{"id":29083,"date":"2020-05-19T12:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=29083"},"modified":"2020-05-26T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T21:09:04","slug":"covid-19-private-schools-now-eligible-for-cews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2020\/05\/19\/covid-19-private-schools-now-eligible-for-cews\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Private Schools Now Eligible for CEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 29 of 45 in the series COVID-19<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Private schools are now eligible to qualify for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 15, 2020 the Department of Finance announced a number of regulatory changes<\/a> to the program, including allowing non-public education and training institutions to qualify. Both for-profit and not-for-profit institutions are considered eligible entities and it includes private colleges, private schools, and specialized schools such as arts schools, language schools, driving schools, flight schools and culinary schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change is retroactive to the first qualifying period which started March 15, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until the announcement, private schools were included in the definition<\/a> of a \u201cpublic institution\u201d by virtue of being a school. The CEWS FAQ #3 Which employers are eligible for the wage subsidy?<\/a> lists eligible employers, including a registered charity, and a person that is exempt from tax under Part I of the Income Tax Act<\/em>. A “person” here includes a corporation (see s 248(1) of the ITA<\/em><\/a>). Under FAQ 3-7, it further clarifies that “a person or partnership that operates a private school or private college … is an eligible employer.” Private schools include both for-profit and not-for-profit institutions, as noted above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other groups now included as eligible entities are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n