{"id":334,"date":"2026-07-27T01:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/?p=334"},"modified":"2026-08-25T08:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:04:04","slug":"gst-hst-credit-dates-eligibility-the-new-cgeb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/gst-hst-credit-dates-eligibility-the-new-cgeb\/","title":{"rendered":"GST\/HST Credit: Dates, Eligibility &#038; the New CGEB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been searching for the GST\/HST credit, here is the single most important fact: it has been renamed the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB) as of July 2026. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) confirms that the last quarterly payment under the old GST\/HST credit name was issued on <strong>April 2, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This guide explains what the GST\/HST credit was, who qualified, the final payment dates, and where to check your amounts now that the benefit carries a new name.<\/p>\n<p>The GST\/HST credit was a tax-free quarterly payment for individuals and families with low and modest incomes. It helped offset the GST or HST they paid on everyday purchases. Any provincial or territorial amounts that used to be included are now bundled into your CGEB payments.<\/p>\n<h2>Who was eligible for the GST\/HST credit?<\/h2>\n<p>Eligibility was worked out automatically. According to the CRA, if you filed a tax return each year, the agency decided whether you were entitled to the credit without a separate application.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automatic assessment:<\/strong> filing your annual tax return was usually all you needed to do.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low and modest incomes:<\/strong> the credit targeted individuals and families in these income ranges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carry-over to the CGEB:<\/strong> if you were receiving the GST\/HST credit and your situation has not changed, you are likely eligible for the CGEB, because the eligibility criteria are the same.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can review the current rules on the CRA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/child-family-benefits\/canada-groceries-essentials-benefit\/who-eligible.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CGEB eligibility page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>When were GST\/HST credit payments made?<\/h2>\n<p>The credit followed a fixed yearly cycle. The CRA recalculated the amount every July using your previous year&#8217;s tax return. Payment periods ran from July through June of the following year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quarterly payments:<\/strong> amounts were paid four times a year across the July-to-June period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final quarterly payment:<\/strong> issued on April 2, 2026 under the GST\/HST credit name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One-time top-up:<\/strong> an additional payment was issued on June 5, 2026 to give immediate support before the CGEB took effect in July 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you were entitled to receive the GST\/HST credit in January 2026, you would have received that one-time top-up. Details are on the CRA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/child-family-benefits\/gst-hst-credit\/one-time-top-up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-time top-up page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What if I filed a past tax return late?<\/h2>\n<p>You may still qualify for money you missed. If you file a prior year return late, the CRA can decide whether you are owed a retroactive amount based on that return.<\/p>\n<p>Because the credit is now the CGEB, any retroactive amount will be paid as a CGEB payment. Depending on when your return is assessed, you might receive it as a separate lump sum or combined with your next quarterly CGEB payment.<\/p>\n<h2>How do I check my GST\/HST credit payment details?<\/h2>\n<p>Your payment records are kept in your CRA account. If you had one, entitlement notices were sent there; otherwise they were mailed to you. To view your history:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Sign in:<\/strong> use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/cra-login-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRA sign in<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/cra-login-services\/register-cra-sign-in-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register for a CRA account<\/a> if you do not have one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choose your account:<\/strong> select the Individual account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open Benefits and credits:<\/strong> find this on the Overview screen for detailed payment information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Select the benefit:<\/strong> go to &#8220;Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (formerly the GST\/HST credit)&#8221; to see your payment amounts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Signing in is also the safest way to confirm any figures, since your statement of account shows exactly what was paid.<\/p>\n<h2>What if I did not get a payment I expected?<\/h2>\n<p>Missing or changed payments usually have a clear reason, such as a change in your income, marital status, or the number of children in your care. The CRA lists common causes on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/child-family-benefits\/canada-groceries-essentials-benefit\/payments-stop-change.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reasons for stopped or changed payments<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h2>How can I avoid GST\/HST credit scams?<\/h2>\n<p>Fraudsters often use benefit names to trick people. The CRA warns that it will only send email notifications if you have given it your email address. Those emails will never ask for personal information or ask you to click a link.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Verify directly:<\/strong> check all payment details by signing in to your CRA account rather than trusting a message.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Never share details:<\/strong> do not give personal or banking information in response to an unexpected email, text, or call.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the most current information on the renamed benefit, visit the CRA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/child-family-benefits\/canada-groceries-essentials-benefit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit<\/a> page. If you were used to the GST\/HST credit, the same tax-filing habit keeps your CGEB payments flowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what happened to the GST\/HST credit, its final payment dates, eligibility rules, and how it became the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myinformernews.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}