The GST/HST Tax credit is a tax-free quarterly payment that helps individuals and families with low and modest incomes offset all or part of the GST or HST that they pay.
GST/HST Payment Dates 2015 : |
The GST/HST Tax credit is a tax-free quarterly payment that helps individuals and families with low and modest incomes offset all or part of the GST or HST that they pay.
GST/HST Payment Dates 2015 : |
The refundable property tax credit provides assistance for people with low to moderate incomes who own or rent a principal residence in Ontario.
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Child Fitness Tax Credit CanadaStarting with the 2007 tax year, the Government of Canada allows a non-refundable tax credit based on eligible child fitness expenses paid up to $500 per child by parents to register a child in a prescribed program of physical activity. The children’s fitness tax credit lets parents claim up to $500 per year for eligible fitness expenses paid for each child who is under 16 years of age at the beginning of the year in which the expenses are paid. |
The GST Tax credit is a tax-free quarterly payment that helps individuals and families with low and modest incomes offset all or part of the GST or HST that they pay.
GST Payment Dates 2012 : |
Working Income Tax Benefit for Low Income Tax Credit : The working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) is a refundable low income tax credit intended to provide tax relief for eligible working low income individuals and families who are already in the workforce and to encourage other Canadians to enter the workforce. You can claim the WITB on line 453 of your Income Tax and Benefit Return. |
Child care costs are not claimed as a non-refundable tax credit, but as a deduction from income on line 214 of the personal tax return. A non-refundable tax credit is always at the lowest tax rate (except in Québec), but a reduction of income would save tax at the taxpayer’s marginal tax rate.
Eligible Child Care Expenses include day-care centres and day nursery schools, some individuals providing child care services, day camps and day sports schools, educational institutions such as private schools (the portion of tuition costs relating to child care services), boarding schools, and overnight sports schools and camps. |
Sales Tax Credit :
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The
medical expense tax credit
applies to individuals who have sustained significant medical expenses for themselves or certain of their dependants.
To qualify for the medical expense tax credit, the medical expenses must have been paid or deemed to have been paid by either the individual or his or her legal representative for qualifying medical expenses as provided for in subsection 118.2(2) Furthermore, the medical expenses used in calculating a medical expense tax credit for a particular taxation year: |
The federal and provincial governments have
family tax credit and benefit programs
which provide additional income for families, and for low-income individuals. These programs include
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Education Tax Credit CanadaStarting with the taxation year, scholarship, bursary and fellowship income is fully exempt from tax when the income is received in connection with a program for which the student will get an Education Tax Credit . The income is not reported on the tax return. If you are not eligible to claim the education tax credit, then only the first $500 of awards is tax free. Amounts received in excess of $500 are reported on line 130 of your tax return. |