A little back story: We started living together in Oct 2017, officially became common law (for tax and immigration purposes) on Oct 2018. We were told by CRA that the first year doesn't really "count" as common law, so we should file taxes together in 2020 (for 2019). That being said, a couple of days ago our GSTs were re-evaluated and I've been asked to return my entire 2018 entitlement (roughly $800) , whereas my partner got asked to return a piece of hers' ($100) .
If anyone knows why this is, that would be extremely helpful. I can't seem to find anything logical online.
Also, her family income for 2018 has been updated to the sum of both our incomes for that year, which doesn't make sense because we weren't common law then?
If anyone knows why this is, that would be extremely helpful. I can't seem to find anything logical online.
Also, her family income for 2018 has been updated to the sum of both our incomes for that year, which doesn't make sense because we weren't common law then?