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Consent to share information

Last updated on August 30, 2024

Providing consent

To qualify for the Affordable Child Care Benefit, you must provide consent to share your income records with the ministry. Each time there is a change that may affect your eligibility, the ministry verifies your income.
 
The ministry uses lines 15000 and 14500 of your Canada Revenue Agency Notice of Assessment to determine if you qualify for the benefit.
 
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Sharing your spouse's income information

Each spouse needs to share their income information if there are two parents or guardians in your family.

A spouse is someone who has one of the following relationships with you:

  • They are married to you
  • They are living with you in a marriage-like relationship
  • They have been living with you for at least the previous three consecutive months, or nine of the previous 12 months and has a relationship with you that demonstrates financial dependence or interdependence consistent with a marriage-like relationship
 

If you have no income to declare

You need to provide Canada Revenue Agency consent to confirm your income even if you have not reported any for the past two years. 

 

Situations that are exempt

Families may be exempt from income testing when a child is living with the applicant following an agreement under the Child, Family and Community Service Act or an Indigenous law.

 

Providing alternate proof of your income

If you have not filed taxes for the last two years with the Canada Revenue Agency, complete an Income Declaration Form for the previous calendar year. Include the income amount that is equivalent of Canada Revenue Agency line 15,000 minus line 14,500.

 

If you have a change in income

Use the Income Declaration Form to report if your income has decreased since the previous year. Provide an estimate of your projected income for the next 12 months, starting the month after you are completing the declaration.

You will need to resubmit the form every time your income changes. If necessary, the funding amount is adjusted for the month after your change in income. 

The estimated income amount will continue to be used until it becomes higher than your income reported to the Canada Revenue Agency, or reported as part of the alternate proof of income.

 

Revoking consent

If you or your spouse wish to revoke Canada Revenue Agency consent, you will each need to fill out the Revoke Canada Revenue Agency Consent form.

If you or your spouse revokes consent, you are no longer eligible to receive the Affordable Child Care Benefit.

However, if you are the applicant and your spouse is removed because they no longer meet the definition of a spouse, their revocation will not affect your benefit.