Hi,

This is Lamin's other (better!) half. I am in the process of filing my 2010 Cdn tax return and have one question for anyone who might be able to help.

If we are getting the Child Tax Credit/Benefit in the UK for our daughter, can we get it here, too? I'm fairly sure we can't, contrary to what someone has told me.

Thanks in advance.
S

If you are living in Canada you should not be getting any UK benefits. You have to tell them you have left the UK and repay the amounts you received since you left.

You have to apply for the Canadian equivalent - Canadian Child Tax Benefit. It is means tested but even if you have only one child you will get something if your family income is less than $100,000. If you are PRs you can quality straight away. If you are on a TWP there is a waiting period of 18 months.

There is a waiting period (18 months I think for TWP anyway) for child benefit in Canada. The amount is adjusted to suit income for the previous 2 or 3 years. Revenue canada website has all the forms.

Hubby is here with work on a 4 year posting. We have to return the the UK this time next year. Have checked before we left the UK if we still get them and because of his job, we can. This is why I never bothered checking into CDN equvilents when we arrived, which is why I don't think we can get both.

Just wanted to get my facts straight before telling this accountant person I am seeing soon that he doesn't need to file any more returns for me. If possible, and depending what I find out before Friday, I won't be needing his help!

Thx.

(BTW, I am Canadian)

So you have been living here but getting the UK Child Benefit ?

Yes.

OK - a military posting? Yes, in that case you do continue to get UK child benefit.

It is a fairly unusual situation because the accompanying spouses of foreign military personnel are usually deemed non-resident and so don't qualify for Canadian CTB.

I don't get what the big fuss is about this?

There are reciprocal agreements in certain countries to do with what country you reside in and what country you work in and what country you pay your taxes to. If the op's hubby pays taxes to Britain then quite rightly he is allowed to claim child benefit from Blighty for his kids.
He could be working for a British company here in Canada or out of the country enough days to be tax resident of Britain.

It's not really relevant to the thread about the op's situation regarding why she is getting British child benefit.

Please re read the OP's first post, it would appear that that was involved in her initial question.