You might have to pay back some of that CERB money.
CRA officials have begun sending letters to anyone they believe earned more than $1000 a month while taking CERB payments.
They’ve drawn up their mailing list after reviewing tax returns.
About 9 million people used the program, designed to help people get by in the face of massive job losses in the early days of the pandemic, the government gave out $82 billion dollars.
You only needed to attest you met the requirements to get the money, however officials long maintained they would take back wrongful payments.
The CRA sent out 441,000 letters at the end of 2020 asking recipients to verify they met eligibility requirements.
Thousands more letters are going out in the second round, which started Thursday.
Marc Lemieux, assistant commissioner in charge of verifications for the CRA, says they will be flexible with anyone who has to repay.
