CCTB Claim on the CRA Site

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So on the CRA site, it says that the CCTB is automatically presumed to be claimed by the mother as the "primary care" for the child. Like wtf in this day and age?

It goes on to say that if that is not the case, the father needs to get the mother to sign consent that they can claim How come the mother doesn't have to get the same consent then?

Anyway...I have changed my status on the CRA site to "seperated", so hopefull someone checks that before they send the payment to the mom?

 

[NBDad]

You have to fill in the CCTB forms if the custody arrangements have changed respective to the kidlets. (ie. you as the father have primary OR you have shared = 40% or more)

They presume the mother as primary, because that is still the most common scenario.

 

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You have to fill in the CCTB forms if the custody arrangements have changed respective to the kidlets. (ie. you as the father have primary OR you have shared = 40% or more)

They presume the mother as primary, because that is still the most common scenario.

We are separated but there isn't signed agreement in place yet. I just hope she isn't lying that she is still married

 

[SingingDad]

So on the CRA site, it says that the CCTB is automatically presumed to be claimed by the mother as the "primary care" for the child. Like wtf in this day and age?

It goes on to say that if that is not the case, the father needs to get the mother to sign consent that they can claim How come the mother doesn't have to get the same consent then?

Really I thought this was changed a while ago so they would give the CCTB to the lower income parent when a family is intact (assuming that the lower income parent is not working as much and more available to care for the children).

A long time ago when the inequality of the sexes was more prevalent there was a very sexist assumption made at a high level that the CCTB was more likely to be spent on the children if it was given to the mother (effectively presuming that a father was more likely to spend the extra money on himself). The whole notion is laughable since any economist will tell you that any net available funds received by a family, from what ever source, for whatever reason, to any of the family members, will effectively increase the standard of living for the the entire household.

Anyway...I have changed my status on the CRA site to "seperated", so hopefull someone checks that before they send the payment to the mom?

It's good that you changed your marital status to separated, but you should also put in a claim to receive the CCTB.

We are separated but there isn't signed agreement in place yet. I just hope she isn't lying that she is still married

If you don't put in a claim for the CCTB your STBX's payments will actually go up as your income will no longer considered when calculating the benefit.

 

[Rioe]

It's good that you changed your marital status to separated, but you should also put in a claim to receive the CCTB.

If you don't put in a claim for the CCTB your STBX's payments will actually go up as your income will no longer considered when calculating the benefit.

And then later on when it's eventually corrected, they'll come after her to repay the overpayment, and she'll take out her anger on you.

 

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And then later on when it's eventually corrected, they'll come after her to repay the overpayment, and she'll take out her anger on you.

It can't be any worse that she already is now

It's not my place to bring it to her attention, and if she is lying to get more money, they she should be prepared to pay the price. She has problem being honest and I can't see that changing anytime soon

 

[Unevenplayingground]

I work with a girl and today we were talking about taxes and what she can claim and not claim on her taxes.

The weird thing is, she said last year, H&R Block made her get her ex (they were never married) to sign a form saying he wouldn't make any claim for their son on his taxes. I thought it was strange, because I don't think the CRA requires you to do that, to my knowledge.

I have to agree, in this day and age it shouldn't be assumed the woman is going to be the one claiming.

 

[SingingDad]

It's because if he decides to claim the amount CRA denies both. This way if he does they can go back to CRA and show proof there was an agreement on who would claim the amounts for the children.

 

[Unevenplayingground]

It's because if he decides to claim the amount CRA denies both. This way if he does they can go back to CRA and show proof there was an agreement on who would claim the amounts for the children.

Smart really. They don't have a separation agreement at this point. I was just surprised H&R Block did that.