Nearly nine million Canadians owe some government cash, according to the Canadian tax authority, and will notify tens of thousands starting this month.
The Canada Revenue Agency said Monday that it had about $1.4 billion worth of uncash checks on its books, some of which he owed as far back as 1998. As of May, 8.9 million Canadians had some kind of un-cash check on their name. According to the tax authorities, the average amount owed is $158.
"We want this money to end up where it belongs. In the taxpayer's pocket!" said the tax agency.
The tax authorities have announced that approximately 25,000 beneficiaries of Canada's child benefit and related provincial/territory programs, GST/HST deductions, and Alberta energy tax refunds, if they are owed I said I would notify you immediately. Another group of 25,000 people will be notified in November and another in May 2023.
Tax authorities process billions of dollars in taxes and refunds each year, but not all of it ends up in the hands of Canadians. Most of the time, people have lost their checks or changed their address, so they never got their checks in the first place.
The CRA began working on his backlog of uncash checks in February 2020 and since then he has returned $825 million to unpaid taxpayers. said he did.
According to the CRA, a Canadian can see if there are any un-cash payments by logging into or signing up to her CRA account online.
