Canada Revenue Agency

General Income Tax and Benefit

Guide for Non-Residents and Deemed
Residents of Canada

2015

5013-G

Is this guide for you?

his guide will help you complete your 2015 income tax and benefit return. It is important to use the correct package so
that your tax and credits can be calculated properly. To make sure you are using the correct package, see Is this tax
package for you? on page 4 and What tax package should you use if this one is not for you? on page 7.

Table of Contents
Some subjects in this guide relate to a numbered line on the return. We provide information about these subjects in the
same order that the lines appear on the return or schedule. To find information about other subjects, see the index on
page 73.
Page
Whats new for 2015? ..........................................................

General information ............................................................

Determining your residency status.................................

Before you start..................................................................

How to file your return ....................................................

Benefits for individuals and families ..............................

Getting started ...................................................................

10

Electing under section 217 ...............................................

11

Electing under section 216.1.............................................

12

Online services .....................................................................

13

Identification, income, and deductions ............................

13

Identification ......................................................................

13

Elections Canada ...............................................................

15

Information about your residency status .......................

16

Foreign income ..................................................................

16

Page
Total income (lines 101 to 146) ........................................

17

Net income (lines 205 to 236)...........................................

29

Taxable income (lines 244 to 256) ...................................

39

Federal tax and credits (Schedule 1) .................................

41

Federal non-refundable tax

credits (lines 300 to 395) ...............................................

42

Net federal tax (lines 405 to 427 (except lines 421,

and 422) and line 445)...................................................

57

Refund or balance owing (lines 421, 422, 428,

430 and 437 to 485 (except 445)) ........................................

61

After you file ........................................................................

66

For more information .........................................................

68

Tax Information Phone Service (TIPS) .............................

70

Addresses on our website ..................................................

72

Index .....................................................................................

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Unless otherwise noted, all legislative references are to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations.

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Whats new for 2015?

e list the service enhancements and major changes below, including announced income tax changes that are not yet
law at the time of printing. If they become law as proposed, they will be effective for 2015 or as of the dates given. For
more information about these changes, see the areas outlined in green in this guide.

Our services
MyCRA This is a new mobile application that lets you
securely view and change key tax information. See page 13.

Notice of assessment Your notice of assessment will have

a new look that makes it easier to see the most essential
information first. See page 66 or go
to cra.gc.ca/noticesandletters.

Individuals and families

Universal child care benefit (UCCB) The UCCB has
increased to $160 per month for each qualified dependant
under 6 years of age and there is a new benefit of $60 per
month for each qualified dependant aged 6 through 17.
See page 10.

Family tax cut (line 423) For 2014 and later years, the
calculation for the family tax cut has been revised to allow
unused tuition, education, and textbook amounts
transferred from a spouse or common-law partner.
See line 15 of Schedule 1-A, Family Tax Cut.

Child care expenses (line 214) The maximum limit per

child has increased by $1,000. See Form T778, Child Care
Expenses Deduction for 2015.

Childrens fitness tax credit (lines 458 and 459) The

childrens fitness tax credit is now a refundable credit.
See page 64.

Family caregiver amount for children under 18 years of

age (line 367) The amount for children under 18 years of
age has been eliminated and replaced by the enhanced
universal child care benefit. Line 367 is now used for the
family caregiver amount for children under 18 years of age.
See page 44.

Interest and investments

Other deductions (line 232) The minimum amount that
must be withdrawn each year from a registered retirement
income fund (RRIF), variable benefit money purchase
registered pension plan (RPP), and pooled registered
pension plan (PRPP) has been reduced. If you have
withdrawn more than the reduced 2015 minimum amount,
all or part of the excess may be eligible to be re-contributed
to a RRIF, RPP, account under a PRPP, or to buy a
qualifying annuity and deducted on line 232. See page 37.
Capital gains deduction (line 254) The lifetime capital
gains exemption for dispositions of qualified farm or
fishing property made after April 20, 2015 has increased
to $1,000,000, resulting in a capital gains deduction limit
of $500,000. See Guide T4037, Capital Gains.

Interest paid on your student loans (line 319) Interest

paid on a Canada Apprentice Loan amount for registered
Red Seal apprentices can be claimed on this line.
See page 52. For more information about the Canada
Apprentice Loan, go to servicecanada.gc.ca.
Investment tax credit (line 412) Eligibility for the mineral
exploration tax credit has been extended to flow-through
share agreements entered into before April 2016.
See page 58.
Form T1135, Foreign Income Verification Statement This
form has changed to introduce a simplified reporting
method for individuals who own specified foreign property
with a total cost of less than $250,000 throughout the year.
See Form T1135.
Tax-free savings account (TFSA) The TFSA annual
contribution limit has increased to $10,000.

Other changes
Repeated failure to report income penalty We may now
charge you this penalty only if the amount of income you

failed to report on your return was $500 or more. The

calculation of the penalty has changed. See page 8.

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Follow the symbols

This guide gives information about the income you must report and the deductions and credits
you can claim on your 2015 return. It will help you determine your tax payable and any refund
you are owed.
Before you start:

Read the information on pages 5 to 18.

Determine if, in 2015, you were a deemed resident of Canada, a non-resident of Canada, or a
non-resident of Canada making an election under section 217 or section 216.1 of the Income Tax
Act (see the definitions starting on page 5).

Locate the symbol (see below) that applies to your situation.

Complete your return by following the guide instructions. Refer to the guide as you find lines
on the return that apply to you, or see the backs of your information slips for more instructions.
If your symbol appears beside the line number, the information for that line may apply to you.
If your symbol does not appear, the information does not apply to you.

Symbols
= deemed residents of Canada
= non-residents of Canada
= non-residents of Canada electing under sections 217 or 216.1 of the Income Tax Act

Is this tax package for you?

Use this tax package if any of the following apply to you:

You were a deemed resident of Canada (see the definition on page 5) on

December 31, 2015. For exceptions, see What tax package should you use if this one is not
for you? on page 7.

You were a non-resident of Canada (see the definition on page 5) throughout 2015, and you
are reporting Canadian-source income other than from employment in Canada from a
business with a permanent establishment in Canada, from rental income from real or
immovable property located in Canada, or from timber royalties on a timber resource
property or a timber limit in Canada. For more information, see Guide T4058, Non-Residents
and Income Tax.

You were a non-resident of Canada (see the definition on page 5) throughout 2015, and you
are filing a return to elect under section 217 or section 216.1.

If this tax package is not for you, see What tax package should you use if this one is not for you?
on page 7.

General information
and pay tax on that income using an alternative taxing
method. Choosing to do this is called electing under
section 216.1. See page 12.

Determining your residency

status

Were you a deemed non-resident of

Canada in 2015?

Were you a non-resident of Canada

in 2015?
You are a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes
throughout any period in which you do not have
significant residential ties (see the definition in the
following section) in Canada and you are not a deemed
resident (see the definition on this page) of Canada.
What income should you report? Report your income
from Canadian sources such as the taxable part of your
scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, net research grants,
income from a business that does not have a permanent
establishment in Canada, net partnership income (limited
or non-active partners only), and taxable capital gains from
disposing of taxable Canadian property, as shown under
the income lines applicable to non-residents of Canada in
the guide.
Other types of income are not reported but must be entered
on Schedule A, Statement of World Income. For more
information, see Schedule A, or contact us.

What are residential ties?

Significant residential ties almost always include a home in
Canada and a spouse or common-law partner and
dependants who stayed in Canada while you were living
outside Canada. Other relevant residential ties may include
a Canadian drivers licence, Canadian bank accounts or
credit cards, health insurance with a Canadian province or
territory, personal property, and social ties in Canada.
In order to determine residence status, all of the relevant
facts in each case must be considered, including residential
ties with Canada and length of time, object, intention, and
continuity with respect to stays in Canada and abroad.
For more information about residential ties, see Income Tax
Folio S5-F1-C1: Determining an Individuals Residence Status.

Were you a non-resident of Canada in 2015

who wants to elect under section 217?
Under section 217 of the Income Tax Act, you can choose to
file a Canadian return and report certain types of
Canadian-source income (see page 11). You are then
electing under section 217 of the Income Tax Act. By doing
this, you may pay tax on this income using an alternative
method and may receive a refund of some or all of the
non-resident tax withheld.

Were you a non-resident of Canada in 2015

who wants to elect under section 216.1?
Under section 216.1 of the Income Tax Act, if you are a
non-resident actor, you can choose to report amounts paid,
credited, or provided as a benefit to you for film and video
acting services rendered in Canada on a Canadian return

You were a deemed non-resident of Canada in 2015 if you

would have been considered a resident of Canada (or a
deemed resident) but, under a tax treaty, you were
considered a resident of another country. You become a
deemed non-resident of Canada when your ties with the
other country are such that, under the tax treaty, you would
be considered a resident of that other country and not
Canada. In this case, the same rules that apply to a
non-resident of Canada will apply to you as a deemed
non-resident (including the way you complete your return).

Were you a deemed resident of

Canada in 2015?
You were a deemed resident of Canada for tax purposes if
you did not have significant residential ties in Canada, but
you stayed here for 183 days or more in 2015 and, under a
tax treaty, you were not considered a resident of another
country.
You were also a deemed resident of Canada if you lived
outside Canada during 2015, you were not considered a
factual resident of Canada because you did not have
significant residential ties in Canada, and you were:

a member of the Canadian Forces overseas school staff

and you choose to file a return as a deemed resident of
Canada (if you left Canada during 2015, see the next
section called Were you a member of the overseas
Canadian Forces school staff who left Canada in 2015?);

a federal or provincial government employee and you

were either a resident of Canada just before being posted
abroad or you received a representation allowance for 2015;

a person working under a Canadian International

Development Agency (CIDA) assistance program if you
were a resident of Canada at any time during the
three-month period just before you began your duties
abroad;

a member of the Canadian Forces at any time in 2015;

a person who, under a tax treaty, agreement, or

convention between Canada and another country, is
exempt from tax in that other country on 90% or more of
your income from all sources because of your
relationship to a resident (including a deemed resident)
of Canada; or

a dependent child of one of the first four persons

described earlier in this section and your net world
income in 2015 was not more than the basic personal
amount (see line 300) in Canadian dollars.

What income should you report? Report your 2015 world

income. World income is income from all sources both
inside and outside Canada.

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Were you a member of the overseas Canadian

Forces school staff who left Canada in 2015?
If you were a member of the overseas Canadian Forces
school staff who left Canada in 2015 and severed residential
ties, you became a non-resident of Canada. Use the 2015 tax
package for the province or territory where you lived just
before you left Canada. See Guide T4056, Emigrants and
Income Tax, for the special rules that apply to you.

You were a deemed resident of Canada at any time in the

year, and you disposed of capital property in 2015 (for
example, if you sold real estate or shares) or you realized
a taxable capital gain (for example, if a mutual fund or
trust attributed income to you or you are reporting a
capital gains reserve you claimed on your 2014 return).

You were a non-resident of Canada throughout 2015, and

you disposed of taxable Canadian property in 2015.
However, if all the gain from each disposition is exempt
under a tax treaty or you have received a Certificate of
Compliance in respect of the disposition where no
payment of tax was required, you may not have to file a
tax return. For more information, go
to cra.gc.ca/nrdispositions.

You have to repay all or part of your old age security or

employment insurance benefits. See line 235. If you were
a non-resident of Canada in 2015, you will use the T1136,
Old Age Security Return of Income, to repay all or part of
your OAS.

You have not repaid all amounts withdrawn from your

registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) under the
Home Buyers Plan or the Lifelong Learning Plan. For
more information, go to cra.gc.ca/hbp or see
Guide RC4112, Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP).

You have to contribute to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

This can apply if for 2015 the total of your net
self-employment income and pensionable employment
income is more than $3,500. See line 222.

You are paying employment insurance premiums on

self-employment and other eligible earnings. See
lines 317 and 430.

You filed Form NR5, Application by a non-resident of

Canada for a reduction in the amount of non-resident tax
required to be withheld, for the year, and we approved it. If
this is your situation, you may have to file a return
electing under section 217 of the Income Tax Act for each
year of the period covered by the approved Form NR5
(see Form NR5 for exceptions).

You filed Form NR6, Undertaking to File an Income Tax

Return by a Non-Resident Receiving Rent From Real or
Immovable Property or Receiving a Timber Royalty, for 2015,
and we approved it. If this is your situation, you have to
file a separate return electing under section 216 of the
Income Tax Act.

You filed Form T1287, Application by a Non-Resident of

Canada (individual) for a Reduction in the Amount of
Non-Resident Tax Required to be Withheld on Income Earned
from Acting in a Film or Video Production, for 2015, and we
approved it. If this is your situation, you may have to file a
return electing under section 216.1 of the Income Tax Act.

However, you can file as a deemed resident of Canada

while you are serving abroad. If you make this choice, use
the 2015 tax package for the province or territory where
you lived just before you left Canada. In future years, you
will use the tax package for non-residents and deemed
residents of Canada.

