{"id":28071,"date":"2025-05-27T16:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/?p=28071"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:02:37","slug":"who-are-newcomers-according-to-the-cra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/who-are-newcomers-according-to-the-cra\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are newcomers according to the CRA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28071\" class=\"elementor elementor-28071\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e2510c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e2510c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b78973d\" data-id=\"b78973d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4366004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4366004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) considers you a newcomer to Canada for the first year you are a resident of Canada for income tax purposes.<\/p><p>Newcomers to Canada can apply to get benefit and credit payments, including any related provincial and territorial payments, even before they do their taxes for the first time. These payments will provide additional support for your life in Canada.<\/p><p>To understand your tax obligations and determine if you should apply for benefit and credit payments, it is important to know your residency status and your immigration status.<\/p><p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/international-non-residents\/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents\/newcomers-canada-immigrants.html\">here<\/a> to learn more<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">Information source from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a568e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a568e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/international-non-residents\/individuals-leaving-entering-canada-non-residents\/newcomers-canada-immigrants.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) considers you a newcomer to Canada for the first year you are a resident of Canada for income tax purposes. Newcomers to Canada can apply to get benefit and credit payments, including any related provincial and territorial payments, even before they do their taxes for the first time. These payments &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/who-are-newcomers-according-to-the-cra\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who are newcomers according to the CRA?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,56,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cra-infomation","category-tax-tips","category-whats-new"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-photo-7203879-7203879-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tax Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/author\/tax-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) considers you a newcomer to Canada for the first year you are a resident of Canada for income tax purposes. 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