For residents of Alberta, the proposed Climate Action Incentive payment amounts for 2020 are as follows:
$444 for a single adult or the first adult in a couple.
$222 for the second adult in a couple. Single parents will receive this amount for their first child.
$111 for each child in the family (starting with the second child for single parents).
Examples:
- Andrew and Ann, who have two young children, live in Edmonton. They decide that Ann will be the parent claiming the Climate Action Incentive payment for their family when she files her 2019 tax return in early 2020. She will claim $444 for herself, $222 for Andrew, and $111 for each child, for a total amount of $888. She will see this full amount when her tax return is assessed.
- Eva is a single mother who lives in Youngstown with her five-year-old son. Under the Climate Action Incentive payments, Eva will claim $444 for herself and $222 for her son when she files her 2019 tax return in early 2020, for a total Climate Action Incentive payment of $666. Given that the family lives in a small or rural community, Eva will indicate on her tax return that her family qualifies for the small and rural communities supplement, meaning that their payment will be boosted by 10 per cent. As a result, Eva will see an amount of $733 when her tax return is assessed.