Did you live in Quebec just before you left

Canada?
In addition to being considered a deemed resident of Canada,
under Quebec law you may also be considered a deemed
resident of that province. If this is the case, you may have to
pay Quebec income tax while you are serving abroad.
For example, if you are a deemed resident of Canada and
you were at any time in the year an agent-general, an officer,
or a servant of the province of Quebec and you were a
resident of that province just before your appointment or
employment with that province, you must pay Quebec
income tax. To avoid double taxation (surtax for
non-residents and deemed residents of Canada plus Quebec
income tax), attach a note to your federal return telling us:

you are subject to Quebec provincial income tax;

you are filing a Quebec provincial return; and

you are asking for relief from the non-resident and

deemed resident surtax.

For more information, contact us.

The province of Quebec also grants relief to certain
taxpayers who were deemed residents of Canada and
Quebec. This includes deemed residents of Canada who are
members of the Canadian Forces or at any time in the year,
an ambassador, minister, high commissioner, officer, or
servant of Canada, and who were also deemed residents of
Quebec. For more information, contact Revenu Quebec.

Before you start

Do you have to file a return?
You must file a return for 2015 if any of the following
situations apply:

Even if none of these requirements apply, you can file a

return if any of the following situations apply:

You have to pay tax for 2015.

We sent you a request to file a return.

You and your spouse or common-law partner elected to

split pension income for 2015. See lines 115, 116, 129,
and 210.

You received working income tax benefit (WITB)

advance payments in 2015.

You want to claim a refund.

You want to claim the WITB for 2015.

You want the GST/HST credit. See page 9. For example,

you may be eligible if you turn 19 before April 2017, and
you are a deemed resident of Canada.

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You or your spouse or common-law partner want to

begin or continue receiving Canada child tax benefit
payments. See page 10.

You or your spouse or common-law partner want to

claim the family tax cut.

You have incurred a non-capital loss (see line 236)

in 2015 that you want to be able to apply in other years.

You want to carry forward or transfer the unused part

of your tuition, education, and textbook amounts.
See line 323.

How to get the tax package you need

To find out how to get a guide and a forms book for your
province or territory, go to cra.gc.ca/forms.

What date is your return for 2015 due?

Generally, your return for 2015 has to be filed on or before
April 30, 2016.

You want to report income for which you could

contribute to an RRSP and/or a pooled registered
pension plan (PRPP) to keep your RRSP/PRPP
deduction limit (see page 30) for future years current.
You want to carry forward the unused investment tax
credit on expenditures you incurred during the current
year. See line 412.

What tax package should you use if

this one is not for you?

If you were a newcomer to Canada in 2015, use the tax

package for the province or territory where you resided
on December 31, 2015. See Pamphlet T4055, Newcomers to
Canada, for the special rules that apply.

If you were a deemed resident of Canada on

December 31, 2015, and you are reporting only income
from a business with a permanent establishment in a
province or territory of Canada, use the tax package for
that province or territory.

Note
If you file your return after April 30, 2016, your
GST/HST credit, Canada child tax benefit payments,
and old age security benefit payments may be delayed.
Self-employed persons If you or your spouse or
common-law partner carried on a business in 2015 (other
than a business whose expenditures are primarily in
connection with a tax shelter), your return for 2015 has to
be filed on or before June 15, 2016. However, if you have a
balance owing for 2015, you have to pay it on or
before April 30, 2016. For more information about how to
make your payment, see line 485.
Exception to the due date of your return
When the due date falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a
holiday recognized by the CRA, we consider your return to
be filed on time if we receive it or it is postmarked on the
next business day. For more information, go
to cra.gc.ca/dates-ind.

If you were a deemed resident of Canada and you

returned to Canada to live in 2015, use the tax package
for the province or territory where you lived on
December 31, 2015.

If you were a non-resident of Canada throughout 2015

and you are reporting only income from employment in
Canada or from a business or partnership with a
permanent establishment in Canada, use the tax package
for the province or territory where you earned the
income. Also see Guide T4058, Non-Residents and Income
Tax, for the special rules that apply.

Non-residents electing under section 217 For

information on when your section 217 return is due, see
When is your section 217 return due? on page 11.

If you are also reporting other types of Canadian-source

income such as taxable scholarships, fellowships,
bursaries, research grants, or capital gains from disposing
of taxable Canadian property, you will need Form T2203,
Provincial and Territorial Taxes for 2015 Multiple
Jurisdictions, to calculate your tax payable.

Deceased persons
If you are the legal representative (the executor,
administrator, or liquidator) of the estate of a person who
died in 2015, you may have to file a return for 2015 for that
person. For more information about your filing
requirements and options and to know what documents are
required, see Guide T4011, Preparing Returns for Deceased
Persons, and Information Sheet RC4111, What to do following
a death.

If you were a non-resident of Canada during 2015 and

you received rental income from real or immovable
property in Canada or timber royalties on a timber
resource property or a timber limit in Canada, get
Guide T4144, Income Tax Guide for Electing Under
Section 216.

Non-residents electing under section 216.1 For

information on when your section 216.1 return is due, see
When is your section 216.1 return due? on page 12.

If you resided outside Canada on December 31, 2015, but

kept significant residential ties (see the definition on
page 5) with Canada, you may be a factual resident of
Canada. Use the package for the province or territory
where you kept your residential ties. However, this may
not apply if you were a factual resident who, under a tax
treaty, is considered to be a resident of another country.
For more information, see Were you a deemed
non-resident of Canada in 2015? on page 5.
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Note
If you received income in 2015 for a person who died
in 2014 or earlier, do not file an individual return
for 2015 for that income on behalf of that person.
Instead, you may have to file a T3 Trust Income Tax and
Information Return for the estate.

What penalties and interest do we

charge?

The penalty is equal to the greater of:

$100; and

Late-filing penalty

If you owe tax for 2015 and do not file your return for 2015
within the dates we specify under What date is your
return for 2015 due? in the previous section, we will
charge you a late-filing penalty. The penalty is 5% of
your 2015 balance owing, plus 1% of your balance owing
for each full month your return is late, to a maximum
of 12 months.

50% of the understated tax and/or the overstated credits

related to the false statement or omission.

However, if you voluntarily tell us about an amount you

failed to report and/or credits you overstated, we may
waive this penalty. For more information, see What is a
voluntary disclosure? on page 66 or go
to cra.gc.ca/voluntarydisclosures.

If we charged a late-filing penalty on your return for 2012,

2013, or 2014, your late-filing penalty for 2015 may be 10%
of your 2015 balance owing, plus 2% of your 2015 balance
owing for each full month your return is late, to a
maximum of 20 months.
Tax Tip
Even if you cannot pay your full balance owing on or
before April 30, 2016, you can avoid the late-filing
penalty by filing your return on time.

If you have a balance owing for 2015, we charge compound

daily interest starting May 1, 2016, on any unpaid amounts
owing for 2015. This includes any balance owing if we
reassess your return. In addition, we will charge you
interest on the penalties explained in the previous sections,
starting the day after your return is due.

Cancel or waive penalties and interest

Non-residents electing under section 217 If you file

your 2015 section 217 return after June 30, 2016, your
election is not valid. For more information, see When is
your section 217 return due? on page 11.
Non-residents electing under section 216.1 If you file
your section 216.1 return after the due date, your election is
not valid. For more information, see When is your
section 216 return due? on page 12.

Repeated failure to report income penalty

If you failed to report an amount on your return for 2015
and you also failed to report an amount on your return
for 2012, 2013, or 2014, you may have to pay a federal
repeated failure to report income penalty. Under proposed
changes, if you did not report an amount of income of $500
or more for a tax year, it will be considered a failure to
report income.
As a result of the proposed changes, the federal penalty is
equal to the lesser of:

10% of the amount you failed to report on your return for

2015; and

50% of the difference between the understated tax

(and/or overstated credits) related to the amount you
failed to report and the amount of tax withheld related to
the amount you failed to report.

The CRA administers legislation, commonly called the

taxpayer relief provisions, that gives the CRA discretion to
cancel or waive penalties or interest when taxpayers cannot
meet their tax obligations due to circumstances beyond
their control.
The CRAs discretion to grant relief is limited to any period
that ended within 10 years before the calendar year in which
a request is submitted or an income tax return is filed.
For penalties, the CRA will consider your request only if it
relates to a tax year or fiscal period ending in any of
the 10 calendar years before the year in which you make
your request. For example, your request made in 2016 must
relate to a penalty for a tax year or fiscal period ending
in 2006 or later.
For interest on a balance owing for any tax year, the CRA
will consider only the amounts that accrued during
the 10 calendar years before the year in which you make
your request. For example, your request made in 2016 must
relate to interest that accrued in 2006 or later.
For more information about relief from penalties or interest,
go to cra.gc.ca/taxpayerrelief. To submit your request for
relief use Form RC4288, Request for Taxpayer Relief Cancel
or Waive Penalties or Interest.

When will we pay interest?

We will pay you compound daily interest on your tax
refund for 2015. The calculation will start on the latest of
the following three dates:

However, if you voluntarily tell us about an amount you

failed to report, we may waive this penalty. For more
information, see What is a voluntary disclosure? on
page 66 or go to cra.gc.ca/voluntarydisclosures.

False statements or omissions penalty

You may have to pay a penalty if you knowingly or under
circumstances amounting to gross negligence have made a
false statement or an omission on your 2015 return.

Interest

May 31, 2016;

the 31st day after you file your return; and

the day after you overpaid your taxes.

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How to file your return

egardless of which tax package you use, send your

return to the International and Ottawa Tax Services
Office. Mail or deliver your return in the envelope provided
in the centre of this guide.
If you prepare your own return or other peoples returns,
mail or deliver each persons return in a separate envelope.
However, if you file returns for more than one year for the
same person, put them all in one envelope.
If you provide services in the film and television industry,
send your income tax return to the Film Services Unit that
serves the province or territory where the services were
provided. You can find the addresses of the offices on our
website at cra.gc.ca/filmservices.
Note
If you are participating in the AgriStability and
AgriInvest programs, use the envelope provided in
Guide RC4060 or Guide RC4408.

What do you include with your return

and what records do you keep?
Include one copy of each of your information slips with
your return. These slips show the amount of income that
was paid to you during the year and the deductions that
were withheld from that income. Attach your Schedule 1
(federal tax). Attach only the other supporting documents
that are requested in the guide to support a credit or
deduction.
If a tax professional prepares or sends us your return, show
the preparer all your supporting documents, such as your
information slips, receipts, notice of assessment from last
year, and instalment payments summary (on Form INNS1
or Form INNS2).
If you make a claim without the requested supporting
document, we may disallow the credit or deduction you
claimed. It could also delay the processing of your return.
Keep your supporting documents for six years. Even if
you do not have to attach certain supporting documents to
your return, keep them in case we select your return for
review. We may ask for documents other than official
receipts, such as cancelled cheques or bank statements, as
proof of any deduction or credit you claimed. Also keep a
copy of your return for 2015, the related notice of
assessment, and any notice of reassessment. These can help
you complete your return for 2016.
For example, your notice for 2015 will show:

your registered retirement savings plan/pooled

registered pension plan (RRSP/PRPP) deduction limit
for 2016;

your unused RRSP/PRPP contributions for 2016;

your capital and non-capital loss balances; and

your tuition, education, and textbook amounts

carry-forward balance. See line 323.

Non-residents and non-residents electing under

section 217 You must attach a completed Schedule A,
Statement of World Income and Schedule B, Allowable Amount
of Non-Refundable Tax Credits. If you are filing under
section 217, you must also attach a completed Schedule C,
Electing under Section 217 of the Income Tax Act. These
schedules are in the centre of this guide.

Tax information videos

We have a number of tax information videos for
individuals on topics such as the income tax and benefit
return, newcomers to Canada, and tax measures for
persons with disabilities. To watch our videos, go
to cra.gc.ca/videogallery.

Can you file a return for a previous

year?
We will consider a request for a refund for a previous tax
year return that you are filing late, (other than to make an
election under sections 217 and 216.1) only if the return is
for a tax year ending in any of the 10 calendar years before
the year in which you make the request. For example, a
request made in 2016 must relate to the 2006 or a later tax
year to be considered.
If you are filing a return for a year before 2015, attach
receipts for all the deductions or credits you are claiming.

Benefits for individuals and

families
Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax
(GST/HST) credit
Deemed residents of Canada only When you file your
return, the CRA will determine your eligibility and tell you
if you are entitled to receive the GST/HST credit.
Your credit is based on the number of children you have
and your net world income added to the net world income
of your spouse or common-law partner (if you have one),
minus any amount you or your spouse or common-law
partner reported on lines 117 and 125. If you or your spouse
or common-law partner deducted an amount on line 213
and/or the amount for a repayment of registered disability
savings plan income included on line 232, we will add these
amounts to your or your spouses or common-law partners
net world income.
Net world income is the amount on line 236 of a persons
return, or the amount it would be if the person filed a
return.
In the Identification area on page 1 of your return, enter
your marital status and, if it applies, the information about
your spouse or common-law partner (including his or her
net world income, even if it is zero). Either you or your
spouse or common-law partner may receive the credit, but
not both of you. The credit will be paid to the spouse or
common-law partner whose return is assessed first.

