Couldn't find a CERB thread so I will post here.
Has anyone else here received notice to pay back a CERB "advance"? I received two emails over the last year or so and got a letter in the mail today. I've known this was coming as March 2020 my first $2000 CERB payment came and days later a second $2000 arrived. This was due to filing for EI (berfore CERB was in place) then being transitioned to CERB. Months later, maybe June 2020 they said the first $2000 was an "advance" and my benefit would be $1000 for the next two months. I then returned to work before the $1000 payments started. So anyways I've been expecting to repay $2000 for nearly two years now.
I have not been too anxious to repay the money as this is the government we are dealing with... I was hoping the amount would just be deducted from my tax refund and we would be done with it but did not happen. The letter I received in the mail this week said I have a debt of $1000, not $2000 as was previously stated and what I'm prepared to repay.
Has anyone else already dealt with this or been notified of a repayment, or repaid their CERB overpayment?
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