so, i did my taxes and there was indeed a $154 tax credit worked into it. it's calculated at the very end of the process, so that essentially everybody gets a tax cut. if you have kids or dependents you can claim more, and if you live in a rural area you get an extra 10%. you then just subtract that from whatever you're owing.

my taxes are zero. so, instead of sending in a zero return, i get a $154.00 tax refund. i presume that will come in a lump sum.

...except that it might not, because i have a $70,000 student loan that i haven't made a payment on in ten years. they can't take rebates or sales tax credits, but because this comes up as a refund, they'll probably be able to take it. i was expecting it to come up as a rebate, like the gst does.

i've already explained to them that i'm disabled, but they didn't seem to understand.

i'm not going to protest the point, i'll let them look at the data and come to the conclusion on they're own. maybe seizing my $150 credit for a few years and realizing that's all i've got or ever will have will get the point across that they're wasting their time.