Form Rc151 E PDF Details

Adjusting to a new country involves navigating through a myriad of forms and policies, among which the RC151 E form plays a crucial role for individuals who have recently made Canada their home. This vital form serves as a GST/HST Credit Application, specifically designed for individuals who have become residents of Canada within a specific tax year and do not have children under the age of 19. The objective of filling out this form is to apply for the GST/HST credit, a non-taxable amount paid quarterly to assist individuals and families with low and modest incomes in offsetting part or all of the GST/HST they pay, making it an essential step in financial adjustment to the Canadian system. The form demands detailed personal information, including social insurance numbers, date of birth, marital status at the time of becoming a resident, and comprehensive income information that was not reported on a Canadian tax return, requiring conversion into Canadian dollars. Importantly, it emphasizes the status of individuals (or their spouse/common-law partner) as new or returning residents, delineating clear instructions for both scenarios. Furthermore, the form lays out the procedure for those unable to provide a Social Insurance Number (SIN), hence acknowledging various residency situations and ensuring inclusivity. The RC151 E form, while seemingly just another piece of bureaucracy, stands as a bridge for new residents to access financial benefits and smoothens their transition into Canadian society, ultimately reflecting Canada's commitment to supporting its diverse populace.

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GST/HST Credit Application

for Individuals Who Become Residents of Canada

Fill out this form to apply for the GST/HST credit for the year in which you became a resident of Canada. Use this form only if you don't have children. If you have children under 19, use My Account or Form RC66, Canada Child Benefits Application.

For more information, see "General information" on pages 3 and 4, go to canada.ca/gst-hst-credit, or see Guide RC4210, GST/HST Credit.

Step 1 – Your information

First name

Last name

Social insurance number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Month Day

Home telephone number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work telephone number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date of birth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mailing address (Apt No – Street No Street name, PO Box, RR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your language

 

 

 

English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of correspondence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City

 

 

 

 

 

Province or territory

Postal code

 

 

 

 

Votre langue

 

 

 

Français

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

de correspondance :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home address, if different from mailing address (Apt No – Street No Street name, RR)

 

 

 

 

Date of address

 

Year

 

Month Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Province or territory

 

Postal code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marital status – Select the box that applies to your marital status on the date you became a resident of Canada and enter the date this marital status began (leave the date blank if you have always been single). We define each marital status on page 3.

Married

Living common-law

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Single

Year

Month Day

Since

If your marital status has changed since you became a resident of Canada, select the box that applies to your new marital status and enter the date of this change:

Married

Living common-law

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Single

Year

Month Day

Since

Step 2 – Information about your spouse or common-law partner

First name

Last name

Social insurance number

Year

Month Day

Date of birth

If your spouse's or common-law partner's address is different than yours, enter it here; otherwise, their address will be updated to match the address indicated in Step 1.

Step 3 – Your residency status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, see "Are you a resident of Canada?" on page 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A – Newcomer to Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your spouse or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

common-law partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the date you, or your spouse or common-law partner, became a resident

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B – Returning resident of Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your spouse or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

common-law partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the Canadian province or territory in which you, or your spouse or common-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

law partner, resided before you cut your residential ties with Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the date you, or your spouse or common-law partner, cut your residential ties

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with Canada (became a non-resident)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the date you, or your spouse or common-law partner, re-established your

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

residential ties with Canada (became a resident again)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RC151 E (19)

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Step 4 – Your income

Enter your and your spouse's or common-law partner's (if you have one) income from all sources that was not reported on a Canadian tax return. All amounts must be converted into Canadian dollars using the Bank of Canada exchange rate in effect when you received the income. For the exchange rates, go

to bankofcanada.ca/rates/exchange.

Enter "0" if you had no income.

Note

If you are an Indian as defined in the Indian Act, do not report the portion of income that qualifies for the tax exemption under section 87 of the Indian Act. For more information, go to canada.ca/taxes-aboriginal-peoples and select “Information on the tax exemption under section 87 of the Indian Act.”

A – The year you became a resident of Canada

Enter the year you became a resident of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Do not enter your spouse's or common-law partner's income if they did not become a resident of Canada in that year. You will need to report their income for this year on Form CTB9, Income of Non-Resident Spouse or Common-Law Partner, when you do your taxes for the year you became a resident of Canada.

