The CRA has records of those who received the benefit and for what period. The biggest concerns lie around the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), which were originally designed to be quickly accessible with very little pre-payment verification. According to the CRA’s national business resumption plan published in late June, the agency plans on launching verification programs centred around CERB, CEWS and CESB in September. ‘The CRA has records of those who received the benefit and for what period. These records will be used, along with tax slips received from employers and other relevant information available to the CRA, to validate eligibility,” Biram said.

Source: National Post August 25, 2020 22:07 UTC