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Child Tax Benefits
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edwardnh Posts: 1
Posted On: 9/20/2013
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Hi,
I, my wife, and my 2 kids are immigrants. Due to tough financial situation, early this year my wife and the kids traveled back home. My wife got a Job. Will my family still be eligible for the child tax benefits? I live in Canada, I am a full time worker, part time student, and home owner. To my knowledge my wife cannot claim non residency as we are all still permanent residence holders and also because we own a house, and I do live in Canada. Also, my wife must file her income tax due to same reason (being residence of Canada).
Will my family still be eligible to receive child benefit tax? what are the implications if not? and how can we avoid financial loss as our situation is tough? Please advise.
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me255jamal Posts: 1
Posted On: 1/9/2016
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Hi, my first baby born on october/2015 and we will go to my country for 4 months, maybe cancel chail tax benefit for my child?
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4144
Posted On: 1/11/2016
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Hi There,
Thanks for sharing your question and situation with us. We can appreciate that this is a confusing situation.
From my understanding, you are planning to travel with your new baby outside of Canada for about 4 months.
The short answer to your question is, no you most likely are not at risk of your benefits being cancelled by travelling outside of Canada for this short of a time so long as you remain a resident of Canada for tax purposes (see response above for more information about this). You may wish to contact the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to confrim this information and to ask more question about your personal situation. You can call 1-800-387-1193 to talk to a Canadian Child Tax Benefit -CRA agent directly.
You can also find more information about Child Benefits in Canada on Settlement.Org.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Theresa
Information & Referral Specialist, CIRS
Your Settlement.Org Team
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