YES. According to the policy, Criteria For Eligibility, item 6 states "The parent/caregiver/guardian who has care and control of the child/children is the person eligible to apply and receive the Tobacco Tax distribution; if in dispute proof of Child Tax benefits or proof of guardianship must be provided".

The final application deadline is September 14, 2018. If you do not submit an application by this date, you will not receive your 2017 Tobacco Tax distribution. 

All unclaimed funds are carried forward to the 2018 distribution.

Yes you can, if you have an account in Canada. You must provide a void cheque or have your bank fill out a Direct Deposit Form and provide the document to the Tobacco Tax Team. If you fax the document, please make sure to leave a contact number in case any of the information is hard to read, otherwise please scan and email the form to tobtax@cowichantribes.com The form can take up to 5 business days to process, therefore it is up to the member to keep their banking information up to date.

Unfortunately Cowichan Tribes is unable to administer direct deposits to banks outside of Canada.

Direct deposit forms should be provided to finance the same time you submit your Tobacco Tax application. Finance starts to process the payments as soon as Tobacco Tax Team approves your application.

No. You only have to submit a new direct deposit form if your bank account changes.

 Cowichan Tribes can not retrieve funds that have been submitted as direct deposit for active accounts. If an account has been closed, Cowichan Tribes will have to wait until the funds are returned from the bank institute before they are able to re-issue.