News release

October Canada Child Tax Benefit payments

Ottawa, October 18, 2001... The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) will be issuing the October Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) payments tomorrow, totaling more than $649 million, to more than 2.8 million recipients across Canada.

Clients who are expecting a benefit payment and have not received it by October 26 should contact the CCRA's CCTB enquiry service at 1-800-387-1193 for service in English and 1-800-387-1194 for service in French. This service is available weekdays from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (local time).

Clients can have their CCTB payments deposited directly into their accounts at their financial institutions. To take advantage of this option, clients have to complete Form T1-DD, Direct Deposit Request, which they can get at their tax services office or tax center.

Both spouses and common-law partners have to file a tax return to receive or continue to receive CCTB payments. Individuals who move must inform the CCRA immediately to ensure that their CCTB payments are not disrupted, even if they use direct deposit and their bank account does not change.

Payments for the following provincial and territorial child benefit programs administered by the CCRA will also be issued:

• BC Family Bonus
• New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit
• Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
• Northwest Territories Child Benefit
• Nunavut Child Benefit
• Nova Scotia Child Benefit
• Saskatchewan Child Benefit
• Yukon Child Benefit

Entitlements under these programs are combined each month with the Canada Child Tax Benefit into a single payment.

Information on the CCTB can also be found under "Newsroom" and on the "Child and Family Benefits" page on the CCRA's Web site at: www.ccra.gc.ca

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