Well, no, unlike provincial sales tax and GST rebates, they won't withold any disability tax credits, nor child tax credit benefits. The only time CRA witholds (offsets) them is when the taxpayer has an outstanding payment due within that particular program. Obviously, OSAP has nothing to do with those.

i was wondering the same thing. I have recently applied for the disability tax credit for my child. I have been approved, but i owe OSAP. I know they can take any backpay i get from income tax, but can they take the money i receive for the child disability supplement i get with my child tax benefit. I should be receiving a big sum for back pay, and i am hopeful i will receive it and not them. My income tax reassesment is only $400, but backpay for the child disability benefit is a few thousand. Does anybody know if they can take that??

They willl take your gst and you income tax returns but because your childtax is for your kids they cant take it!! i know this from experince because i owe them n so does a friend and we still get child tax but nothing else!

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Who sent you this letter? Give me the exact contents of this letter. Is this the first letter that you have received? To whom were you previously making payments? When was your student loan originally received?

At this point, don't worry about any deadline stated in the letter because nothing is going to happen. And no, you are not going to court and you are not going to lose your child tax benefit.

Please respond to these questions ASAP and I will explain where you go from here.

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hi I really need help...I used to pay osap before and I never missed any payment at all for almost 3 yrs. consecutive since I authorized them to take a certain amount in my bank every month...but then its been 8 months now that i don't pay them cuz I have no job and I have one child..all I'm relying right now is the child tax benefit and the gst tax..Now they sent me a letter stating in demand to pay them..and there is a deadline and its almost 3 days from now and its due..I used to owe OSAP 17,000 but now I owe them 2,900 only...I'm a very nervous and scared and sensitive when it comes debt which it bothers mo so much...are they gonna send me to court? I'm concerned if they gonna stop my child tax benefit that I'm receiving from my son..please any advice...thank you