Hello Friends,
Need your advice for a friend.
My friend stayed in Canada with family for close to 7 months in 2018 and they had to go back to their home country in December 2018 as his parent was ill. They wanted to come back in couple of months but could not as his father underwent coronary bypass surgery.
He never worked in Canada as he was still in search of job for that period of stay and his wife worked for 2 months. They received ccb while in Canada and were receiving the benefit even after moving to home country. Since they wanted to come back in two months they did not asked it to be stopped. Both of them missed to file their returns since they were not in Canada and the ccb stopped this July.Now they are planning to return next month before the schools start
His queries are
1. Will he be able to file his previous year returns (2018) now after reaching Canada this August or September or will he have to wait till Jan 2020 and file along with 2019 returns.
2.Since he did not file his returns, his ccb stopped this July at the start of the benefit year. Does he have to call CRA now or after reaching Canada and inform them of the situation for the ccb to start or will he have to wait till he files his taxes as ccb is based on income and tax returns
Please advice
Need your advice for a friend.
My friend stayed in Canada with family for close to 7 months in 2018 and they had to go back to their home country in December 2018 as his parent was ill. They wanted to come back in couple of months but could not as his father underwent coronary bypass surgery.
He never worked in Canada as he was still in search of job for that period of stay and his wife worked for 2 months. They received ccb while in Canada and were receiving the benefit even after moving to home country. Since they wanted to come back in two months they did not asked it to be stopped. Both of them missed to file their returns since they were not in Canada and the ccb stopped this July.Now they are planning to return next month before the schools start
His queries are
1. Will he be able to file his previous year returns (2018) now after reaching Canada this August or September or will he have to wait till Jan 2020 and file along with 2019 returns.
2.Since he did not file his returns, his ccb stopped this July at the start of the benefit year. Does he have to call CRA now or after reaching Canada and inform them of the situation for the ccb to start or will he have to wait till he files his taxes as ccb is based on income and tax returns
Please advice
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