Child Care benefit

[margrace]

Interesting that people in Australia have recieved these cheques. Who qalifies? What about the people living in Lebanon with Canadian citizenship?

[Renegade]

Interesting that people in Australia have recieved these cheques. Who qalifies? What about the people living in Lebanon with Canadian citizenship?

Who receives the Universal Child Care Benefit?

To receive the UCCB, all the following conditions must be met.

a) You must live with the child, and the child must be under the age of 6.

b. You must be the person who is primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of the child.

This means you are responsible for such things as supervising the child's daily activities and needs, making sure the child's medical needs are met, and arranging for child care when necessary. If there is a female parent who lives with the child, we usually consider her to be this person. However, it could be the father, a grandparent, or a guardian.

c) You must be a resident of Canada.

We consider you to be a resident of Canada when you establish sufficient residential ties in Canada.

d) You or your spouse or common-law partner must be:

Canadian citizen;

"permanent resident" (as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act);

"protected person" (as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act); or

"temporary resident" (as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) who has lived in Canada throughout the previous 18 months, and who has a valid permit in the 19th month (other than one that states "does not confer status"). If this is your situation, you should not apply before the 19th month.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/benefits/uccb/faq-e.html#q2

You can be physically residing anywhere in the world, but still be consider a resident of Canada if you have "sufficient residential ties in Canada". It seems only fair that if the CCRA considers you a resident enough so that you need to pay taxes in Canada, then you should also collect the Childcare Benefit.

[margrace]

Interesting that people in Australia have recieved these cheques. Who qalifies? What about the people living in Lebanon with Canadian citizenship?

Who receives the Universal Child Care Benefit?

To receive the UCCB, all the following conditions must be met.

a) You must live with the child, and the child must be under the age of 6.

b. You must be the person who is primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of the child.

This means you are responsible for such things as supervising the child's daily activities and needs, making sure the child's medical needs are met, and arranging for child care when necessary. If there is a female parent who lives with the child, we usually consider her to be this person. However, it could be the father, a grandparent, or a guardian.

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c) You must be a resident of Canada.

We consider you to be a resident of Canada when you establish sufficient residential ties in Canada.

d) You or your spouse or common-law partner must be:

Canadian citizen;

"permanent resident" (as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act);

"protected person" (as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act); or

"temporary resident" (as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) who has lived in Canada throughout the previous 18 months, and who has a valid permit in the 19th month (other than one that states "does not confer status"). If this is your situation, you should not apply before the 19th month.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/benefits/uccb/faq-e.html#q2

You can be physically residing anywhere in the world, but still be consider a resident of Canada if you have "sufficient residential ties in Canada". It seems only fair that if the CCRA considers you a resident enough so that you need to pay taxes in Canada, then you should also collect the Childcare Benefit.

Ah but the person in Australia was not a resident here in any sense and paid no taxes to Canada.

[Renegade]

Ah but the person in Australia was not a resident here in any sense and paid no taxes to Canada.

You provided no reference to the story, so it is impossible for me to have any context on the issue. Can you please provide a link to the story?

[jbg]

Ah but the person in Australia was not a resident here in any sense and paid no taxes to Canada.

You provided no reference to the story, so it is impossible for me to have any context on the issue. Can you please provide a link to the story?

Correct. A proof is a proof, as a great leader recently said.

[geoffrey]

Ah but the person in Australia was not a resident here in any sense and paid no taxes to Canada.

You provided no reference to the story, so it is impossible for me to have any context on the issue. Can you please provide a link to the story?

Chances are, they paided taxes. All taxpayers should get the benefit.

[margrace]

This is a family story, the recipient of the cheque has been a citizen of Australia for the last three years. He is my nephew.

He sent the cheque back. But his mother thought he should have cashed it and collected the rest so how many more are not returning them. His wife phone the government and they immediately requested that it be returned. How often are people this honest.

[Canuck E Stan]

How often are people this honest.

About as often as the honest politicians they bring into government.

Honest politicians and government in the same sentence......sorry,my mistake.