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For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/benefits, see

Booklet RC4210, GST/HST Credit, or call us
at 1-800-959-1953. To view your GST/HST credit
information, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount. To view the next
GST/HST credit payment date, go to cra.gc.ca/mobileapps
and select MyCRA.

Canada child tax benefit (CCTB) and

child disability benefit (CDB)
If you are a deemed resident of Canada or if you are the
spouse or common-law partner of a deemed resident of
Canada, and you are responsible for the care and
upbringing of a child who is under 18 years of age, you can
apply for the CCTB for that child. Apply as soon as possible
after the child is born or begins to live with you.
You can apply by:

using Apply for child benefits on My Account

at cra.gc.ca/myaccount;

sending a completed Form RC66, Canada Child Benefits

Application; or

giving your consent on the provincial birth registration

form. For more information about this service, see
Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefits.

Universal child care benefit (UCCB)

If you are a deemed resident of Canada or if you are the
spouse or common-law partner of a deemed resident of
Canada and you are responsible for the care and
upbringing of a child who lives with you and is under
18 years of age, you may be eligible to receive $160 per
month for each child under 6 years of age and $60 per
month for each child aged 6 through 17.
To start receiving the UCCB, you must apply for the CCTB.
For more information about how to apply, read the
previous section, Canada child tax benefit (CCTB) and
child disability benefit (CDB).
Although the UCCB is taxable, we do not use it to calculate
your GST/HST credit, your CCTB payments, the social
benefits repayment (line 235), the refundable medical
expense supplement (line 452), or the working income tax
benefit (WITB) (line 453). Read the instructions for line 117 to
find out how to report the UCCB.
For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/uccb,
see Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefits, or call us
at 1-800-387-1193. To view your UCCB information,
go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount. To view the next UCCB
payment date, go to cra.gc.ca/mobileapps and select
MyCRA.

If you are a permanent resident, temporary resident, or

protected person (refugee) as defined in the Immigration and
Refugee Protection Act, apply as soon as possible after you
and your child arrive in Canada.

Working income tax benefit (WITB)

In addition to the CCTB, you can receive the CDB if your

child meets the criteria for the disability tax credit and we
have approved Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate,
for that child.

You can claim this benefit on line 453 of your income tax
and benefit return. However, eligible individuals and
families may be able to apply for 2016 advance payments.

The CCTB and the CDB are based on the net income
(line 236) shown on your return and, if applicable, your
spouses or common-law partners return, minus any
amount you or your spouse or common-law partner
reported on lines 117 and 125. If you or your spouse or
common-law partner deducted an amount on line 213
and/or the amount for a repayment of registered disability
savings plan income included on line 232, we will add these
amounts to your or your spouses or common-law partners
net world income. Therefore, to qualify for these benefits,
you both have to file a return every year, even if there is no
income to report.
If you are the non-resident spouse or common-law partner of
a deemed resident of Canada, you will have to file
Form CTB9, Canada Child Tax Benefit Statement of Income,
instead of filing a return for purposes of the CCTB.
For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/benefits,
see Booklet T4114, Canada Child Benefits, or call us
at 1-800-387-1193. To view your CCTB information,
go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount. To view the next CCTB payment
date, go to cra.gc.ca/mobileapps and select MyCRA.

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The WITB is a refundable tax credit that provides tax relief

for eligible working low-income individuals and families.

For more information, see line 453 in this guide,

Form RC201, Working Income Tax Benefit Advance Payments
Application for 2016, or go to cra.gc.ca/witb.

Getting started

ather all the documents you need to complete your

return. This includes information slips (such as NR4,
T3, T4, T4A, T4A-NR, and T5 slips) and receipts for any
deductions or credits you plan to claim. Refer to the guide
as you find lines on the return that apply to you or see the
backs of your information slips for more instructions.

What if you are missing information?

If you have to file a return for 2015, file it on time (see
page 7) even if some slips or receipts are missing. You are
responsible for reporting your income (see Determining
your residency status on page 5) to avoid possible interest
and/or penalties that may be charged. If you know you
will not be able to get a slip by the due date from the payer,
and if you have registered for our My Account service, you
may be able to view your tax information slips online by
going to cra.gc.ca/myaccount. Otherwise, attach a note to
your return stating the payers name and address, the type
of income involved, and what you are doing to get the slip.
Use your pay stubs or statements to estimate the income to

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report and any related deductions and credits you can

claim. Enter the estimated amounts on the appropriate
lines of your return. Attach the pay stubs or statements to
your return.
Note
You should have received most of your slips and
receipts by the end of February. However, T3 and T5013
slips do not have to be sent before the end of March.

amounts received from a retirement compensation

arrangement, or the purchase price of an interest in a
retirement compensation arrangement;

prescribed benefits under a government assistance

program; and

Auto Pact benefits.

Note
Interest and other investment income, rental income,
and workers compensation benefits are not eligible
section 217 income and are not to be reported on this
return, but must be included in your world income when
you complete Schedule A, Statement of World Income.

Electing under section 217

What is a section 217 election?

When is your section 217 return due?

Canadian payers have to withhold non-resident tax on

certain types of income they paid or credited to you as a
non-resident of Canada. The tax withheld is usually your
final tax obligation to Canada on this income and you do
not have to file a Canadian tax return to report it.

Your 2015 section 217 return has to be filed on or before

June 30, 2016.

However, you can choose to file a Canadian return and

report the types of Canadian-source income listed in the
next section. You are then electing under section 217 of the
Income Tax Act. By doing this, you may pay tax on this
income using an alternative method and may receive a
refund of some or all of the non-resident tax withheld.

Does section 217 apply to you?

If you filed Form NR5, Application by a non-resident of
Canada for a reduction in the amount of non-resident tax
required to be withheld, for the year, and we approved it, you
generally have to file a section 217 return by June 30 of the
year following each year of the period covered by the
approved Form NR5.
Note
When approved, Form NR5 is valid for a period
covering five tax years.

If you send us your 2015 return after June 30, 2016,

according to the Income Tax Act, your section 217 election
cannot be accepted. If this is your case and the required
amount of non-resident tax was withheld on your eligible
section 217 income, we will consider the amount withheld
to be your final tax obligation to Canada on that income.
However, if the payer withheld less than the required
amount of tax, we will send you an assessment for the
difference.
If, in addition to the eligible section 217 income, you are
reporting other Canadian-source income on the return,
such as a taxable capital gain from disposing of taxable
Canadian property, or if you have to pay tax on
employment income you are reporting, you must file your
return by April 30, 2016.
If, in addition to the eligible section 217 income, you are
reporting business income and you have to pay tax on that
income, you must file the return on or before June 15, 2016.
Note
If you have a balance owing for 2015, you have to pay it
on or before April 30, 2016. If you owe tax for 2015 and
do not file your return for 2015 within the dates we
specify, we will charge you a late-filing penalty. We will
also charge compound daily interest starting
May 1, 2016, on any unpaid amounts owing for 2015.

You have the option of sending us a section 217 return

for 2015 even if you did not submit Form NR5 to us if you
received any of the following types of Canadian-source
income (referred to as eligible section 217 income) in 2015
while you were a non-resident of Canada:

old age security pension;

Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan benefits;

Completing your section 217 return

most superannuation and pension benefits;

most registered retirement savings plan payments;

most pooled registered pension plans;

most registered retirement income fund payments;

Before you start, gather all the documents you need to

complete your return. This includes your information slips
(such as your NR4 slips), receipts for any deductions or
credits you plan to claim, and the following forms (found in
the centre of this guide):

death benefits;

employment insurance benefits;

certain retiring allowances;

registered supplementary unemployment benefit plan

payments;

most deferred profit-sharing plan payments;

Income Tax and Benefit Return for Non-Residents and

Deemed Residents of Canada;

Schedule A, Statement of World Income;

Schedule B, Allowable Amount of Non-Refundable Tax Credits;

Schedule C, Electing Under Section 217 of the Income Tax Act;

Schedule 1, Federal Tax; and

the Federal Worksheet.

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Step 1 Write Section 217 at the top of page 1 of your return.

Step 2 Complete the Identification area of the return
following the instructions on page 13 in this guide.

As long as you file your section 217 return on time, we will

refund any taxes withheld that are more than the amounts
you owe.

Step 3 Report the following income on your return:

all eligible section 217 income paid or credited to you

in 2015 (see the list on page 11); and

your 2015 Canadian-source employment and business

income, net Canadian partnership income if you are a
limited or non-active partner, and taxable capital gains
from disposing of taxable Canadian property, if
applicable.

Electing under section 216.1

What is a section 216.1 election?

Note
To determine the types of income you must report on
this return if you are a non-resident making an election
under section 217, follow the symbol in the Total
income section, which begins on page 17.
Complete Part 1 of Schedule C, Electing Under Section 217 of
the Income Tax Act.
Step 4 Claim only those deductions on lines 207 to 256
that apply to you.

If you are a non-resident actor, a non-resident withholding

tax of 23% applies to amounts paid, credited, or provided
as a benefit to you for film and video acting services
rendered in Canada. Generally, the non-resident
withholding tax is considered your final tax obligation to
Canada on that income.
However, you can choose to report this income on a
Canadian income tax return for 2015. Choosing to file this is
called electing under section 216.1 of the Income Tax Act.
By doing this, you may receive a refund of some or all of
the non-resident tax withheld on this income.

When is your section 216.1 return

due?

Step 5 Complete Schedule A, Statement of World Income,

and attach it to your return (see page 41).
Step 6 Complete Schedule 1, Federal Tax, and attach it to
your return. On Schedule 1:

Claim the federal non-refundable tax credits on lines 300

to 349 that apply to you.

Enter your taxable income from line 260, or your net

world income (Schedule A), whichever is greater, on
line 39 of Schedule 1 when calculating your federal tax
(see the instructions on page 57).

Generally, if you choose to file a return under section 216.1,

your return for 2015 has to be filed on or before
April 30, 2016.
If you are a self-employed individual, your return for 2015
has to be filed on or before June 15, 2016. However, if you
have a balance owing for 2015, you still have to pay it on or
before April 30, 2016.
Write ACTORS ELECTION (in capital letters) at the top
of page 1 of your return.

Complete Schedule B, Allowable Amount of Non-Refundable

Tax Credits. Enter the allowable amount of
non-refundable tax credits on line 50 of Schedule 1.

Calculate and enter the amount of surtax for

non-residents of Canada and deemed residents of
Canada on line 57 of Schedule 1.

Complete Part 2 of Schedule C to calculate the section 217

tax adjustment for line 67 of Schedule 1 if the amount
you entered on line 39 of Schedule 1 was your net world
income after adjustments as entered on line 16 of your
Schedule A.

Send your income tax return to the Non-resident services

section at your tax services office. For more information,
go to cra.gc.ca/filmservices.
If you send us your return after the due date, your election
will not be considered valid. The 23% non-resident
withholding tax will be considered the final tax obligation
to Canada on that income.
Note
This election does not apply to other persons employed
or providing services within the movie industry, such as
directors, producers, and other personnel working
behind the scenes. It also does not apply to persons in
other sectors of the entertainment industry, such as
musical performers, ice or air show performers, stage
actors or stage performers, or international speakers.

Step 7 Complete lines 420 to 435 on the return, if they

apply to you.
Step 8 On line 437 of the return, enter the non-resident tax
withheld on your eligible section 217 income (from your
NR4 information slips) as well as any other amounts
withheld on your information slips for any other
Canadian-source income that you are reporting on this
return. Complete the remainder of the return.
Note
Attach your information slips and a completed
Schedule 1, Schedule A, and Schedule C to your return.
If you make a claim without the required receipt,
certificate, schedule, or form, it could delay the
processing of your return.
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Reducing tax withheld at source

If you intend to elect under section 216.1, you can apply to
us for a reduction in the required amount of non-resident
tax withheld on amounts paid, credited, or provided as a
benefit to you for film and video acting services rendered in
Canada. You have to apply before you provide the acting
services in Canada.
To apply, complete and send us Form T1287, Application by
a Non-Resident of Canada (individual) For a Reduction in the
Amount of Non-Resident Tax Required to be Withheld on Income

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Form T1288, Application by a Non-Resident of Canada
(corporation) For a Reduction in the Amount of Non-Resident

Tax Required to be Withheld on Income Earned From Acting in a

Film or Video Production. For more information,
see cra.gc.ca/filmservices.

Online services
My Account

MyCRA the web app for individual

taxpayers on the go

Using the CRAs My Account service is a fast, easy, and

secure way to access and manage your tax and benefit
information online, seven days a week.

Getting ready to file? Use MyCRA to check your RRSP

deduction limits, look up a local tax preparer, or see what
tax filing software the CRA has certified.

To log in to My Account, you can use either your CRA

user ID and password or the Sign-in Partner option.

Done filing? Use MyCRA to see the status of your tax

return and the resulting assessment.

