2 Payments Cerb

While one payment is retroactive the second is meant for the april 11th pay period.

2 payments cerb. In most cases you do not need to apply for ei benefits. If you applied for the cerb or ei with service canada and then later applied for the cerb with the cra for the same eligibility period you applied twice. Canadians could apply for the canada emergency response benefit cerb through the canada revenue agency cra or through service canada but not both.

The response benefit is similar to employment insurance which helps people whose work situation has been affected by covid 19. A spokesperson for employment minister carla qualtrough said that some people received larger up front payments than others when the aid program was launched. If you dont qualify youll be notified by mail.

After you receive your last cerb payment continue completing reports. Records from the canadian revenue agency show that nearly 824000 people who were ineligible for cerb payments were provided with the pandemic relief payments costing billions in taxpayer dollars according to blacklocks reporter. You receive a cerb payment from both service canada and the cra for the same period.

Here are the new benefits to replace cerb and a way canadians can create tax free payments of 2000 per month. The canada revenue agency says it wants its money back from anyone who mistakenly got double canada emergency response benefit payments. Canadians who received two identical payments of 2000 likely applied twice for the cerb and received more than entitled to minister of employment workforce development and disability inclusion.

Well automatically review your file and your record of employment roe then start a claim for ei regular benefits if you qualify. If you applied for the cerb twice in one period. Two days after applications opened for the new coronavirusemergency aid benefit cerb some canadians awoke to find two separate payments from the government in their bank accounts.

Identifying those who receive a double payment will be rather simple cormier added since applicants have to provide a social insurance number sin when applying for either ei or cerb.