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  • Will Canada Revenue Agency seize my tax refunds if I go bankrupt?

  • Unfortunately, if you owe income tax the answer is yes

  • If you owe income taxes, CRA can seize any tax refund otherwise owed to you for the years prior and

  • including the year of your proposal. For example, if a debtor owes taxes for the 2008 and

  • 2009 tax years and files a consumer proposal in March 2011

  • Any refund they are due for the 2010 tax year, the year prior to the proposal, and the

  • 2011 tax year, the year of the proposal, will be seized by CRA against the amount owed to them

  • After the proposal year all further refunds are sent to you

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Will Canada Revenue Agency seize my tax refunds if I go bankrupt?

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