View more tax information slips online You can now

view more tax information slips online, such as T3 and
T5 slips. Go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount, and select the Tax
returns tab and Tax information slips (T4 and more).

Want information throughout the year? Use MyCRA to

check your TFSA contribution room, confirm before you
donate that the charity at your door is registered, and
calculate the effect your donation will have on your taxes.

An authorized representative can access most of these

online services through Represent a Client
at cra.gc.ca/representatives.
For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

To get more details on what you can do with MyCRA and

to access the CRAs web-based mobile app, go
to cra.gc.ca/mobileapps.

Handling business taxes online

Electronic payments

By registering for either My Business Account or

Represent a Client, you can get access to current
account balance information and make changes to
tax information online.

Make your payment using:

To register, go to:

cra.gc.ca/mybusinessaccount, if you are a business

owner; or

your financial institutions online or telephone banking

services;

the CRAs My Payment service at cra.gc.ca/mypayment; or

pre-authorized debit at cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

For more information on all payment options, go

to cra.gc.ca/payments.

cra.gc.ca/representatives, if you are an authorized

representative or employee.

Direct deposit

For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/businessonline.

Direct deposit is a faster, more convenient, reliable, and

secure way to get your income tax refund and your credit
and benefit payments (including certain related provincial
or territorial program payments) directly into your account
at a financial institution in Canada.
For more information, see page 65 or go
to cra.gc.ca/directdeposit.

Identification, income, and deductions

Non-residents electing under section 216.1 At the top of
page 1 of your return, write ACTORS ELECTION.

Identification

ollow the instructions on the return to complete this

area. Incomplete or incorrect information may delay the
processing of your return and any refund, credit, or benefit,
such as any GST/HST credit and CCTB payments you may
be entitled to receive.
Non-residents electing under section 217 At the top of
page 1 of your return, write Section 217.

Social insurance number (SIN)

Your SIN is the authorized number for income tax purposes
under section 237 of the Income Tax Act and is used for
certain federal programs. You must give it to anyone who
prepares information slips (such as T3, T4, or T5 slips) for
you. Each time you do not give it when you are supposed
to, you may have to pay a $100 penalty. Check your slips. If
your SIN is missing or is incorrect, inform the slip preparer.

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You must also give it to us when you ask us for personal

tax information.
For more information or to get an application for a SIN,
visit servicecanada.gc.ca or call 1-800-206-7218 (from
Canada and the United States (U.S.)). If you are outside
Canada and the U.S., you can write to: Service Canada,
Social Insurance Registration Office, P.O. Box 7000,
Bathurst NB E2A 4T1, CANADA, or call 506-548-7961.
If you are not eligible for a SIN, complete Form T1261,
Application for a Canada Revenue Agency Individual Tax
Number (ITN) for Non-Residents, and send it to us as soon as
possible. Do not complete this form if you already have a
SIN, individual tax number (ITN), or temporary tax
number (TTN).

Marital status
Tick the box that applied to your status on
December 31, 2015. Tick Married if you had a spouse or
Living common-law if you had a common-law partner
(see the definitions in the next sections). You still have a
spouse or common-law partner if you were living apart for
reasons other than a breakdown in your relationship. Tick
one of the other boxes only if neither of the first two
applied.
Note
For the purposes of the CCTB, the GST/HST credit, or
working income tax benefit (WITB) only, if your marital
status changes during the year and you are entitled to
any CCTB payments, GST/HST credit payments, or
WITB advance payments, you must tell us by the end of
the month following the month in which your status
changes. However, for these credits only, if you are
separated, do not notify us until you have been
separated for more than 90 consecutive days. Let us
know by going to cra.gc.ca/myaccount, sending us a
completed Form RC65, Marital Status Change, or by
calling 1-800-387-1193. If you are outside Canada, call us
at the telephone number provided on the back cover of
this guide.

If you have requested but not yet received a SIN or an ITN

and the filing deadline is near, file your return without
your SIN or ITN to avoid any possible late-filing penalty
and any interest charges. Attach a note to your return to let
us know.

Email address
If you would like to get your CRA mail online, read and
agree to the terms and conditions below, and enter your
email address. You can also register for online mail using
My Account at cra.gc.ca/myaccount and selecting the
Manage online mail service.
Terms and conditions By providing an email address,
you are registering for online mail and authorizing the CRA
to send you email notifications when there is mail for you
to view on My Account. To access your online mail, you
must be registered for My Account. Any notices and
correspondence delivered online on My Account will be
presumed to have been sent on the date of those email
notifications. You understand and agree that your notice of
assessment and notice of reassessment, and any other
correspondence eligible for online delivery, will no longer
be mailed.

Spouse
This applies only to a person to whom you are legally
married.

Common-law partner
This applies to a person who is not your spouse, with
whom you are living in a conjugal relationship, and to
whom at least one of the following situations applies.
He or she:
a) has been living with you in a conjugal relationship, and
this current relationship has lasted at least 12
continuous months;
Note
In this definition, 12 continuous months includes any
period you were separated for less than 90 days because
of a breakdown in the relationship.

For more information, go to My Account and select

Receive online mail before you access your account.
Note
We will send you an email to confirm your registration
for online mail.

Information about your residence

On the first line, Other has already been entered for you
as your province or territory of residence on
December 31, 2015.

b) is the parent of your child by birth or adoption; or

c) has custody and control of your child (or had custody
and control immediately before the child turned
19 years of age) and your child is wholly dependent on
that person for support.

On the second line, enter your country of residence on

December 31, 2015.
On the third line, if you were self-employed in 2015, enter
the province or territory where you had a permanent
business establishment. If you did not have a permanent
business establishment in Canada, enter other.

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Information about your spouse or

common-law partner
You must provide us with the following information, if
applicable:

your spouses or common-law partners social insurance

number, temporary tax number, or individual tax
number;

your spouses or common-law partners first name;

your spouses or common-law partners net world

income If your spouse or common-law partner was a
deemed resident of Canada in 2015, your spouses or
common-law partners net world income is the amount
from line 236 of your spouses or common-law partners
return, or the amount it would be if he or she filed a return.
If your spouse or common-law partner was a non-resident
of Canada in 2015, your spouses or common-law partners
net world income is his or her net income for 2015 from all
sources both inside and outside Canada.
Enter this amount even if it is zero. We use this
information to calculate the GST/HST credit and other
credits and benefits.
Note
Even though you show this amount on your return, your
spouse or common-law partner may still have to file a
return for 2015. See page 6.

your spouses or common-law partners universal child

care benefit (UCCB) enter the amount from line 117 of
your spouses or common-law partners return, or the
amount it would be if he or she filed a return. Although
this amount is included in your spouses or common-law
partners net world income, we will subtract this amount
to calculate credits and benefits;
your spouses or common-law partners UCCB
repayment enter the amount from line 213 of your
spouses or common-law partners return, or the amount
it would be if he or she filed a return. Although this
amount is deducted in the calculation of your spouses or
common-law partners net world income, we will add
this amount to calculate credits and benefits; and
your spouse or common-law partner was self-employed
in 2015 tick the box if your spouse or common-law
partner was self-employed. If your spouse or
common-law partner carried on a business in 2015 (other
than a business whose expenditures are primarily in
connection with a tax shelter), your return for 2015 has to
be filed on or before June 15, 2016.

Elections Canada
National Register of Electors (the
Register)

elections or referendums. Note that inclusion in the

Register is at the option of the elector. Consenting to
provide your information to Elections Canada will help
ensure you are correctly registered.
Elections Canada will use the information you provide only
for purposes permitted under the Canada Elections Act.
The Canada Elections Act allows for the electoral lists
produced from the Register to be shared with
provincial/territorial electoral agencies for uses permitted
under their respective legislation. The Canada Elections Act
also provides for electoral lists that do not include date of
birth information to be shared with members of Parliament,
registered political parties, and candidates at election time.

Response instructions (responding to

questions is optional)
If you are a Canadian citizen, tick the Yes box next to
question A (Are you a Canadian citizen?) on page 1 of
your return. If you are not a Canadian citizen, tick the No
box next to question A.
If you are a Canadian citizen and you would like to
authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to give your
name, address, date of birth, and Canadian citizenship
status to Elections Canada, tick the Yes box next to
question B (As a Canadian citizen, do you authorize the
Canada Revenue Agency to give your name, address, date
of birth, and citizenship to Elections Canada to update the
National Register of Electors?) on page 1 of your return. If
you are a Canadian citizen but do not authorize the CRA to
give this information to Elections Canada, tick the No
box next to question B.
This information is not used by the CRA for the purpose of
processing your return.

If you tick Yes to both questions

You authorize the CRA to give only your name, address,

date of birth, and Canadian citizenship status to Elections
Canada to ensure that your information is up to date.

If you are an eligible elector who is not already in the

Register, Elections Canada will accept this as your
request to have your information added to it.
Notes
The CRA updates the information provided to Elections
Canada every month. Your authorization remains in
effect until you file your next return. Therefore, if you
move during this period and you advise the CRA of
your new address, the CRA will advise Elections Canada
the next time information is provided.
If during the year you change your mind about the CRA
sending your information to Elections Canada, call the
CRA at 1-800-959-8281 to have your consent removed.
However, your information will remain on the Register.
To remove your information from the Register, see
Removal from the Register on the next page.

The Register contains the name, sex, date of birth, address,

and unique identifier of eligible electors (Canadian citizens
who are 18 years of age or older) and is used to produce
electoral lists and to communicate with electors for federal
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If you tick No to one or both questions (or

do not make a choice)

The CRA will not give any of your information to

Elections Canada.

You will not lose your right to vote.

Elections Canada will not remove your information from

the Register if it is already there.

If there is an election or referendum and you are not

already registered, in order to vote you will have to take
the necessary steps to be added to the electoral list. More
information can be obtained directly from Elections
Canada.

Removal from the Register

Tax Tip
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, and
you paid foreign taxes on foreign income you received,
do not reduce the amount you report by the amount of
tax the foreign country withheld. Instead, you may be
able to claim a foreign tax credit when you calculate
your federal tax. For more information, see Form T2209,
Federal Foreign Tax Credits.

Specified foreign property

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, answer
the question on page 2 of your return if you own or hold
specified foreign property.
For information on the property you are required to report,
see Form T1135, Foreign Income Verification Statement.
Note
Specified foreign property does not include:

You can write to Elections Canada to request to be removed

from the Register, or that your information not be shared
with provincial/territorial electoral agencies that use it to
produce their electoral lists.

If the return is being completed for a person who consented

to provide information to Elections Canada on his or her
last return but has since died, the CRA will notify Elections
Canada to remove the persons name from the Register.

property in your registered retirement savings

plan (RRSP), pooled registered pension plan (PRPP),
registered retirement income fund (RRIF), registered
pension plan (RPP), or tax-free savings
account (TFSA);

foreign investments held in Canadian mutual funds;

property you used or held exclusively in the course of

carrying on your active business; or

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your personal-use property.

Deceased persons

For more information visit elections.ca or

call 1-800-463-6868. Teletypewriter users can
call 1-800-361-8935.

Information about your

residency status

Tick Yes if the total cost of all the specified foreign

property you own or hold was more than CAN$100,000
in 2015 and complete and file Form T1135.
The completed Form T1135 must be attached to your
return. Even if you do not have to file a return, you must
file Form T1135 on or before your filing due date. See
What date is your return for 2015 due? on page 7 or
Form T1135 for more information about filing. You can get
this form by going to cra.gc.ca/forms or by contacting us.

ick the box that best describes your residency status as

of December 31, 2015. For more information about
residency status, see page 5.

Note
The reassessment period for your return is three years
after the day your notice of assessment is sent to you.
This reassessment period is extended from three years to
six years if:

Foreign income
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, you
have to report your income from all sources, both inside
and outside Canada.

How to report foreign income and

other amounts
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, report
foreign income and other amounts (such as expenses and
foreign taxes paid) in Canadian dollars. Use the Bank of
Canada exchange rate in effect on the day you received the
income or paid the expense. If the amount was paid at various
times in the year, visit bankofcanada.ca or contact us for an
average annual rate.

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you did not report income from a specified foreign

property on your return; and

you did not file Form T1135 on time, or you did not
identify specified foreign property, or you identified it
incorrectly, on Form T1135.

Shares of a non-resident corporation

If you (either alone or with related persons) held 10% or
more of the shares of a non-resident corporation, you may
have to complete and file Form T1134, Information Return
Relating to Controlled and Not-Controlled Foreign Affiliates. For
more information, see Form T1134.

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Loans and transfers to non-resident

trusts
If in 2015 or a previous year you loaned or transferred
funds or property to a non-resident trust, and you were a
deemed resident of Canada, you may have to complete and
file Form T1141, Information Return in Respect of Transfers or
Loans to a Non-Resident Trust. For more information, see
Form T1141.

