Repay COVID-19 benefits
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Repay COVID-19 benefits
COVID-19 benefits provided temporary income support to individuals who were directly affected by the pandemic.
If you received benefit payments that you were not eligible for, you will need to return the full amount you received.
This applies to any of these COVID-19 benefits:
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) with the CRA: Repayments
- Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB): Repayments
- Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB): Repayments
- Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB): Repayments
- Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB): Repayments
- Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB): Repayments
Repay CERB received from Service Canada
If you received CERB from Service Canada, you must repay Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).
Sections
- Why you may need to repay: Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- Reasons to repay a benefit amount
- How to return a payment: Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- Options to pay online, by mail, in person, or over time
- Impact on your taxes: Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- How to claim your repayments as a deduction on your tax return
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- Date modified:
- 2023-11-17