 

 

You

 

Your spouse or

 

 

 

 

common-law partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the income earned from January 1 of that year to the date you each

 

 

 

 

 

became a resident

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B – One year before you became a resident of Canada

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the year that is one year before you became a resident of Canada. . . . . . . . . . .

For example, if you became a resident of Canada in 2019, you would enter "2018."

 

 

 

 

 

 

You

 

Your spouse or

 

 

 

common-law partner

 

 

 

 

Enter the income earned one year before you each became a resident

$

 

$

 

of Canada

 

 

C – Two years before you became a resident of Canada

Fill out this step only if you became a resident of Canada between January 1 and May 31 of the year you entered in section A.

Enter the year that is two years before you became a resident of Canada . . . . . . . . .

For example, if you became a resident of Canada on February 15, 2019, you would enter "2017."

 

 

You

 

Your spouse or

 

 

 

common-law partner

 

 

 

 

Enter the income earned two years before you each became a resident

$

 

$

 

of Canada

 

 

Step 5 – Signature

I certify that the information given on this form is correct and complete. I understand that it is a serious offence to make a false statement.

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

Your signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse's or common-law

 

 

 

Year

 

Month

Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

partner's signature

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal information (including the SIN) is collected for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of the Income Tax Act and related programs and activities including administering tax, benefits, audit, compliance, and collection. The information collected may be used or disclosed for purposes of other federal acts that provide for the imposition and collection of a tax or duty. It may also be disclosed to other federal, provincial, territorial or foreign government institutions to the extent authorized by law. Failure to provide this information may result in interest payable, penalties or other actions. Under the Privacy Act, individuals have the right to access their personal information, request correction, or file a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the handling of the individual's personal information. Refer to Personal Information Bank CRA PPU 140 on Info Source at canada.ca/cra-info-source.

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General information

What is the GST/HST credit?

The GST/HST credit is a non-taxable amount paid 4 times a year to help individuals and families with low and modest incomes offset all or part of the GST/HST that they pay.

Are you eligible for the credit?

You are eligible for this credit if you are a resident of Canada for income tax purposes in the month before and at the beginning of the month in which we make a payment, and at least one of the following applies:

•you are 19 or older

•you have (or had) a spouse or common-law partner

•you are (or were) a parent and live (or lived) with your child

If you are turning 19 years old before April in the year after you became a resident of Canada, you can apply for the credit now. Generally, you have to be 19 or older to get the GST/HST credit, but you can be younger than 19 to apply.

Are you a resident of Canada?

You are considered to be a resident of Canada when you establish sufficient residential ties in Canada. Residential ties include:

•a home in Canada

•a spouse or common-law partner who lives in Canada

•dependants who live in Canada

If you got a letter from us about your residency status, include a copy of it with this application.

If you are not sure if you are a resident of Canada, send Form NR74, Determination of Residency Status (Entering Canada), and include it with this application. We will give you our opinion about your residency status.

Do you have a social insurance number?

You and your spouse or common-law partner (if you have one) need a social insurance number (SIN) to apply. However, if Service Canada will not give you a SIN, you can still apply by filling out this form and attaching a letter explaining why you cannot get a SIN. You must also attach a clear photocopy of any of the following documents:

•passport

•driver's licence

•visitor record

•birth certificate or proof of birth

•any document issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

•any document that proves your or your spouse’s or common-law partner’s identity

Do you have a spouse or common-law partner?

You can get the GST/HST credit for your spouse or common-law partner. Generally, they have to be a resident of Canada for income tax purposes in the month before and at the beginning of the month in which we make a payment. Fill out the section "Information about your spouse or common-law partner" on the first page of the application form.

If you have a spouse or common-law partner, only one of you can get the GST/HST credit for both of you. No matter which one of you applies,

the amount will be the same.

Definitions

Divorced – you were married and are now legally divorced.

Living common-law – you are living in a conjugal relationship with someone to whom you are not married and to whom at least one of the following situations applies. They:

•have been living with you for at least 12 consecutive months. This includes any period you were separated for less than 90 days because of a breakdown in the relationship

•are the parent of your child by birth or adoption

•have custody and control of your child (or had custody and control immediately before the child turned 19 years of age) and your child is wholly dependent on that person for support

Married – you are legally married to someone.

