If a letter from the CRA titled “Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax Credit (GST/HSTC) Notice” just landed in your mailbox or your CRA My Account inbox, here’s the short version: this is the CRA’s official explanation of how much credit you’re getting, why, and based on what numbers. A GST/HSTC Notice isn’t something to
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If you’ve been putting off a dental visit because of the bill, this one is worth five minutes of your time. The Canadian Dental Care Plan 2026 is now open to eligible Canadians of every age, and it can cover anywhere from part to all of your dental costs, depending on your family income. Here’s
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If you’re applying for the CPP Disability Benefit, here’s something worth knowing before you even submit your paperwork: roughly 60% of first-time applications get denied. That’s not meant to discourage you — it’s meant to prepare you, because a denial on your first attempt is common enough that it shouldn’t feel like the end of
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If you’re eligible for the Canada Disability Benefit but haven’t applied yet, waiting doesn’t necessarily mean losing money — but it can, and the details matter more than most people realize. Canada Disability Benefit back payments can cover up to 24 months of retroactive support once you’re approved, but there’s a hard cutoff date that
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October brings a busier Canada Benefit Payment Dates October 2026 calendar than September — and one date in particular is worth circling, since two completely separate programs both pay out on it. If you’ve been keeping track of your deposits month to month, October has a few quirks worth knowing about before they show up
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If you’re planning to apply for the CRA Disability Tax Credit using a paper form, there’s a deadline you can’t afford to miss. The CRA has confirmed it will stop accepting outdated versions of Form T2201 starting September 8, 2026 (some CRA-sourced reports cite September 6) — and a separate change already restricted how applicants
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Canada Disability Benefit recipients are getting a one-time boost this fall. New federal regulations take legal effect on September 1, 2026, authorizing a $150 lump-sum supplemental payment to help offset the cost of getting a Disability Tax Credit certificate. Here’s exactly who qualifies, how the payment works, and what else changed in the same regulatory
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Canada Benefit Payment Dates September 2026 bring a lighter calendar than August, but one date change catches a lot of families off guard. Here’s exactly what’s landing, when, and which benefits are skipping September entirely. Canada Benefit Payment Dates September 2026 at a Glance Benefit September 2026 Date Notes Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB) September 10
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Every year, the CRA adjusts key benefit amounts and tax thresholds to keep pace with inflation — a process called indexation. For 2026, that adjustment factor is 2%, noticeably lower than the 2.7% increase applied in 2025. But “2%” doesn’t tell the whole story, because some benefits got extra boosts on top of standard indexation,
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If your GST/HST Credit deposit suddenly showed up under a different name this year, you’re not imagining things. Starting July 2026, the Canada Revenue Agency replaced the long-running GST/HST Credit with a new, permanently larger payment called the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB). Millions of Canadians are still confused about what changed, how much
