FAQ: Special One-Time Cost of Living Tax Credit
This page contains answers to common questions about the new special one-time cost of living tax credit. We hope they give you the information you need.
No. If you have already filed your income tax return and received your notice of assessment, you will get the credit by the end of May (if you are eligible).
If you have already filed your income tax return for the 2021 taxation year but have not received your notice of assessment, we will check whether you are eligible and calculate your credit (if applicable) when we process your return.
No. Since you do not have to claim the new tax credit, no changes to the paper forms or software are needed. We will check whether you are eligible and calculate your credit (if applicable) when we process your return.
If you have already filed your income tax return and received your notice of assessment, we will process your return again and pay you the credit (if you are eligible) by the end of May.
You do not have to claim the new tax credit. If you are eligible, you will get it automatically when we process your return.
If you have a balance due, your tax credit will be used to pay all or part of it.
No. You have to pay the balance due in full. We will check whether you are eligible and calculate your credit (if applicable) when we process your return. If you are eligible, your tax credit will be applied to your income tax for 2021 and then to anything you owe the Québec government. Any remaining part of the tax credit will be paid to you afterward.
No. You have to pay the balance due in full. We will check whether you are eligible and calculate your credit (if applicable) when we process your return. If you are eligible, your tax credit will be applied to your income tax for 2021 and then to anything you owe the Québec government. Any remaining part of the tax credit will be paid to you afterward.
Yes. However, if you have not received your notice of assessment, we will check whether you are eligible and calculate your credit (if applicable) when we process your return.
Under the Tax Administration Act, we can apply your credit to the payment of any amount you may owe the government.
No. It is a tax credit and therefore not taxable.
No. The tax credit will be paid out to all eligible taxpayers with a net income of less than $105,000.
The tax credit will be paid out to all eligible taxpayers with a net income of less than $105,000. If you and your spouse are both eligible, you will each get a credit based on your respective net income.
There is no deadline for eligibility. Generally speaking, the credit will be paid out to all eligible individuals who file a return for 2021, regardless of when they file it.
Yes. You may be eligible even if you declared bankruptcy in 2021.
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