Beneficiaries of non-resident trusts

If in 2015 you received funds or property from, or were
indebted to, a non-resident trust under which you were a
beneficiary, and you were a deemed resident of Canada,
you may have to complete and file Form T1142, Information
Return in Respect of Distributions from and Indebtedness to a
Non-Resident Trust. For more information, see Form T1142.

Total income
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, you have
to report as income most amounts you received in 2015.

Amounts that are not taxed

You do not have to report certain amounts as income,
including the following:

any GST/HST credit or CCTB payments;

child assistance payments and the supplement for

handicapped children paid by the province of Quebec;

compensation received from a province or territory if

you were a victim of a criminal act or a motor vehicle
accident;

lottery winnings;

most gifts and inheritances;

amounts paid by Canada or an ally (if the amount is not

taxable in that country) for disability or death due to war
service;

most amounts received from a life insurance policy

following someones death;

most payments of the type commonly referred to as

strike pay you received from your union, even if you
perform picketing duties as a requirement of
membership; and

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, and you

received a lump-sum payment of eligible income, parts of
which were for previous years after 1977, you must report
the whole payment on the appropriate line of your return
for 2015.
We will not reassess the returns for previous years to include
this income. However, you can ask us to tax the parts for
previous years as if you received them in those years. We can
apply this calculation to the parts that relate to years
throughout which you were resident in Canada if the total of
those parts is $3,000 or more (not including interest) and the
result is better for you.
Eligible income includes:

employment income and damages for loss of

employment received by order or judgment of a
competent tribunal, as an arbitration award, or under a
lawsuit settlement agreement;

periodic pension benefits, which do not include Canada

Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan benefits (see
line 114);

wage-loss replacement plan benefits;

support payments for a spouse, common-law partner, or

child;

employment or unemployment insurance benefits; and

Canadian Forces members and veterans income

replacement benefits.

To ask us to apply this calculation, attach to your return all

completed copies of Form T1198, Statement of Qualifying
Retroactive Lump-Sum Payment, you have received. We will
tell you the results on your notice of assessment or notice of
reassessment.

Loans and transfers of property

Note
Income earned on any of the above amounts (such as
interest you earn when you invest lottery winnings) is
taxable.

Retroactive lump-sum payments

most amounts received from a tax-free savings account

(TFSA). For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/tfsa or see
Guide RC4466, Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Guide for
Individuals.

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, you may

have to report income, such as dividends (line 120) or
interest (line 121), from property (including money and any
replacement property) you loaned or transferred to your
spouse or common-law partner, child, or other relative. You
may also have to report capital gains (line 127) or losses
from property you loaned or transferred to your spouse or
common-law partner.
For more information, see interpretation bulletins IT-510,
Transfers and Loans of Property Made After May 22, 1985 to a
Related Minor, and IT-511, Interspousal and Certain Other
Transfers and Loans of Property.

Split income of a child under 18

Certain income of a child who was born in 1998 or later is
not subject to the rules discussed under Loans and
transfers of property in the previous section. A special tax
of 29% applies to the following amounts received directly
or through a trust (other than a mutual fund trust) or
partnership:

shareholder benefits relating to shares not listed on a

designated stock exchange; and

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dividends from shares (not including those in a mutual

fund corporation or listed on a designated stock
exchange).
Note
A child under 18 years of age may be subject to the tax
on split income for dividends on shares of a corporation.
Any taxable capital gain from the disposition of those
shares to a person who does not deal at arms length
with the child will be deemed to be a dividend. This
deemed dividend is subject to the tax on split income
and is considered to be an other than eligible dividend
for the purposes of the dividend tax credit.

The above also applies to income from a trust (other than a

mutual fund trust) or partnership for providing property or
services to (or in support of) a business operated by:

someone related to the child at any time in the year;

a corporation that has a specified shareholder who is

related to the child at any time in the year; or

a professional corporation that has a shareholder who is

related to the child at any time in the year.

Tax Tip
For information about how to protect yourself against
tax schemes, go to cra.gc.ca/alert.

Line 101 Employment income

Report the total of amounts shown in box 14 of all your

T4 slips. If you have not received your slip by early April or
if you have any questions about an amount on a slip,
contact your employer. For more information, see What if
you are missing information? on page 10.
If you have employment expenses, see line 229 for more
information.
If you are a former resident of Canada, you must report
employment income received from a Canadian resident for
services performed outside Canada if, under a tax treaty or
another agreement or convention, the income is exempt
from tax in your new country of residence. For more
information, contact us.
Notes
If you report employment income on line 101, you can
claim the Canada employment amount on line 363 of
Schedule 1.

The special tax also applies to the income of a child from a

partnership or trust (other than a mutual fund trust), that is
derived from a business or rental property of a partnership
or trust if a person who was related to the child at any time
in the year:

is actively engaged on a regular basis in the activity of

the partnership or trust of earning that income; or

in the case where the income is from a partnership, has

an interest in the partnership directly or indirectly
through other partnerships.

If you received a housing allowance and/or an amount

for eligible utilities as a member of the clergy and they
are shown in box 14 of your T4 slips, subtract the
amount shown in box 30 of your T4 slips from the
amount shown in box 14 and report the difference on
line 101. Report the amount shown in box 30 of your
T4 slips on line 104.
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015 and
have employment income from another country, report
it on line 104 of your return.

The special tax does not apply if:

the income is from property the child inherits from a

parent;

If tips you received through employment are not shown

on your T4 slips, report them on line 104.

the income is from property the child inherits from

anyone else and, during the year, he or she is enrolled
full-time in a post-secondary institution or is eligible for
the disability tax credit (see line 316);

the child was a non-resident of Canada at any time in the

year; or

You may be able to make Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

contributions on certain employment income for which
no contribution was made (for example, tips not shown
on your T4 slips) or extra contributions on T4 income if
you had more than one employer in the year. For more
information, see Making additional CPP contributions
under line 308.

neither of the childs parents was a resident of Canada at

any time in the year.

How to report this income

The child must report the income on the appropriate lines
of his or her return and can claim a deduction on line 232.
The special tax is included in the calculation of his or her
federal tax. To calculate this tax, complete Form T1206, Tax
on Split Income. Attach the form to the childs return.

Tax shelters
To claim deductions, losses, or credits from tax shelter
investments, attach to your return any applicable
T5003 slips, a completed Form T5004, Claim for Tax Shelter
Loss or Deduction, or T5013 slips. Your form must show the
tax shelter identification number.
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Tax Tip
Your contributions to the CPP or Quebec Pension Plan
(box 16 or 17 of your T4 slips and any amount on
line 421) determine the benefit amount you will receive
under either of these plans. If there are no contributions
shown in box 16 or 17 of your T4 slips or if you have any
questions about your contribution amount, contact your
employer.

Emergency services volunteers

In 2015 you may have received a payment from a
government, a municipality, or another public authority for
your work as a volunteer ambulance technician, a
firefighter, or a search, rescue, or other type of emergency
worker. The T4 slips issued by this authority will generally
show only the taxable part of the payment, which is the
part that is more than $1,000.

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The exempt part of a payment is shown in box 87 of your

T4 slips.

date. For more information, see Interpretation

Bulletin IT-428, Wage Loss Replacement Plans.

As an emergency services volunteer, you may qualify for

the volunteer firefighters amount (VFA) or the search and
rescue volunteers amount (SRVA). See lines 362 and 395.

Line 104 Other employment

income

If you are eligible for the $1,000 exemption and either the
VFA or the SRVA, you must choose which one you would
like to claim.

Report on this line the total of the following amounts:

If you choose to claim the exemption, report only the

amounts shown in box 14 of your T4 slips on line 101.

Fees for services shown in box 048 of your T4A slips

must be reported on the applicable self-employment line
of your return (lines 135 to 143).

Net research grants Subtract your expenses from the

grant you received and report the net amount on this line.
Your expenses cannot exceed the amount of your grant.
Attach to your return a list of your expenses. For more
information, see Guide P105, Students and Income Tax.

Clergys housing allowance and/or an amount for

eligible utilities Report the amount shown in box 30 of
your T4 slips. You may be entitled to claim a deduction
on line 231.

Report taxable benefits you received in (or carried forward

to) 2015 on certain security options you exercised. If you
report any taxable benefits, see line 249 for more
information.
For eligible securities under option agreements exercised
up to and including 4 p.m., Eastern time, on March 4, 2010,
that were not granted by a Canadian controlled private
corporation (CCPC), an income deferral of the taxable
benefit may have been allowable subject to an annual limit
of $100,000 on the fair market value of the eligible
securities.
If you exercised an option for eligible securities after 4 p.m.,
Eastern time, on March 4, 2010, that was not granted by a
CCPC, the election to defer the benefit is no longer
available for those securities.

Note
If the housing allowance and/or an amount for eligible
utilities is shown in box 14 of your T4 slips, subtract the
amount shown in box 30 of your T4 slips from the amount
shown in box 14 and report the difference on line 101.

Foreign employment income If you were a deemed

resident of Canada in 2015, report your earnings in
Canadian dollars. See How to report foreign income
and other amounts on page 16. If the amount on your
United States W-2 slip has been reduced by contributions
to a 401(k), 457 or 403(b) plan, US Medicare and Federal
Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), you must add these
contributions to your foreign employment income on
line 104 of your Canadian return. These contributions
may be deductible. See line 207.

Income-maintenance insurance plans (wage-loss

replacement plans) This income is shown in box 107 of
your T4A slips. You may not have to report the full
amount on your return. Report the amount you received,
minus contributions you made to the plan after 1967, if
you did not use them on a previous years return. For
more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-428,
Wage Loss Replacement Plans.

Veterans benefits Report the amount shown in

box 127 of your T4A slip.

Certain GST/HST and Quebec sales tax (QST) rebates

If you are an employee who paid and deducted
employment expenses in 2014 or earlier and you received
a GST/HST or QST rebate in 2015 for those expenses,
report on line 104 the rebate you received. However, a
rebate on which you can claim capital cost allowance is
treated differently. For more information, see
Guide T4044, Employment Expenses.

Your notice of assessment or notice of reassessment will show

the remaining balance of your deferred amounts. For more
information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains, or contact us.

Commissions (box 42)

Report on line 102 the total commissions shown in box 42
of all your T4 slips you received as an employee. This
amount is already included in your income on line 101, so
do not add it again when you calculate your total income
on line 150. If you have commission expenses, see line 229
for more information.
If you are a self-employed commission salesperson, see
Guide T4002, Business and Professional Income, to find out
how to report your commission income and claim your
expenses.

Wage-loss replacement plan income

If you received payments from a wage-loss replacement
plan shown in box 14 of your T4 slips, you may not have to
report the full amount on your return. Report the amount
you received minus the contributions you made to the plan
if you did not use them on a previous years return. Report
on line 103 your total contributions to your wage-loss
replacement plan shown in the supporting documents from
your employer or insurance company. Keep your
supporting documents in case we ask to see them at a later

Employment income not reported on a T4 slip Report

amounts such as tips and occasional earnings.
Notes
If you report employment income on line 104, you can
claim the Canada employment amount on line 363 of
Schedule 1.

If the authority employed you (other than as a volunteer)

for the same or similar duties or if you choose to claim the
VFA or the SRVA, the full payment is taxable. You must
add the amounts shown in boxes 87 and 14 of your T4 slips
and report the result on line 101.

Security option benefits

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Royalties For deemed residents, report these amounts

on this line if you received them for a work or invention
of yours. Report other royalties (other than those
included on line 135) on line 121.

Amounts you received under a supplementary

unemployment benefit plan (a guaranteed annual wage
plan) Report the amount shown in box 152 of your
T4A slips.

Taxable benefit for premiums paid to cover you under a

group term life-insurance plan Report the amount
shown in box 119 of your T4A slips.

Employees profit-sharing plan (EPSP) Report the

amount shown in box 35 of your T4PS slips.
Note
If you are a specified employee and contributions your
employer made to an EPSP are allocated to you, you
may have to pay tax on the amount that is considered an
excess amount. See line 418. If this tax applies to you,
you may be eligible to claim a deduction for the excess
contribution on line 229.

Medical premium benefits Report the amount shown

in box 118 of your T4A slips.

Wage Earner Protection Program Report the amount

shown in box 132 of your T4A slips.

Line 113 Old age security (OAS)

pension

Report the amount shown in box 18 of your T4A(OAS) slip.

For more information about how to report the amount
shown in box 21, see line 146.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Your OAS
benefits may be shown in box 16 of your NR4-OAS slip.
If you have not received your T4A(OAS) or NR4-OAS slip,
visit servicecanada.gc.ca, or call 1-800-277-9914 from
Canada and the United States, or 613-957-1954 from outside
Canada and the United States. To view your T4A(OAS) slip
information, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.
Notes
You may have to repay OAS benefits (see line 235) if the
result of the following calculation is more than $72,809:

the amount from line 234; minus

the amounts reported on lines 117 and 125; plus

the amount deducted on line 213 and/or the amount

for a repayment of registered disability savings plan
income included on line 232.

