World Income Letter

[joes]

Hello,

I received a letter recently from the CRA requesting my wife's world income for 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the Alberta Climate change program and for the GST/HST benefit. We got married outside of Canada in 2016 but CIC didn't approve our application until February 2018. She landed in Canada as a permanent resident in March 2018. Her first tax return in Canada was submitted to the CRA in 2019 for income she made in Canada in 2018.

Questions:

1. Does she have to declare her "world income" for the portion of 2018 she resided back in her home country on her 2018 tax return submitted by paper to the CRA?

2. I was wondering why they would need incomes for 2016 and 2017 when we wasn't even in the country to calculate benefits. Has anyone else encountered this matter from the CRA?

Any feedback would be great.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello,

I received a letter recently from the CRA requesting my wife's world income for 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the Alberta Climate change program and for the GST/HST benefit. We got married outside of Canada in 2016 but CIC didn't approve our application until February 2018. She landed in Canada as a permanent resident in March 2018. Her first tax return in Canada was submitted to the CRA in 2019 for income she made in Canada in 2018.

Questions:

1. Does she have to declare her "world income" for the portion of 2018 she resided back in her home country on her 2018 tax return submitted by paper to the CRA?

2. I was wondering why they would need incomes for 2016 and 2017 when we wasn't even in the country to calculate benefits. Has anyone else encountered this matter from the CRA?

Any feedback would be great.

1. No, it didn't need to be declared in her return.

2. Benefits/credits are calculated based on worldwide family income in previous years. If you received any benefits/credits after marrying and your wife had income during that time that you didn't declare, you will owe money.

 

[smalkawi]

Hello,

I received a letter recently from the CRA requesting my wife's world income for 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the Alberta Climate change program and for the GST/HST benefit. We got married outside of Canada in 2016 but CIC didn't approve our application until February 2018. She landed in Canada as a permanent resident in March 2018. Her first tax return in Canada was submitted to the CRA in 2019 for income she made in Canada in 2018.

Questions:

1. Does she have to declare her "world income" for the portion of 2018 she resided back in her home country on her 2018 tax return submitted by paper to the CRA?

2. I was wondering why they would need incomes for 2016 and 2017 when we wasn't even in the country to calculate benefits. Has anyone else encountered this matter from the CRA?

Any feedback would be great.

Did you claim child benfit return ? Or is this auditing ? Because usually they ask for 3 years world income to calculate it.

 

[canuck78]

Did you claim child benfit return ? Or is this auditing ? Because usually they ask for 3 years world income to calculate it.

Sounds like OP doesn’t have children. Not unusual to be asked to prove numerous years of international income for CBB. They are talking about other benefits