Filing Common Law and getting less?
Hi all,
My fiancee and I filed common law this year as per the law. While we had both gotten the GST credit and she got the Ontario credit last year we can't get it now and even have to repay for last year. I made more money last year as I went back to school this Fall but filed as single and still got GST in 2009. After filing common law in 2010 we had to repay last years credits and get nothing this year because "your family net income is more than $42,505. She made about 10k last year and this year as she is in school. If we filed seperately we'd get a few hundred each but together we get nothing? Our combined income is about $44,000. Is there any benifit to filing together? Almost seems like we should break up for a few days.
My fiancee and I filed common law this year as per the law. While we had both gotten the GST credit and she got the Ontario credit last year we can't get it now and even have to repay for last year. I made more money last year as I went back to school this Fall but filed as single and still got GST in 2009. After filing common law in 2010 we had to repay last years credits and get nothing this year because "your family net income is more than $42,505. She made about 10k last year and this year as she is in school. If we filed seperately we'd get a few hundred each but together we get nothing? Our combined income is about $44,000. Is there any benifit to filing together? Almost seems like we should break up for a few days.