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Wondering if someone can explain this to me. I just finished doing my sons income tax(using Turbo tax).His total income for the year was only $19688.00. ($12000 in CERB and$7688 job income). I have double checked my Line inputs on Turbotax.. and apparently He is getting a refund of $100. I dont understand this. I was assuming he would be paying a few thousand dollars in income tax! how is this possible. Im glad he doesnt have to.. but i just dont understand why. Thanks for any information folks

Following this. I made $8000 before getting 'temporarily' laid off in April due to covid, $12,000 in CERB and took $6500 in EI (really what CERB should of been!)  
 
I filed my income tax 2 weeks ago. I owed $59 mainly because my employer didn't take quite enough tax off. I had $119.72 overpayment on my CPP. If I was back working or working somewhere else , I would of owed a lot more. In my case, I am renting and had some donations which helped me a fair bit. I had to forward my medical expenses to next year because there was no tax taken off CERB. I normally get a $1500 return.  
 
Edited by alight, 2021-03-13 11:47:12

Neither example cited above are particularly high income scenarios.  
 
Don't forget that the personal amount, the basic non-refundable tax credit, was $13,229 in 2020. That means there *is* no federal income tax paid on the first $13,299 of income (from any taxable source) received in 2020.  
 
So in the OP's numbers, with $19,688, only ($19,688-$13,299) $6,389 is going to have any taxes applied to them after the basic personal amount is taken into account. But if there's other earned (employment income), you'll have source deductions to apply to that too, like income tax, CPP contributions, EI contributions, etc.  
 
So it's seems very plausible that the situation is exactly like they described. Good news for people who were expecting huge tax bills due to CERB.

on CERB for a few months last spring. When I got called back to work, I had my employer take an additional $50 off my paychecks for income tax. Haven't done my taxes yet so I don't know how much difference it made. Who knows I might get most of the extra $50 back. But I did that since I knew income tax wasn't being deducted off CERB and didn't want to be surprised this spring with a big amount owing.

Refund is due to receiving Manitoba tax credits and the Carbon rebate - don’t forget that one !  
His employer may have taken more tax off at source too.  
If you entered all the info off you T slips into turbo tax and double checked then it is most likely right.  
My nephew made approx same getting back a little bit more but due to rent and medical expense.  
 
And those on EI I find they never take enough tax off at source.  
 
Edited by Mac72, 2021-03-13 13:38:51

It changes by province. In MB there are more tax credits, like cost of living for instance...unlike BC, where you cannot claim rent.  
 
Also the personal amount, as Abbysmum mentions, where you can make up to the personal exemption amount like 13K, and then subtract deductions to boot for a small net amount.  
 
https://www.savvynewcanadians.com/manitoba-tax-brackets  
 
Oh, How I wanted to rub it with my kid also *regarding CERB !! haha.

Thanks to all the responses.I guess ill assume i did it properly.

I collected one cerb, didn’t owe anything on it.