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.
Services and information
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
You are a CRA employee or former employee impacted by job-related legal proceedings
Who is eligible and how to apply for legal representation or financial support for job-related legal proceedings
Past support programs
You received COVID-19 benefits from the CRA Closed
Eligibility for closed CRA benefits, validating your application and repaying benefit overpayments
Your business received COVID-19 subsidies Closed
Eligibility for past wage and rent subsidies, claim periods, calculations, and repayments
You received the one-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit Closed
Who was eligible, what to do if your application is being reviewed or if you need to return the payment