pay from August??

Thanks

Hi I just gave birth to my daughter Oct 13. I am only 18 and I have never filed taxes as I have never really made an income, my boyfriend on the other hand has done his taxes, but I’m still considered the primary caregiver. Can I still apply for child tax benefits even if I’ve never done my taxes before,if so what does that change?
Thank you,
Rebecca

We (Myself spouse and Five Kids under 18) arrived in Canada with on a Temporary Work Permit. WE have no outside Canada ties since September 10 2008. My Job is permanent ($80K /pa- contract holds me in Alberta 2 years) from day one, We have a residential house and bills , furniture bought in Canada. the Kids are in Full time school. I now have an AB drivers licence (UK licence surrendered and gone) and own a Dodge Caravan outright.

We intend to apply for PR but the cost of living in AB at the moment is making this impossible to pay for let alone to aply for (school fees, Kids dental clothing bills food etc). I have been informed by the ITO that even though we have Immigration Status on a temporay Work Permit until Sept 9 2010, The CRA considers our residency Permanent for tax purposes.
However
The CCTB seem to think my wife (as primary care giver) does not meet residency requirements and cannot have any monies to support the children. (She has been told she is entitled on the 19 month of her stay to “prove she has build up significant ties”. this will mean she is only entitled to Five months CCTB, even though I (as sole breadwinner) have paid in full tax and pension contributions, as if a permanent since Sept 2008 and not Temporary.

Below is the Body Text letter that accompanied the NR74 we sent to the International Tax office. We are awaiting on the ITO to confirm our residency Permanent for tax purposes
any advice as to why they wont release, what would be a significant sum (ITO said it should be backdated), or how we can appeal their discission would be appreciated.

Dear Sir or Madam,
Re: Determination of Residency Status for Canadian Child Tax Benefits

My wife has recently made application for Canadian Child Tax Benefits, as advised by her Tax Accountant. Her claim has been subsequently denied on the grounds of not meeting the appropriate residency requirements.
Upon further investigation with the CCTB, we were informed that they currently hold our status to be that of Temporary Residents, although all of the other qualifying criteria for eligibility as Permanent Residents have been met. After Further discussions with an officer of the CCTB, they suggested we should contact the International Tax office in Ottawa to review our Status.
We contacted the International Tax office Thursday October 15 2009 and discussed our situation with an officer over the Phone.
The officer in question directed me and my wife to apply for Determination of Residency Status by means of CRA form NR74E, which we have enclosed, for your consideration. Where applicable we have included source material (Work Permits, letters of appointment, driving licences etc).

We trust all the above meets with your approval, should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours Faithfully
Patrick

I am a canadian citizen, my child is 19 months right now and he is receiving CCTB, but we planned to leave canada and go back to HK with my child. I am a single mother before and I just married with my hk-citizen husband. So due to family reasons, I decided to go back to HK for 2-3 years, am I eligible to receive CCTB while out of the country? If I still report my world income, is it possible to get the CCTB? If i am not qualify, should I stop the CCTB when I leave the country or after 6 months?

The rules say that you have to be a Canadian resident which I assume means you are living in Canada. I would strongly suggest that you contact the government about whether you will qualify or not.