Hi all,
I will be renouncing my PR status soon, after becoming a resident for tax purposes at the end of 2015. I worked some period of 2015 and 2016 and then went outside of Canada because of my undergraduate studies (a semester). At the beginning of 2017, I came back once again. I had had residential ties with Canada for all the period I was away (a bank account).
1) I applied for WITB in 2016 tax return, which was granted.
2) I just recently applied for GST/HST benefit, because I was unaware of such a service. By the time I will be getting the credit for the period I remained a resident of Canada, I would have renounced my status.
I'm worried whether there's a possibility I'll have to repay any amount of the WITB that I received and the GST/HST benefit that I will receive in the future or not. If so, I'd rather have everything paid right now and go back clean.
Thank you for your time, and I apologize if I come off as too paranoid.
I will be renouncing my PR status soon, after becoming a resident for tax purposes at the end of 2015. I worked some period of 2015 and 2016 and then went outside of Canada because of my undergraduate studies (a semester). At the beginning of 2017, I came back once again. I had had residential ties with Canada for all the period I was away (a bank account).
1) I applied for WITB in 2016 tax return, which was granted.
2) I just recently applied for GST/HST benefit, because I was unaware of such a service. By the time I will be getting the credit for the period I remained a resident of Canada, I would have renounced my status.
I'm worried whether there's a possibility I'll have to repay any amount of the WITB that I received and the GST/HST benefit that I will receive in the future or not. If so, I'd rather have everything paid right now and go back clean.
Thank you for your time, and I apologize if I come off as too paranoid.
