New GST Payment Is Now Being Sent Starting On October 5

Last Updated On 6 October 2023, 1:05 PM EDT (Toronto Time)

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is now sending out the second quarterly HST/GST payment beginning on October 5, 2023, to eligible Canadian taxpayers.

The GST/HST credit is a non-taxable amount granted to individuals and families with low and modest incomes four times a year to help balance the goods and services tax and harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) that they pay.

HST/GST Payment Eligibility

If you are a resident of Canada for income tax purposes at the beginning of the month in which the CRA makes a payment, you are entitled to this credit.

You must be at least 19 years old in the month before the CRA makes a quarterly payment.

If you are under the age of 19, you must meet at least one of the following requirements during the same time period:

• You currently have (or previously had) a spouse or common-law partner.
• You are (or were) a parent who lives (or was living) with your child.

How to get GST/HST Credit

To claim the GST/HST credit, as well as any relevant provincial and territorial credits, you must file a tax return for 2022, even if you did not earn any income in that year.

If you are a newcomer to Canada (international student, work permit holder, landed permanent resident), then you can claim the GST/HST credit via one of the below-listed two options:

If you do not have children,

Send Form RC151, GST/HST Credit and Climate Action Incentive Payment Application for Individuals Who Become Residents of Canada, completed for the year you became a tax-paying resident of Canada.

If you have children,

Fill out Form RC66, Canada Child Benefits Application, and send it in to apply for all child and family benefits. To capture your citizenship and residency information, as well as your Statement of Income, you must also fill out Form RC66SCH, Status in Canada and Income Information for the Canada Child Benefits Application.

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