Canadian Taxes Refund Timeline

[L_n_O 3]

I can't remember when I mailed mine to CRA. But it was received April 30th. Assessed on May 12th. Information updated online to show my return on May 16th.

Was it March or April when you sent.. =)

[J&K 0]

You can update mine to IN LIMBO as I have to send in an amendment to my return.

It has been royally messed up. Instead of the $1100 I'm supposed to be getting back, they are saying I Owe them $500.

So hopefully I will eventually get my return!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

#######? Why is CRA saying you folks owe? Doesn't make sense - same with Texanadian's apparent debt to them. Hmmm....

[J&K 0]

#######? Why is CRA saying you folks owe? Doesn't make sense - same with Texanadian's apparent debt to them. Hmmm....

My dad helped me with my taxes and accidentally put my entire income as taxable. I filed under Section 217, so essentially, I'm being double taxed on my US income. $500 would be about right for what taxes I paid down here.

Also, they changed the amount of federal tax credits I had. Under Section A and B I do qualify for the full amount.

I just have to send a letter saying what I want amended, and hopefully soon get my return.

It would be nice to have that extra $1100 CDN, but the $4000US return and the $1200 Stimulus we received made up for it

[Texanadian 10]

Was it March or April when you sent.. =)

April.

To clarify, I don't owe them money. But my $2400 refund has been changed to a $1200 refund. The basic personal exemptions (let's assume for math purposes they're $9,000 for BC and $9,000 for Federal, have been reduced to $4500)

Going to try phoning again today and see what's up.

[lynamon 0]

Does anyone have anything new to add? hmmmmmmm?

[emerce 0]

I am American (my husband is the canadian citizen being petitioned). But I lived with him for awhile last month while on a study permit. It was a legal way for me to be able to stay there for an extended period of time and see how things went for us. Anyway, i've never filed my own taxes my parents have always done it for me and I know its dumb but i had NO idea I had to file for taxes there too. So mine were like 2 weeks late as I scrambled to get them done. On the guide it said that if thats the case it might just take longer to process. Has anyone had that experience and if so, was that all that happened? It just took longer?

Thanks,

Erin

[Texanadian 10]

As far as I know, if you didn't make $9,000 or more in Canada, you don't have to file. Of course that's for Canadian citizens living in Canada. Did you have any income in Canada?

[lynamon 0]

Was it March or April when you sent.. =)

April.

To clarify, I don't owe them money. But my $2400 refund has been changed to a $1200 refund. The basic personal exemptions (let's assume for math purposes they're $9,000 for BC and $9,000 for Federal, have been reduced to $4500)

Going to try phoning again today and see what's up.

Did you ever get in touch with them? ... I filed with a letter attached stating that I was claiming full credits as my income was from Canadian sources for the year .... just wondering if it's the same situation ...

[Texanadian 10]

Received my cheque June 3rd.

Am now in the process of appealing it.

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

Refund in the bank via Direct Deposit on May 20. It was the whole refund that I was expecting, but they also required that I pay back the GST refunds that were also deposited when I was no longer in the country.

June 2 I got the snail assessment explaining what I owed. Not even a hundred bux. Considering that for my entire adult life I have always received refunds (a fringe benefit of being poor), it really doesn't bother me at all to pay back something that I truly owe. I left June 20 and so the July, October and January GST refunds were not really mine to keep. However, I did make a teensy bit of interest on them in the account before I had to give them back.

[Mephys 2]

Received 100% of the amount based on that article 217, deposited in my account on June 12. This is about 80% of my total refund that I should get.

I am still waiting for the federal and provincial refunds for the 4 months that I was still working in Montreal.

[L_n_O 3]

Got a letter from the Cdn Gov't asking for $181 in GSt

sigh

[J&K 0]

Got a letter asking for $62.19 for GST.

I just sent back the cheque they sent me last year that I never cashed

Edited June 15, 2008 by J&K

[Texanadian 10]

I did the online dispute appeal on June 3rd. Haven't heard anything back from them. No status change on the online records. Another week or two and I'm going to phone them if nothing has changed.