[scribblet]

There is a reciprocal agreement between the two countries, it seems to me there is something similar with Italy and Old Age Security.

http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsintern...nada-canada.htm

Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Australia and the Government of Canada

THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, WISHING to strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries, NOTING the Reciprocal Agreement on Social Security signed on the fourth day of July 1988, as amended by a Protocol signed the eleventh day of October 1990, and ACKNOWLEDGING the need to reflect, by means of a consolidated document, the changes which have taken place in their respective legislation since that Agreement and Protocol were signed,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

PART 1 - INTERPRETATION AND SCOPE

ARTICLE 1

Interpretation

1. In this Agreement:

"benefit" means, in relation to a Party, a benefit, pension or allowance for which provision is made in the legislation of that Party, and includes any additional amount, increase or supplement that is payable, in addition to that benefit, pension or allowance, to or in respect of a person who qualifies for that additional amount, increase or supplement under the legislation of that Party;

"Canadian creditable period" means a period, or the total of two or more periods, of residence or contributions which has been or can be used to acquire the right to a Canadian benefit, but does not include any period considered under paragraph 2 of Article 9 as a Canadian creditable period;

[Renegade]

This only applys to Pensions and OAS. This doesn't apply to Universal Child Care Benefit.

Legislative Scope

Subject to paragraph 2, this Agreement shall apply to the following laws, as amended at the date of signature of this Agreement, and to any laws that subsequently amend, supplement or replace them:

(a) in relation to Australia, the Acts and regulations forming the social security law to the extent they provide for and apply to:

(i) age pensions;

(ii) disability support pensions;

(iii) carer payments;

(iv) pensions payable to widowed persons; and

(v) additional child amount payable to persons in receipt of the above benefits; and

( in relation to Canada:

(i) the Old Age Security Act and the regulations made thereunder; and

(ii) the Canada Pension Plan and the regulations made thereunder.

In relation to Australia, the legislation to which this Agreement applies shall not include any laws made, whether before or after the date of signature of this Agreement, for the purpose of giving effect to any agreement on social security.

This Agreement shall apply to laws of a Party which extend the existing legislation of that Party to new categories of beneficiaries unless the competent authority of that Party communicates in writing an objection in regard to those laws to the competent authority of the other Party within 60 days of the date on which those laws receive Royal Assent.

Where, under the legislation of Australia, a new category of beneficiaries has arisen as described in paragraph 3, no qualification for benefits in that category shall exist until the expiration of the period set out in that paragraph.

[Renegade]

This is a family story, the recipient of the cheque has been a citizen of Australia for the last three years. He is my nephew.

He sent the cheque back. But his mother thought he should have cashed it and collected the rest so how many more are not returning them. His wife phone the government and they immediately requested that it be returned. How often are people this honest.

In order for him to actually get the cheque, he either needs to be receiveing the Child Tax Benefit, or would have to apply independantly for the Child Care benefit. Has he been getting the Child Tax Benefit for the last 3 years? If so he should not be entitled to that either. It also may be that he never informed Revenue Canada that he moved to Australia as a permanant resident (which I guess he now has done).

Yes, he and his wife are to be commended for his honesty. His mother, however, is less commendable, in that she would encourage him to commit fraud.

[jbg]

There is a reciprocal agreement between the two countries, it seems to me there is something similar with Italy and Old Age Security.

http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsintern...nada-canada.htm

Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Australia and the Government of Canada

THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, WISHING to strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries....

Who translates these agreements from Canadian into Australian and back?

[scribblet]

There is a reciprocal agreement between the two countries, it seems to me there is something similar with Italy and Old Age Security.

http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsintern...nada-canada.htm

Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Australia and the Government of Canada

THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, WISHING to strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries....

Who translates these agreements from Canadian into Australian and back?

Dunno mate, but maybe they are having too many Fosters at the local billybong while they sing Waltzing Matilda

[jbg]

Dunno mate, but maybe they are having too many Fosters at the local billybong while they sing Waltzing Matilda

Do they sing Waltzing Matilda in Australian, Canadian or both languages?

[scribblet]

In Ozzie - no pommies allowed.