The amount recovered from your gross OAS pension

because of an overpayment you received in a previous
period is shown in box 20 of your T4A(OAS) slip. You
can claim a deduction on line 232 for the amounts
repaid.
If at any time in 2015 you were a non-resident of Canada
receiving an OAS pension, you may also have to
complete Form T1136, Old Age Security Return of Income.
For more information, see Guide T4155, Old Age Security

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Return of Income Guide for Non-Residents, or contact us. To

get Form T1136 and Guide T4155, go to cra.gc.ca/forms.

Line 114 CPP or QPP benefits

Report the total Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Quebec

Pension Plan (QPP) benefits shown in box 20 of your
T4A(P) slip. This amount is the total of the amounts shown
in boxes 14 to 18. If your T4A(P) slip has an amount shown
in box 16, 17, or 18, read the following sections that apply
to you.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Your CPP or
QPP benefits may be shown in box 16 and/or 26 of your
NR4 slips. This is the case when box 14 and/or 24 of your
NR4 slips show any of the following income codes: 46, 47,
48, 49, 50, or 51.
If you have not received your T4A(P) slip or NR4 slips,
visit servicecanada.gc.ca, or call 1-800-277-9914 from
Canada and the United States, or 613-957-1954 from outside
Canada and the United States. To view your T4A(P) slip
information, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.
Lump-sum benefits If you received a lump-sum CPP or
QPP payment in 2015, parts of which were for previous
years, you have to report the whole payment on line 114 of
your return for 2015. We will not reassess the returns for
the previous years to include this income. However, if you
were a deemed resident of Canada for 2015 and the total of
the parts that relate to previous years is $300 or more, we
will calculate the tax payable on those parts as if you
received them in those years only if the result is better for
you. If you received a letter from Service Canada showing
amounts that apply to previous years, attach it to your
return. We will tell you the results on your notice of
assessment or notice of reassessment.

CPP or QPP disability benefit (box 16)

Report on line 152, located below and to the left of line 114,
your CPP or QPP disability benefits shown in box 16. This
amount is already included in your income on line 114, so
do not add it again when you calculate your total income
on line 150.

CPP or QPP child benefit (box 17)

Report a child benefit only if you received it because you
were the child of a deceased or disabled contributor. Any
benefits paid for your children are their income, even if you
received the payment.

CPP or QPP death benefit (box 18)

If you received this amount and you are a beneficiary of the
deceased persons estate, you can choose to report it on
line 114 of your own return or on a T3 Trust Income Tax and
Information Return for the estate. Do not report it on the
deceased persons individual return. The taxes payable may
be different, depending on which return you use. For more
information, see Guide T4013, T3 Trust Guide.

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Line 115 Other pensions and

superannuation

Report on line 115 any other pensions and superannuation

you received, such as amounts shown in box 016 of your
T4A slips and box 31 of your T3 slips.
Report on line 130 any amount shown in box 018 of your
T4A slips or box 22 of your T3 slips.
You may also have to report on this line other amounts you
received. Read the following sections that apply to you.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Your other
pensions or superannuation income may be shown in
box 16 and/or 26 on your NR4 slips. This is the case when
the income code located in box 14 and/or 24 corresponds to
this type of income. For more information, see the backs of
your NR4 slips.

Annuity, PRPP, and registered retirement

income fund (RRIF), including life income
fund, payments
Report the amount shown in box 024, 133, or 194 of your
T4A slips, box 16 or 20 of your T4RIF slips, or box 19 of
your T5 slips as follows:

If you were 65 years of age or older on

December 31, 2015, report it on line 115.
Regardless of your age, if you received it on the death of
your spouse or common-law partner, report it on line 115
even if the amount is transferred to an RRSP.
Otherwise, report on line 130 the amount shown in
box 024, 133, or 194 of your T4A slips or box 16 or 20 of
your T4RIF slips. Report on line 121 the amount shown
in box 19 of your T5 slips.
Note
If there is an amount shown in box 18 or 22 of your
T4RIF slips, see the instructions on the back of the slip.

Saskatchewan Pension Plan (SPP)

Report the SPP payments shown in box 016 of your
T4A slip. For more information about the SPP,
visit saskpension.com.
SPP payments are eligible for the pension income amount.
See line 314.
Tax Tips
If you have to report your pension, annuity, PRPP, and
RRIF payments on line 115, you may be able to claim the
pension income amount. See line 314.
You may also be able to make a joint election with your
spouse or common-law partner to split your pension,
annuity, PRPP, and RRIF (including life income fund)
payments you reported on line 115 if both of the
following apply:

you were both deemed residents of Canada on

December 31, 2015 (or were residents of Canada on
the date of death); and
you and your spouse or common-law partner were
not, because of a breakdown in your marriage or
common-law relationship, living separate and apart

from each other at the end of the year and for a period
of 90 days beginning in the year.
To make this election, you and your spouse or
common-law partner must complete Form T1032, Joint
Election to Split Pension Income.
Note
If you elected to split your pension, superannuation,
annuity, PRPP, RRIF (including life income fund), and
SPP payments with your spouse or common-law
partner, you (the pensioner) must still report the full
amount on line 115, but you can claim a deduction for
the elected split-pension amount. See line 210.

Pensions from a foreign country

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, report in
Canadian dollars your gross foreign pension income
received in 2015. See How to report foreign income and
other amounts on page 16. Attach a note to your return
identifying the type of pension you received and the
country it came from. In some cases, amounts you receive
may not be considered pension income and you may have
to report them elsewhere on your return.
United States individual retirement arrangement (IRA)
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015,
and, during 2015, you received amounts from an IRA or
converted the IRA to a Roth IRA, contact us.
Tax Tip
You can claim a deduction on line 256 for the part of
your foreign pension income that is tax-free in Canada
because of a tax treaty. If you do not know if any part of
your foreign pension is tax-free, contact us.
United States Social Security If you were a deemed
resident of Canada in 2015, report on line 115 the full
amount, in Canadian dollars, of your U.S. Social Security
benefits and any U.S. Medicare premiums paid on your
behalf. You can claim a deduction for part of this income.
See line 256.
Benefits paid for your children are their income, even if you
received the payments.

Line 116 Elected split-pension

amount

If you and your spouse or common-law partner have made

a joint election to split your spouses or common-law
partners eligible pension income by completing
Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension Income, you (the
pension transferee) must enter on this line the elected
split-pension amount from line G of Form T1032.
File Form T1032 by your filing due date for the year (see
What date is your return for 2015 due? on page 7). This
form must be attached to both your and your spouses or
common-law partners returns. The information provided
on the forms must be the same.
Notes
Only one joint election can be made for a tax year. If both
you and your spouse or common-law partner have
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Line 119 Employment insurance

and other benefits

Under certain circumstances, we may allow you to make

a late or amended election or revoke an original election.
For more information, contact us.

Report the amount shown in box 14 of your T4E slip, minus

any amount shown in box 18 (if applicable). If you have
already repaid excess benefits you received directly to the
payer of your benefits, you may be able to claim a
deduction. See line 232.

Line 117 Universal child care

benefit (UCCB)

Note
You may have to repay some of the benefits you
received (see line 235) if the result of the following
calculation is more than $61,875:

If you had a spouse or common-law partner on

December 31, 2015, the one of you with the lower net world
income must report the UCCB. Report on line 117 the
amount shown in box 10 of the RC62 slip.
If you were a single parent on December 31, 2015, you can
choose one of the following options:

Include all UCCB amounts you received in 2015 in the

income of the dependant for whom the amount for an
eligible dependant (line 305 of Schedule 1) is being
claimed. If there is no claim for the amount for an eligible
dependant, you can choose to include all UCCB amounts
in the income of a child for whom you received the
UCCB. If you choose this option, enter on line 185,
located below and to the left of line 117, the amount
shown in box 10 of the RC62 slip. Do not report the
amount on line 117.
Include all UCCB amounts you received in 2015 in your
own income. If you choose this option, report on line 117
the amount shown in box 10 of the RC62 slip. Do not
enter the amount on line 185.
Note
The UCCB income you report will not be included in the
calculation of your GST/HST credit, Canada child tax
benefit (CCTB) payments, the social benefits repayment
(line 235), the refundable medical expense supplement
(line 452), or the working income tax benefit (WITB)
(line 453).

In 2015, you or your spouse or common-law partner may

have repaid an amount included in your or your spouses
or common-law partners income for a previous year. If this
applies to you, see line 213.
Lump-sum benefits If you received the UCCB in 2015 as
a lump-sum, parts of which were for a previous year, you
must report the full payment in 2015. Read the instructions
above on how to report this income.
We will not reassess the returns for the previous years to
include this income. However, if you have to report on
line 117 a UCCB lump-sum payment you received in 2015
and the total of the parts that relate to previous years
is $300 or more, we will calculate the tax payable on those
parts as if you received them in those years only if the
result is better for you. Box 10 of the RC62 slip will show
the breakdown of the payment as it applies to each year.
We will tell you the results on your notice of assessment or
notice of reassessment.
Note
This special calculation will not apply if you designated
the lump-sum payment benefit to a dependant and
entered the amount on line 185.
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are splitting your pension income or your spouses or

common-law partners pension income.

the amount from line 234; minus

the amounts reported on lines 117 and 125; plus

the amount deducted on line 213 and/or the amount

for a repayment of registered disability savings plan
income included on line 232.

Line 120 Taxable amount of

dividends (eligible and other than eligible)

from taxable Canadian corporations
There are two types of dividends, eligible dividends and
other than eligible dividends, you may have received
from taxable Canadian corporations.
If you need more information about the type of dividends
you received, contact the payer of your dividends.

How to report this income

Complete Part I of Schedule 4.
Enter on line 180 the taxable amount of other than
eligible dividends, as shown in box 11 of T5 slips, box 25
of T4PS slips, box 32 of T3 slips, and box 130 of T5013 slips.
Report on line 120 the taxable amount of all dividends
from taxable Canadian corporations, as shown in boxes 11
and 25 of T5 slips, boxes 25 and 31 of T4PS slips, boxes 32
and 50 of T3 slips, and boxes 130 and 133 of T5013 slips.
If you did not receive an information slip, you must
calculate the taxable amount of other than eligible
dividends by multiplying the actual amount of other
than eligible dividends you received by 118%. Report the
result on line 180.
You must also calculate the taxable amount of eligible
dividends by multiplying the actual amount of eligible
dividends you received by 138%. Report the combined total
of eligible dividends and other than eligible dividends on
line 120.
Dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations
qualify for the dividend tax credit, which can reduce the
amount of tax you pay. You can claim this credit when you
calculate your federal and provincial or territorial taxes.
Read the instructions for line 425.
Report on line 121 any foreign dividends you received.

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Special rules apply for income from property (including
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property on page 17.

For children born in 1998 or later who report certain

investment income, see Split income of a child
under 18 on page 17.

For children born in 1998 or later who report certain

dividends, see Split income of a child under 18 on
page 17.

How to report this income

List your investments in Part II of Schedule 4. Generally,
you report your share of interest from a joint investment
based on how much you contributed to it.

Tax Tip
In some cases, it may be better for you to report all the
taxable dividends your spouse or common-law partner
received from taxable Canadian corporations. You can
do this only if, by including the dividends in your
income, you will be able to claim or increase your claim
for the spouse or common-law partner amount (line 303
of Schedule 1).

Example
Sally and Roger received a T5 slip from their joint bank
account showing the $400 interest they earned in 2015. Sally
had deposited $4,000 and Roger had deposited $1,000 into
the account.

If you use this option, you may be able to take better

advantage of the dividend tax credit. Do not include
these dividends in your spouses or common-law
partners income when you calculate claims such as the
spouse or common-law partner amount on line 303 or
amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law
partner on Schedule 2.

Line 121 Interest and other

investment income

Roger reports $80 interest, calculated as follows:

$1,000 (his share) $400 (total interest) = $80
$5,000 (total)
Sally reports $320 interest, calculated as follows:

The amounts you report for the year depend on the type of
investment and when you made it. Report on line 121
amounts you received, minus any part of those amounts
you reported in previous years. Also report amounts
credited to you but that you did not receive (such as
amounts that were reinvested).
The amounts to report include those shown in boxes 13, 14,
and 15 of T5 slips, box 25 of T3 slips, and boxes 128 and 135
of T5013 slips. You also have to report the interest on any
tax refund you received in 2015, which is shown on your
notice of assessment or notice of reassessment.
If you received foreign interest or dividend income, report
it in Canadian dollars. For more information, see How to
report foreign income and other amounts on page 16.
If you own an interest in a foreign investment entity or an
interest in a foreign insurance policy, you may have to
report investment income. For more information, contact
us.
If, as a shareholder in a foreign corporation, you received
certain shares in another foreign corporation, you may not
have to report any amount in income for receiving those
shares. For more information, contact us.
Notes
Special rules apply for income from property (including
money) one family member lends or transfers to another.
For more information, see Loans and transfers of
property on page 17.
Generally, when you invest your money in your childs
name, you have to report the income from those
investments. However, if you deposited Canada child
tax benefit or universal child care benefit payments into
a bank account or trust in your childs name, the interest
earned on those payments is your childs income.

