Are you still paying back COVID benefits you don’t owe?
Hello, I just finished helping my dad with his CRA account and found something concerning.
His COVID benefit balance was fully paid off as of May 25, 2026, yet CRA is still deducting money from his benefits, including the Ontario Trillium Benefit, as of August 2026.
Looking through the mail section of his CRA account, each benefit notice says it was processed on May 24, 2026 under 'Explanation'. His COVID benefit account showed a $0 balance as of May 25.
From what I can tell, it looks like CRA determined how much to deduct from each of his benefits for the year the day before his COVID debt was fully paid off.
The most concerning part is that his COVID benefit account does not have any other enteries since May 25, so the money being deducted from his benefits since then is not being reflected there. The only way we noticed was by going through each benefit notice in the 'Mail' section and adding up the amounts listed as “COVID repayment.”
I’ll be calling CRA when they're open next week to find out how and when he'll be getting this money back.
I wanted to share this in case anyone else who paid off their COVID benefit debt is still having money deducted from their CRA benefits.