Separated – you have been living apart from your spouse or common-law partner because of a breakdown in the relationship for a period of at least 90 days and you have not reconciled.

Once you have been separated for 90 days because of a breakdown in the relationship, the effective day of your separation is the date you started living apart.

You would still be considered to have a spouse or common-law partner if there is no breakdown in the relationship and you were living apart for reasons such as:

•work

•studies

•health problems

Note

Generally, you are not considered separated if your spouse or common- law partner is incarcerated or does not live in Canada, as long as there is no breakdown in your relationship. However, you may not get the GST/ HST credit for your spouse or common-law partner if the eligibility criteria are not met.

Single – you are single and no other marital status applies to you.

Spouse – the person to whom you are legally married.

Widowed – your spouse or common-law partner is deceased.

How do we calculate your credit?

We base your GST/HST credit on your and your spouse's or common-law partner's income from all sources, both inside and outside Canada (if they are a resident of Canada), and on the number of children you have registered.

If you became a resident of Canada:

•between January 1 and May 31, you must fill in A, B, and C of Step 4

•between June 1 and December 31, you must fill in A and B of Step 4

We will send you a GST/HST credit notice telling you how much you will get and how we calculated the amount. GST/HST credit payments are normally issued in January, April, July, and October each year.

To get an estimate of your GST/HST credit, go to canada.ca/child-family-benefits-calculator.

Related provincial programs

The Canada Revenue Agency administers the following provincial programs that are related to the GST/HST credit:

•BC climate action tax credit

•New Brunswick harmonized sales tax credit

•Newfoundland and Labrador income supplement

•Newfoundland and Labrador seniors' benefit

•Nova Scotia affordable living tax credit

•Ontario sales tax credit

•Prince Edward Island sales tax credit

•Saskatchewan low-income tax credit

You don't need to apply to a province to get payments for these programs. If you are eligible and have applied for the GST/HST credit, your provincial credit payments will be combined with your GST/HST credit payments (except for the Ontario sales tax credit, as part of the Ontario trillium benefit, which is issued separately).

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When should you contact us?

Call 1-800-387-1193 or send us a letter to tell us immediately about the following changes and the date they happened or will happen:

•you move (if we do not have your new address, your payments may stop, whether you get them by direct deposit or by cheque)

Note

You can also tell us by sending Form RC325, Address change request.

•you get your payments by direct deposit and your banking information changes

•the number of children in your care changes

•your marital status changes

Note

You can also tell us by sending Form RC65, Marital Status Change.

Call 1-800-387-1193 to tell us immediately about the following changes and the date they happened or will happen:

•you (or your spouse or common-law partner) are no longer a resident of Canada

•the GST/HST recipient has died

Direct deposit

Direct deposit is a fast, convenient, reliable, and secure way to get your CRA payments directly into your account at a financial institution in Canada. To sign up for direct deposit or to update your banking information, go

to canada.ca/cra-direct-deposit.

Where do you send your form?

Send your form or letter and any documents to the tax centre that serves your area. Use the chart below to get the address.

If your tax services office is

Send your correspondence to the

located in:

following address:

 

 

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,

Winnipeg Tax Centre

Northwest Territories, Nunavut,

66 Stapon Road

Saskatchewan, or Yukon

Winnipeg MB R3C 3M2

 

 

New Brunswick, Newfoundland and

Sudbury Tax Centre

Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, or

Post Office Box 20000, Station A

Prince Edward Island

Sudbury ON P3A 5C1

 

 

Québec

Jonquière Tax Centre

 

2251 René-Lévesque Boulevard

 

Jonquière QC G7S 5J2

 

 

For more information

If you need more information about the GST/HST credit, go

to canada.ca/gst-hst-credit, call 1-800-387-1193, or see Guide RC4210, GST/HST Credit.

For more information on residency status in Canada, go

to canada.ca/cra-determining-residency-status or see Pamphlet T4055, Newcomers to Canada.

To get our forms and publications, go to canada.ca/cra-forms or call 1-800-387-1193.

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