Support from the CRA during difficult situations

How to keep getting your Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) payments if you are in an abusive situation or affected by a disaster, and how to protect your personal information. Get help with your CRA debt or past COVID-19 benefits and subsidies.

You are affected by a disaster

If you cannot get your CRA payment cheques, pay a debt, or have lost your tax records due to a disaster

You are a victim of abuse or violence

How to get your CRA payments and confirm your personal information if your situation has changed

You are experiencing financial hardship

Arrange to pay a debt over time, delay a payment, find debt relief options for specific situations

You are a victim of a scam or identity theft

Call us to place protections on your CRA account if you were scammed or notice suspicious activity

Past support programs

You received COVID-19 benefits from the CRA

Eligibility for closed CRA benefits, validating your application and repaying benefit overpayments

Your business received COVID-19 subsidies

Eligibility for past wage and rent subsidies, claim periods, calculations, and repayments

You received the one-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit

Who was eligible, what to do if your application is being reviewed or if you need to return the payment

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