How to make social assistance payments get assigned only to the person who received them and not the common law partner? They are assigned to highest income by default.

[reshaque]

Thanks for your question. As per CRA, If you are married or in a common-law partnership, the person who has the higher net income must report the SA payments. If you receive SA payments and you got married in March, and if your new spouse earns more than you do, your spouse should report the payments on his/her return, regardless of the fact that the T5007 slip is in your name. Please click here to read the blog about social assistance payment. 

[taxesdoctor]

Thank you for the reply. I knew that when I prepare my taxes. However, CRA didn't like that and they added that income to her return as well so Now it is duplicated in both my income and hers. I am trying to submit these changes using refile so I remove it from my income and add it to hers but I can't find such an option. I think the reason why this doesn't apply in this case is because only my wife was on social assistance during that period and I wasn't on her file since we weren't married yet.