The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is designed to help Canadians who lost their income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The $2,000 monthly payment is currently available for up to four months.

First Canadian Appellate Court determines that Canada Emergency Response Benefits (“CERB”) payments are not deductible from wrongful dismissal damages. In Yates v Langley Motor Sport Centre Ltd., the ...

Last year, many Canadians got an unwelcome Christmas gift from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In December, the CRA started mailing out repayment requests to former CERB recipients who they believed ...

Saskatchewan's ombudsman says the provincial government followed the correct process when asking those on provincial social income assistance to return their benefits after they also collected federal ...

The Liberal government’s plan to impose retroactive penalties for fraudulent Canada Emergency Response Benefit claims is raising concerns about fairness and constitutionality from tax experts and ...

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is widely available to Canadian-resident taxpayers, and you likely have clients who are eligible. However, they may not be aware of the rules governing ...

In his morning address to the nation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced expanded eligibility rules for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and a plan to top up pay for some ...

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) continues to change and evolve. And with that, I imagine that some eligible Canadians who’ve been collecting such Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) payments are ...

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit will remain available retroactively until early December. A federal government official on Thursday clarified the availability of the retroactive portion of the ...

Amin Mawani is an associate professor of taxation at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. The federal government recently announced that all Canada Emergency Response Benefit ...

Those who applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit for the first four weeks it was available will need to reapply to CRA to continue receiving payments. (Chris Wattie/Reuters) Canadians who ...

The CERB is helping millions of Canadians get through the pandemic. Recipients should know the CRA’s CERB rules and carefully consider how they use the payments. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit ...