Residents of Canada don’t need to apply to receive the CCR. They need to file their income tax and benefit return and we will send them the payments they are entitled to.
If you have a spouse or common-law partner, only one of you can get the payment for the family. It will be paid to the person who files their tax return first. No matter which one of you receives the payment, the amount will be the same.
In order to continue receiving the CCR, you must continue to file an income tax and benefit return every year even if you have no income to report.
Residents of Canada don’t need to apply to receive the CCR. They need to file their income tax and benefit return and we will send them the payments they are entitled to.
If you have a spouse or common-law partner, only one of you can get the payment for the family. It will be paid to the person who files their tax return first. No matter which one of you receives the payment, the amount will be the same.
In order to continue receiving the CCR, you must continue to file an income tax and benefit return every year even if you have no income to report.
In provinces that request it or do not have their own carbon pricing system that meets the federal benchmark, a federal fuel charge is put in place. Currently, the fuel charge applies in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island...