$4,000 (her share) $400 (total interest) = $320

$5,000 (total)
Bank accounts
Report interest paid or credited to you in 2015, even if you
did not receive an information slip. You may not receive a
T5 slip for amounts under $50.
Term deposits, guaranteed investment certificates
(GICs), and other similar investments
On these investments, interest builds up over a period of
time, usually longer than one year. Generally, you do not
receive the interest until the investment matures or you
cash it in. For information about Canada savings bonds, see
the next section.
The income you report is based on the interest you earned
during each complete investment year. For example, if you
made a long-term investment on July 1, 2014, report on
your return for 2015 the interest that accumulated to the
end of June 2015, even if you do not receive a T5 slip.
Report the interest from July 2015 to June 2016 on your 2016
return.
Note
If your investment agreement specifies a different
interest rate each year, report the amount shown on your
T5 slips, even if it is different from what the agreement
specifies or what you received. The issuer of your
investment can tell you how this amount was calculated.
For most investments you made in 1990 or later, you have
to report the interest each year, as you earn it. For
information about reporting methods for investments made
in 1989 or earlier, use Info-Tax, one of our Tax
Information Phone Services (see pages 70 and 71), or see
Interpretation Bulletin IT-396, Interest Income.
Canada savings bonds
Interest on a regular interest (R) bond is paid annually until
the bond matures or you cash it in. Interest on a compound
interest (C) bond is not paid until you cash it in. For both
kinds of bonds, report the amount shown on the T5 slips.

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Note
You may have to make Canada Pension Plan
contributions on the net income you report on line 122.
See line 222.

Treasury bills
If you disposed of a treasury bill at maturity in 2015, you
have to report as interest the difference between the price
you paid and the proceeds of disposition shown on your
T5008 slips or account statement.
If you disposed of a treasury bill before maturity in 2015,
you may also have to report a capital gain or loss. For more
information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains.
Earnings on life insurance policies
Report the earnings that have accumulated on certain life
insurance policies in the same way as you do for other
investments. Your insurance company will send you a
T5 slip. For policies bought before 1990, you can choose to
report accumulated earnings annually by telling your
insurer in writing.

If you have received income from an RDSP in 2015, report

the amount shown in box 131 of your T4A slips, and box 16
and/or 26 of your NR4 slips (if box 14 and/or 24 shows
income code 63). For more information, go
to cra.gc.ca/rdsp, see Information Sheet RC4460, Registered
Disability Savings Plan, or contact us.
Note
The RDSP income you report will not be included in the
calculation of your GST/HST credit, your Canada child
tax benefit (CCTB) payments, the social benefits
repayment (line 235), the refundable medical expense
supplement (line 452), or the working income tax
benefit (WITB) (line 453).

Line 122 Net partnership income:

limited or non-active partners only
Report on line 122 your share of the net income or loss from
a partnership if the partnership did not include a rental or
farming operation and you were either:

a limited partner; or

not actively involved in the partnership and not

otherwise involved in a business or profession similar to
that carried on by the partnership.

Report your net rental income or loss from a partnership on

line 126. Report your net farming income or loss from a
partnership on line 141.
If none of the above applies to you, report your share of the
partnerships net income or loss on the applicable
self-employment line of your return. See lines 135 to 143.
Notes
If the partnership has a loss, the amount you can claim
could be limited. For more information, contact us.
For children born in 1998 or later who report certain
limited or non-active partnership income, see Split
income of a child under 18 on page 17.
If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.
If all or part of the income was earned in a province or
territory other than the province or territory of which you
were considered a resident, or if it was earned outside
Canada, complete and attach to your return Form T2203,
Provincial and Territorial Taxes for 2015 Multiple
Jurisdictions.
Non-residents This section applies to you only if you had
Canadian-source partnership income in 2015 and the
partnership did not have a permanent establishment in
Canada. If the partnership had a permanent establishment
in Canada, use another tax package. See What tax package
should you use if this one is not for you? on page 7. If you
are filing to report rental income, a section 216 return is
required.
Attach to your return a T5013 slip. If you did not receive
one, attach a copy of the partnerships financial statement.
See lines 135 to 143.
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Line 125 Registered disability

savings plan (RDSP) income

Line 126 Rental income

Report your gross rental income on line 160 and your net
rental income or loss on line 126. If you have a loss, show
the amount in brackets. If you were a member of a
partnership, also report any amount shown in boxes 107
and 110 of your T5013 slips or any amount the partnership
allocated to you in its financial statements.
You must include with your return a statement or
Form T776, Statement of Real Estate Rentals, showing your
rental income and expenses for the year. If it applies, also
include your T5013 slips or a copy of the partnerships
financial statement.
For more information, see Guide T4036, Rental Income,
which includes Form T776.
If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.

Line 127 Taxable capital gains

You may have a capital gain or loss when you dispose of

property, such as when you sell real estate or shares
(including those in mutual funds). If you were a
non-resident of Canada in 2015, or a non-resident of
Canada electing under section 217, this line applies only on
the disposition of your taxable Canadian property.
Note
The definition of taxable Canadian property changed
for dispositions occurring after March 4, 2010. For more
information about taxable Canadian property, including
the definition, go to cra.gc.ca/nrdispositions.
Generally, if the total of your gains for the year is more than
the total of your losses, you have to report 50% of the
difference as income. However, if the total of your losses
for the year is more than the total of your gains, you cannot
deduct the difference on your return for the year. See the
next section, How to report these gains. For exceptions
that apply to non-residents of Canada and non-residents of
Canada electing under section 217, see the next page.

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If you have a capital gain or loss from selling or redeeming

your mutual fund units or shares, get Information
Sheet RC4169, Tax Treatment of Mutual Funds for Individuals,
for more information.
If you realized a capital gain as a result of a mortgage
foreclosure or conditional sales repossession, this gain is
not included in income when we calculate your GST/HST
credit, your Canada child tax benefit payments, your child
disability benefit payments, the social benefits repayment
(line 235), the age amount (line 301 of Schedule 1), the
refundable medical expenses supplement (line 452), or the
working income tax benefit (WITB) (line 453). If this applies
to you, contact us.
When you donate capital property to a registered charity or
other qualified donees, we consider you to have disposed
of the property at its fair market value. As a result, you may
have to report a capital gain or loss for that property. There
are special rules for donations of certain property. For more
information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains, and
Pamphlet P113, Gifts and Income Tax.
For donations of publicly traded securities, the inclusion
rate of zero also applies to any capital gain realized on the
exchange of shares of the capital stock of a corporation for
those publicly traded securities that were donated. This
treatment has certain conditions. If the exchanged securities
are partnership interests, a special calculation is required to
determine the capital gain to be reported. For more
information about exchangeable securities, see
Pamphlet P113, Gifts and Income Tax.
Donations of certain flow-through share properties may
result in a deemed capital gain subject to an inclusion rate
of 50%. For more information, see Pamphlet P113, Gifts and
Income Tax.

How to report these gains

Complete Schedule 3 and attach it to your return.
Generally, if all your gains or losses are shown on T4PS, T5
or T5013, slips, report the total of amounts on line 174 of
Schedule 3. If they are shown on T3 slips, report the total of
amounts on line 176. Also attach these documents to your
return. If your securities transactions are shown on an
account statement or a T5008 slip, use the information on
these documents to help you complete Schedule 3. For
more information about these and other capital
dispositions, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains.
If the result on line 199 of Schedule 3 is positive (gain),
report the amount on line 127 of your return. If the result is
negative (loss), do not report the amount on line 127 of
your return. We will register it in our system. Keep track of
this loss, which you can use to reduce your taxable capital
gains of other years. The following notes explain how to do
this.
Notes
You may have incurred a net capital loss in 2015 you
would like to apply against taxable capital gains you
reported on your 2012, 2013, or 2014 return. For more
information and to carry back the loss, get Form T1A,
Request for Loss Carryback, and Guide T4037, Capital
Gains. Attach a completed Form T1A to your return

(or send one to us separately). Do not file an amended

return for the year or years to which you apply the loss.
If you are preparing a return for a person who died
in 2015, see Guide T4011, Preparing Returns for Deceased
Persons, for more information about special rules that
apply to claiming these losses.
Tax Tip
If you are a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, you may
be able to claim a deduction for your capital gains. See
line 254.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 If you notified us of the disposition or
proposed disposition of taxable Canadian property
during 2015, and made a payment or provided acceptable
security for the tax, we would have sent you a certificate of
compliance for the proposed disposition (Form T2064,
Certificate Proposed Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident
of Canada), or the actual disposition (Form T2068,
Certificate The Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of
Canada). Attach copy 2 of the certificate of compliance and a
completed Schedule 3 to your return.
Do not include any gain or loss from the disposition of
taxable Canadian property if, under a tax treaty, any gain
from the disposition of this property would be exempt from
tax in Canada. If you have to file a return, attach a note
stating that you have not included the gain or loss because
of a tax treaty.
Note
In certain situations you may not have to file a return
reporting the disposition. For more information, go
to cra.gc.ca/nrdispositions or see Before you start on
page 6.
If you disposed of certain other types of Canadian
property such as a Canadian life insurance policy,
Canadian real or immovable property (other than capital
property), Canadian resource property, or timber resource
property, report the income from the disposition on line 130
or line 135 (whichever applies) of your return. Do not
report these dispositions on the Schedule 3. Attach a note to
your return giving the details of the disposition.
For more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-420,
Non-Residents Income Earned in Canada, and Information
Circular IC72-17, Procedures concerning the disposition of
taxable Canadian property by non-residents of Canada
Section 116.

Line 128 Support payments

received

Report on line 156 the total of all taxable and non-taxable

support payments you received for yourself and/or for a
child (or, if you are the payer, the payments that were
repaid to you under a court order) in 2015. Report on
line 128 only the taxable amount.
Note
Most child support payments received according to a
written agreement or court order dated after April 1997
are not taxable. For more information, see Guide P102,
Support Payments.

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Tax Tips
You may be able to claim a deduction on line 256 for the
part of the payments you received from a resident of
another country that is tax-free in Canada because of a
tax treaty. If you do not know if any part of the payment
is tax-free, contact us.

from each other at the end of the year and for a period
of 90 days commencing in the year.
To make this election, you and your spouse or
common-law partner must complete Form T1032, Joint
Election to Split Pension Income.
Note
If you elected to split your RRSP annuity payments with
your spouse or common-law partner, you (the
pensioner) must still report the full amount on line 129,
but you can claim a deduction for the elected
split-pension amount. See line 210.

You may be able to claim a deduction on line 220 for

support payments you repaid under a court order. For
more information, see Guide P102, Support Payments.

Line 129 RRSP income

Report the total of amounts shown in boxes 16, 18, 28, and
34 of all your T4RSP slips. Also report amounts shown in
boxes 20, 22, and 26, unless your spouse or common-law
partner made a contribution to your RRSP. For more
information, see RRSPs for spouse or common-law
partner in the next section.
Notes
If you report a refund of RRSP premiums shown on your
NR4 slips or in box 28 of your T4RSP slips and you
rolled over an amount to a registered disability savings
plan (RDSP), you may be able to claim a deduction. See
line 232. For more information about RDSPs, go
to cra.gc.ca/rdsp or see Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other
Registered Plans for Retirement.
Regardless of your age, if you received income shown on
a T4RSP slip on the death of your spouse or
common-law partner, report it on line 129 even if the
amount is transferred to an RRSP.

RRSPs for spouse or common-law partner

Your spouse or common-law partner may have to report
some or all of the RRSP income shown in boxes 20, 22,
and 26 of your T4RSP slips if he or she contributed to any
of your RRSPs in 2013, 2014, or 2015. In that case, your
T4RSP slips should have Yes ticked in box 24 and your
spouses or common-law partners social insurance number
shown in box 36.
To calculate the amount from an RRSP for a spouse or
common-law partner that each of you has to report,
complete Form T2205, Amounts from a Spousal or
Common-Law Partner RRSP, RRIF, or SPP to Include in
Income. Both you and your spouse or common-law partner
should include this form with your returns. However, only
the person shown as the annuitant (recipient) on the
T4RSP slips can claim the income tax deducted (box 30) and
should attach the slips to his or her return.
Note
If you and your spouse or common-law partner were
living apart because of a breakdown in the relationship
when you withdrew funds from your RRSP, you have to
report the whole amount shown on your T4RSP slips.

Non-residents electing under section 217 Your RRSP

income may be shown in box 16 and/or 26 of your
NR4 slips. This is the case when box 14 and/or 24 of your
NR4 slips show any of the following income codes: 28, 29,
30, 32, 33, or 43.
Tax Tips
If unused RRSP contributions you made after 1990 were
refunded to you or your spouse or common-law partner
in 2015, you may be able to claim a deduction on
line 232. See line 232.
RRSP annuity payments you report on line 129 (shown
in box 16 of your T4RSP slips) qualify for the pension
income amount if you were 65 years of age or older on
December 31, 2015, or if you received the payments on
the death of your spouse or common-law partner. See
line 314.
You may also be able to make a joint election with your
spouse or common-law partner to split your RRSP
annuity payments you reported on line 129 if you meet
all the following conditions:

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you were 65 years of age or older on

December 31, 2015, or you received the payments on
the death of your spouse or common-law partner;

you were both considered residents of Canada on

December 31, 2015 (or were considered residents of
Canada on the date of death); and

you and your spouse or common-law partner were

not, because of a breakdown in your marriage or
common-law relationship, living separate and apart

For more information, see Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other

Registered Plans for Retirement.

