COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses

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How to apply

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• Before you apply
• Apply for a wage or hiring subsidy
• Attestation and elections

Before you apply

Answer these questions to ensure your application will be quick and easy:

Apply for a wage or hiring subsidy

For the THRP or HHBRP, you must submit a separate application for each claim period you are eligible for, and for each payroll (RP) account you have.

For the CRHP, submit only one application for each claim period you are eligible for, even if you have more than one RP account.

Read the Privacy Statement

Privacy Notice for:

• the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) Ended
• the Canada Recovery Hiring Program (CRHP)
• the Hardest-Hit Business Recovery Program (HHBRP), and
• the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program (THRP)

When you apply for a subsidy under any of these programs, your information is collected under the authority of the Income Tax Act as part of the Government of Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time the relevant personal information banks may not have been registered:

• CEWS: PPU 231
• CRHP: PPU 233
• HHBRP: PPU 234
• THRP: PPU 235

The information you provide will be used for the purpose of (i) administering your application, and could be used for (ii) issuing a payment to your business, (iii) verifying that your business meets the program’s eligibility requirements, and (iv) to collect any overpayments or erroneous payments that may have been issued. Failure to provide information will affect consideration for the subsidy. Providing false information may lead to penalties and other serious consequences.

Please note that to process your application we will need to access information in your tax file. Information regarding your participation in the program may be disclosed to the public in accordance with the Income Tax Act.

Under the Privacy Act, you have a right of protection, access to and correction of your personal information and to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding our handling of your information.

There are three ways to apply:

Option 1

In My Business Account, find the wage subsidy applications under Payroll in the main menu.

Read about the attestation form and elections for the applications

Sign in to My Business Account Register for My Business Account

Option 2

Business representatives may apply using Represent a Client
Note: Only representatives authorized at Level 2 or 3 will be able to apply with a completed attestation form

Sign in to Represent a Client Register for Represent a Client

Option 3

If neither is an option for you, you may use the Web Forms application using your web access code (WAC)

Sign in to the Web Forms application for CRHP

Sign in to the Web Forms application for THRP

Sign in to the Web Forms application for HHBRP

Sign in to the Web Forms application for CEWS Ended

Get a web access code (WAC)

Attestation and elections

Attestation form for representatives

If you are completing the application as a representative of an employer, you are required to have the owner (or person who is financially responsible) complete and sign a separate attestation form. Keep this completed and signed attestation form in case we ask you to submit it in the future.

Download the current attestation form:

Attestation for claim periods 22 and onward for owner/managers and/or senior employees (comptroller/VP Finance/CFO) of an eligible employer applying for the wage or hiring subsidy (RC669)

Past attestation form

• Attestation for claim periods 1 to 21 for owner/managers and/or senior employees (comptroller/VP Finance/CFO) of an eligible employer applying for the wage or hiring subsidy (RC661) Closed

If you apply for the subsidy on your own behalf using MyBA or the Web Forms application, you will make an attestation as part of the online application and do not normally need to download a separate attestation form.

Elections or choices under subsections 125.7(1) or 125.7(4) of the Income Tax Act

When you apply, you will be asked if you have made any of the elections or choices related to the program rules in the legislation.

You may need to select "yes" to this question in the application form to see the full list of elections if you are in any of these circumstances:

Alternate approach

If you used the alternative prior reference period (January and February 2020) to calculate your revenue drop

Pre-crisis pay (baseline remuneration)

If you calculated your non-arm’s length employee pre-crisis pay (baseline remuneration) using a period other than January 1, 2020, to March 15, 2020

Registered charity or non-profit

If you are a registered charity or not-for-profit employer who excluded government funding from your revenue

Accounting method

If you used the cash method to calculate your revenue when you normally use the accrual method, or vice versa

Non-arm's-length revenue

If you earn most of your revenue from non-arm’s-length sources

Purchased another business

If you purchased all (or almost all) of another person's or partnership’s business assets

Consolidated financial statements

If you are part of a group of eligible employers who prepare consolidated financial statements that decided to determine your revenue separately

Affiliated group of employers

If you are part of an affiliated group of eligible employers that decided to determine your revenue on a consolidated basis

Joint venture

If you are owned by participants in a joint venture and you calculated your eligible revenue using the revenue of the joint venture

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