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Reply to CRA Review — Child Care Expenses, 2025
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR ADDRESS]
Social insurance number: [SIN]
Phone: [PHONE]
[DATE]
Canada Revenue Agency
[ADDRESS OR REFERENCE FROM THE CRA LETTER]
Re: Review of child care expenses, 2025 tax year — your letter dated [DATE OF CRA LETTER], reference [CASE NUMBER]
Thank you for your letter. Below is the information you asked for, with copies of the documents. I claimed $[TOTAL CLAIMED] for child care expenses on my 2025 return.
1. Children
Child Date of birth Age at December 31, 2025 Disability tax credit
[CHILD NAME] [DATE OF BIRTH] [AGE] [YES / NO]
[CHILD NAME] [DATE OF BIRTH] [AGE] [YES / NO]
2. Providers and amounts paid in 2025
Provider SIN or business number Type of care Period Amount Receipt
[PROVIDER NAME] [SIN OR BN] [DAYCARE / BABYSITTER / CAMP] [FROM – TO] $[AMOUNT] attached
[PROVIDER NAME] [SIN OR BN] [TYPE] [FROM – TO] $[AMOUNT] attached
None of the providers is the child's mother or father, my spouse or partner, a person under 18 related to me, or a person I claimed as a dependant.
3. Why the care was needed
In 2025 I [WORKED AT EMPLOYER / RAN A BUSINESS / STUDIED AT SCHOOL] from [DATE] to [DATE]. My [SPOUSE OR PARTNER], [NAME], [WORKED / STUDIED / WAS ILL] during the same period.
4. Who claimed
My net income in 2025 was $[AMOUNT]; my [SPOUSE OR PARTNER]'s was $[AMOUNT]. [I have the lower income and made the claim. / I have the higher income; my partner was [studying / ill / separated] for [NUMBER] weeks.]
Enclosed (copies):
Receipts from each provider
Proof of payment: [BANK STATEMENTS / CANCELLED CHEQUES / E-TRANSFER RECORDS]
[Letter from employer or school / camp invoice showing number of weeks]
Please contact me at [PHONE OR EMAIL] if anything else is needed.
Yours truly,
[YOUR FULL NAME]
Signature: ____________________
For me: before sending
[ ] Reply date in the CRA letter: [DATE]
[ ] Every receipt from a person shows their SIN (ITA s. 63(1))
[ ] Limits checked: $8,000 under 7, $11,000 with disability tax credit, $5,000 other; total not over 2/3 of earned income (ITA s. 63)
[ ] Camps: no more than $200 / $275 / $125 a week
[ ] Copies only, originals kept; date sent noted: [DATE]