Request a CPP/EI ruling

• Who can ask the CRA for a ruling
• When to ask for a ruling
• How to ask for a ruling
• Our review and decision
• After a ruling has been made

Our review and decision

Steps the CRA officer will take after receiving a request for a ruling

1. An authorized officer will contact the worker and the payer to discuss the working arrangement. Sometimes the officer will ask for supporting documents. These include employment contracts and agreements, invoices, logs, work schedules, pay stubs, and cancelled cheques.
2. The officer will decide whether the worker is an employee working in pensionable employment for purposes of the CPP or in insurable employment for purposes of the EI Act, or both.
3. The officer will send a ruling letter to the worker and the payer, and to their representatives (if applicable), to inform them of the decision. Also, if Service Canada or a CRA program requested the ruling, the officer will notify them.

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