6 (1) Every applicant in respect of a current fiscal year shall in his or her application make a statement of his or her income for the base calendar year.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (1). Minister may estimate income (1.1) If, by reason of subsection 3 (2.1), an applicant is not required to make an application for payment of an increment for any month, the Minister may, on the basis of any information available to the Minister, (a) estimate the applicant’s income for the base calendar year; and (b) in the case of an applicant who is a person described in subsection 15 (2) of the Old Age Security Act
(Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act, estimate the income of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner for the base calendar year.  1999, c. 9, s. 171 (1); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (1). Additional statement where retirement in current fiscal year (2) Where in any current fiscal year an applicant, or an applicant’s spouse or common-law partner who has filed a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act, has ceased to hold an office or employment previously held by him or her or has ceased to carry on a business previously carried on by him or her, the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, may, not later than the end of the fiscal year next following the current fiscal year, in addition to making the statement of his or her income required by subsection (1) in the case of the applicant, or in addition to filing a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act in the case of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, file a statement of his or her estimated income, other than his or her estimated income from that office or employment or from that business, as the case may be, for the calendar year in which he or she ceased to hold that office or employment or ceased to carry on that business, in which case, (a) the person’s income for that calendar year, calculated as described in the definition of “income for the base calendar year” in subsection 1 (1) and as though he or she had no income from that office or employment or from that business, as the case may be, and no defined income in that calendar year, plus, (b) any defined income received by the person in that part of that calendar year that is after the month in which he or she ceased to hold that office or employment or ceased to carry on that business, divided by the number of months in that part of that calendar year and multiplied by twelve, shall be deemed to be his or her income for the base calendar year.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (2); 1999, c. 9, s. 171 (2); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (2); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 16, s. 10. Additional statement where loss of private pension income in current fiscal year (3) Where in any current fiscal year an applicant, or an applicant’s spouse or common-law partner who has filed a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act, has suffered a loss of income due to termination or reduction of private pension income, the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, may, not later than the end of the fiscal year next following the current fiscal year, in addition to making the statement of his or her income required by subsection (1) in the case of an applicant, or in addition to filing a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act in the case of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, file a statement of his or her estimated income for the calendar year in which he or she suffered that loss, other than private pension income received by the person in that part of that calendar year that is before the month in which he or she suffered that loss, in which case, (a) the person’s income for that calendar year, calculated as described in the definition of “income for the base calendar year” in subsection 1 (1) and as though he or she had no defined income for that calendar year, plus, (b) any defined income received by the person in that part of that calendar year that is after the month next before the month in which he or she suffered the loss, divided by the number of months in that part of that calendar year and multiplied by twelve, shall be deemed to be his or her income for the base calendar year.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (3); 1999, c. 9, s. 171 (2); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (3); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 16, s. 10. Additional statement where retirement before current fiscal year (4) Where, in the base calendar year or in the last three months of the previous fiscal year, an applicant, or an applicant’s spouse or common-law partner who has filed a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act
(Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act, has ceased to hold an office or employment previously held by him or her or has ceased to carry on a business previously carried on by him or her, the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, may, not later than the end of the current fiscal year, in addition to making the statement of his or her income required by subsection (1) in the case of the applicant, or in addition to filing a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act in the case of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, (a) where the person ceased to hold that office or employment or to carry on that business in the base calendar year, file a statement of his or her estimated income for the calendar year ending in the current fiscal year, in which case the person’s income for that calendar year shall be deemed to be his or her income for the base calendar year; or (b) where the person ceased to hold that office or employment or to carry on that business in the last three months of the previous fiscal year, file a statement of his or her estimated income for the calendar year ending in the current fiscal year showing any income actually received by him or her in that calendar year from that office or employment or from that business, as the case may be, in which case, (i) the person’s income for that calendar year, calculated as described in the definition of “income for the base calendar year” in subsection 1 (1) and as though he or she had no income from that office or employment or from that business, as the case may be, and no defined income in that calendar year, plus, (ii) any defined income received by the person in that part of that calendar year that is after the month in which he or she ceased to hold that office or employment or ceased to carry on that business, divided by the number of months in that part of that calendar year and multiplied by twelve, shall be deemed to be his or her income for the base calendar year.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (4); 1999, c. 9, s. 171 (2); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (4); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 16, s. 10. Additional statement where loss of private pension income before current fiscal year (5) Where, in the base calendar year or in the last three months of the previous fiscal year, an applicant, or an applicant’s spouse or common-law partner who has filed a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act
(Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act, has suffered a loss of income due to termination or reduction of private pension income, the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, may, not later than the end of the current fiscal year, in addition to making the statement of his or her income required by subsection (1) in the case of the applicant, or in addition to filing a statement as described in paragraph 15 (2) (a) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada), as modified by section 7 of this Act in the case of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, (a) where the person suffered that loss in the base calendar year, file a statement of his or her estimated income for the calendar year ending in the current fiscal year, in which case the person’s income for that calendar year shall be deemed to be his or her income for the base calendar year; or (b) where the person suffered that loss in the last three months of the previous fiscal year, file a statement of his or her estimated income for the calendar year ending in the current fiscal year, showing the amount of private pension income actually received by the person in that part of that calendar year that is before the month in which he or she suffered that loss, in which case, (i) the person’s income for that calendar year, calculated as described in the definition of “income for the base calendar year” in subsection 1 (1) and as though he or she had no defined income in that calendar year, plus, (ii) any defined income received by the person in that part of that calendar year that is after the month next before the month in which he or she suffered that loss, divided by the number of months in that part of that calendar year and multiplied by twelve, shall be deemed to be his or her income for the base calendar year.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (5); 1999, c. 9, s. 171 (2); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (5); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 16, s. 10. Where statement filed under subs. (2) or (3) (6) Where, under subsection (2) or (3), a statement of estimated income is filed by an applicant or by an applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, no increment calculated on the basis of that statement may be paid to the applicant for any month in the current fiscal year before, (a) the month next following the month shown in the statement as the month in which the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, ceased to hold the office or employment previously held by him or her or ceased to carry on the business previously carried on by him or her; or (b) the month shown in the statement as the month in which the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, suffered the loss of income due to termination or reduction of private pension income, as the case may be.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (6); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (6). Reduction of income for the base calendar year (7) For the purpose of facilitating a payment of an increment to a beneficiary, and for the purpose of making the same amount of increment payable to every beneficiary whose increment, calculated in accordance with this Act (other than this subsection) and the regulations, is more or less in the same amount, the Minister may reduce, (a) the income for the base calendar year of any beneficiary by an amount that shall not exceed $23.99; or (b) the aggregate incomes for the base calendar year of any beneficiary and the spouse or common-law partner of that beneficiary by an amount that shall not exceed $47.99, and such income or incomes, when so reduced, shall be deemed to be the income for the base calendar year of the beneficiary or the aggregate incomes for the base calendar year of the beneficiary and his or her spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, but no reduction authorized by this subsection shall be made if it will reduce the amount of the increment to which a beneficiary is entitled.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.17, s. 6 (7); 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (7). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1999, c. 9, s. 171 (1, 2) - 01/07/1999 2000, c. 42, s. 83 (1-7)
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