Repayments under the Home Buyers Plan

(HBP) and the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP)
Deemed residents If in previous years you withdrew
funds from your RRSP under the HBP or the LLP, you may
have to make a repayment for 2015. The minimum
repayment is shown on your notice of assessment or notice
of reassessment for 2014. To make a repayment, you have
to contribute to your RRSP or a PRPP from January 1, 2015,
to February 29, 2016, and designate your contribution as a
repayment on line 6 or 7 of Schedule 7 (see page 32). Do not
send your repayment to us.
If you repay less than the minimum amount for 2015, you
have to report the difference on line 129 of your return.
Example
Kevin withdrew funds under the HBP in 2010. His
minimum required repayment for 2015 was $800. The only
RRSP contribution he made from January 1, 2015, to
February 29, 2016, was $500 on June 18, 2015. He
designated it on line 6 of Schedule 7 as a repayment under
the HBP and included $300 in his income on line 129 ($800

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minimum required repayment minus $500 repaid and

designated).
For more information, including the rules that apply when
the person who made the withdrawal dies, turns 71 years of
age, or becomes a non-resident, go to cra.gc.ca/hbp or see
Guide RC4112, Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP).
To view your HBP or LLP information, go
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

Line 130 Other income

Use this line to report taxable income that has not been or
should not be reported anywhere else on the return. To
find out if an amount is taxable, contact us. In the space to
the left of line 130, specify the type of income you are
reporting. If you have more than one type of income, attach
a note to your return giving the details.
Note
Special rules apply for income from property one family
member lends or transfers to another. For more
information, see Loans and transfers of property on
page 17.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Report your net gain from the disposition of a
Canadian life insurance policy on this line. Do not report it
on Schedule 3. Attach to your return a note that gives the
details of the disposition and copy 2 of your certificate of
compliance, Form T2064, Certificate Proposed Disposition of
Property by a Non-Resident of Canada, or Form T2068,
Certificate The Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of
Canada.

Scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, and

artists project grants
Elementary and secondary school scholarships and
bursaries are not taxable.
Post-secondary school scholarships, fellowships, and
bursaries are not taxable if you received them for your
enrolment in a program that entitles you to claim the
full-time education amount in 2014, 2015, or 2016. If you are
not eligible for the full-time or part-time education amount,
report on line 130 the part of the post-secondary
scholarships, fellowships, and bursaries you received in the
year that is more than $500.
Notes
Post-secondary programs consisting mainly of research
are eligible for the scholarship exemption and the
education amount only if they lead to a college or
CEGEP diploma or a bachelor, masters, or doctoral (or
equivalent) degree. Post-doctoral fellowships are
taxable.
If you have received a scholarship, fellowship, or
bursary related to a part-time program for which you
can claim the part-time education amount for that
program, the scholarship exemption is equal to the
tuition paid plus the costs of program-related materials.

For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/students or see

Guide P105, Students and Income Tax.
If you received an artists project grant, see Guide P105 for
more information.
Report prizes and awards you received as a benefit from
your employment or in connection with a business.
However, this type of income is not eligible for the $500
tax-free amount. If you received a research grant, see
line 104.
For more information, see Guide P105.

Apprenticeship incentive grant

If you received an apprenticeship incentive grant in 2015,
report the amount shown in box 130 of your T4A slip on
line 130.
For more information, visit servicecanada.gc.ca, see
Guide P105, or call 1-866-742-3644.

Apprenticeship completion grant

If you received an apprenticeship completion grant in 2015,
report the amount shown in box 130 of your T4A slip on
line 130.
For more information, visit servicecanada.gc.ca, see
Guide P105, or call 1-866-742-3644.

Lump-sum payments
Report lump-sum payments from pensions and deferred
profit-sharing plans (box 018 of your T4A slips and box 22
of your T3 slips) you received when leaving a plan.
If in 2015 you received a lump-sum payment that included
amounts you earned in previous years, you have to report
the whole payment on line 130 of your return for 2015.
However, you can ask us to apply a reduced tax rate to the
part relating to amounts you earned before 1972 by
attaching a note to your return. We will tell you the results
on your notice of assessment or notice of reassessment.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Lump-sum
payments, retiring allowances, and death benefits may be
shown in box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips. This is the
case when the income code located in box 14 and/or 24
corresponds to this type of income. For more information,
see the backs of your NR4 slips.

Retiring allowances
Report the amount shown in boxes 66 and 67 of your
T4 slips and any retiring allowance shown in box 26 of your
T3 slips.
Note
You may be able to deduct legal fees you paid to get a
retiring allowance. See line 232.
Tax Tip
You may be able to transfer part or all of your retiring
allowances to your RRSP. See line 14 Transfers on
page 32.

You may also be able to claim up to an additional $500

as a scholarship exemption.
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Death benefits (other than Canada Pension

Plan or Quebec Pension Plan death benefits)

Lines 135 to 143

Self-employment income

A death benefit is an amount you receive after a persons

death for their employment service. It is shown in box 106
of your T4A slips or box 26 of your T3 slips.

Report on the appropriate line your gross and net income

or loss from self-employment. If you have a loss, show it in
brackets. Include with your return a statement showing
your income and expenses.

You may not have to pay tax on up to $10,000 of the benefit

you received. If you are the only one to receive a death
benefit, report the amount you receive that is more
than $10,000. Even if you do not receive the full death
benefit in one year, the total tax-free amount for all years
cannot exceed $10,000.
To find out what to report if anyone else also received a
death benefit for the same person, use Info-Tax, one of our
Tax Information Phone Services (see pages 70 and 71), or
see Interpretation Bulletin IT-508, Death Benefits.

You have to file Form T1139, Reconciliation of 2015 Business

Income for Tax Purposes, with your return for 2015 to keep a
year-end that does not finish on December 31, 2015.
However, if you filed Form T1139 with your return
for 2014, you may have to complete the version of this form
for 2015. For more information, see Guide RC4015,
Reconciliation of Business Income for Tax Purposes.
Notes
If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2015, you
may have to make Canada Pension Plan contributions
on your self-employment earnings. See line 222.

Attach to your return a note stating the death benefit

amount you received but did not include in your income.

If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of

Canada, you may be able to enter into an agreement
with the Canada Employment Insurance Commission
through Service Canada to participate in the
employment insurance (EI) program for access to EI
special benefits. For more information, contact Service
Canada or visit servicecanada.gc.ca.

Other kinds of income

Also report the following income on line 130:

amounts distributed from a retirement compensation

arrangement shown on your T4A-RCA slips, and in
box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips (if box 14 and/or 24
shows income code 37). For more information, see the
backs of your slips;
training allowances or any other amount shown in
box 028 of your T4A slips (other than amounts already
noted for this line and lines 104, 115, and 125);

For children born in 1998 or later who report certain

self-employment income, see Split income of a child
under 18 on page 17.
The following guides contain more information and forms
you may need to help you calculate your self-employment
income:

payments from a trust shown in box 26 of your T3 slips;

payments from a registered education savings plan shown

in box 040 (see line 418) or 042 of your T4A slips;

T4002, Business and Professional Income (Form T2125,

Statement of Business or Professional Activities);

certain annuity payments (see line 115);

certain payments from a tax-free savings account (TFSA)

shown in box 134 of your T4A slips, and in box 16
and/or 26 of your NR4 slips (if box 14 and/or 24 shows
income code 64). For more information, see the backs of
your slips;

T4003, Farming Income (Form T2042, Statement of Farming

Activities);

T4004, Fishing Income (Form T2121, Statement of Fishing

Activities);

RC4060, Farming Income and the AgriStability and

AgriInvest Programs Guide Joint Forms and Guide
(Form T1163, Statement A AgriStability and AgriInvest
Programs Information and Statement of Farming Activities for
Individuals, and Form T1164, Statement B AgriStability
and AgriInvest Programs Information and Statement of
Farming Activities for Additional Farming Operations); and

RC4408, Farming Income and the AgriStability and

AgriInvest Programs Harmonized Guide (Form T1273,
Statement A Harmonized AgriStability and AgriInvest
Programs Information and Statement of Farming Activities for
Individuals, and Form T1274, Statement B Harmonized
AgriStability and AgriInvest Programs Information and
Statement of Farming Activities for Additional Farming
Operations).

designated benefits from a registered retirement income

fund shown on your NR4 slips or in box 22 of
your T4RIF slips, or the registered pension plan amount
shown on your NR4 slips or in box 018 of your T4A slips
if you rolled over an amount to a registered disability
savings plan (RDSP). See line 232 for more information
about the corresponding deduction. For more
information about RDSPs, go to cra.gc.ca/rdsp or see
Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for
Retirement;
amounts (grants) paid to you as a result of taking time
away from work to cope with the death or disappearance
of your child because of an offence or probable offence
under the Criminal Code (shown in box 136 of your
T4A slip); and
PRPP income shown in box 194 of your T4A slips if you
were under 65 years of age and you did not receive this
income on the death of your spouse or common-law
partner.

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Notes
If you are participating in the AgriStability and
AgriInvest programs, use the envelope provided in
Guide RC4060 or Guide RC4408.
If you use your home for daycare, see Pamphlet P134,
Using Your Home for Daycare, for more information.
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If you were a limited or non-active partner, report your net

income or losses from rental operations on line 126 and
your net farming income or losses on line 141. Report other
net income or other losses on line 122.
If you were an active partner and you received a T5013 slip,
report on your return the amount from boxes 118, 121, 123,
125, and 127. Report your share of the partnerships net
income or loss shown in boxes 101, 103, 116, 120, 122, 124,
and 126 on the applicable line of your return. Attach the
T5013 slip to your return. If you did not receive this slip,
follow the instructions on the applicable self-employment
form and report your share of the partnerships net income
or loss on the applicable self-employment line of your
return. Attach the applicable self-employment form or a
copy of the partnerships financial statement to your return.
For more information, call our business enquiries line
at 1-800-959-5525 (calls within Canada and the United
States). If you are outside Canada and the United States,
call us at the telephone number provided on the back cover
of this guide.
If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.
Non-residents This section applies to you only if you had
Canadian-source business income in 2015 and the business
did not have a permanent establishment in Canada. If the
business had a permanent establishment in Canada, use
another tax package. See What tax package should you use
if this one is not for you? on page 7.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Report your income from the disposition of
Canadian real or immovable property (other than capital
property), Canadian resource property and timber resource
property on line 135. Do not report the income on
Schedule 3. Attach a note to your return giving information
about the disposition and copy 2 of your certificate of
compliance, Form T2068, Certificate The Disposition of
Property by a Non-Resident of Canada or Form T2064,
Certificate Proposed Disposition of Property by a
Non-Resident of Canada.
Do not include a loss from a business carried on in Canada
if, under a tax treaty, the income from that business would
be exempt from tax in Canada. If you have to file a return,
attach a note stating that you have not included the
business loss because of a tax treaty.

Line 144 Workers compensation

benefits

Report the amount shown in box 10 of your T5007 slip.

Claim a deduction on line 250 for the benefits you entered
on line 144.
Note
In 2015 you may have repaid salary or wages originally
paid to you by your employer in a previous year, in
anticipation of workers compensation benefits you
would receive. This amount is shown in box 77 of your
T4 slips. You may be able to claim a deduction on
line 229. For more information, contact us.

Line 145 Social assistance

payments

Report the amount shown in box 11 of your T5007 slip

or the federal part of your Quebec Relev 5 slip, unless you
lived with your spouse or common-law partner when the
payments were made. The spouse or common-law partner
with the higher net income on line 236 (not including these
payments or the deductions on line 214 or line 235) must
report all the payments, even if that persons name is not
shown on the slip. If this amount is the same for both of
you, the person named on the T5007 slip (or the prestataire
on the federal part of the Relev 5 slip) must report the
payments.
Notes
You do not have to report certain social assistance
payments you or your spouse or common-law partner
received for being a foster parent or for caring for a
disabled adult who lived with you. For more
information, contact us. However, if the payments are
for caring for your spouse or common-law partner or
any person related to either of you, whoever has the
higher net income must report those payments.
If you repay an amount that was shown on a T5007 slip or
a Relev 5 slip in a previous year, the return for that year
may be adjusted based on the amended slip provided. For
more information, see How to change a return on
page 67.
Claim a deduction on line 250 for the social assistance
payments you entered on line 145.

Line 146 Net federal supplements

Report the amount shown in box 21 of your T4A(OAS) slip.

If your net income before adjustments on line 234 of your
return is $72,809 or less, claim a deduction on line 250 for
the net federal supplements you entered on line 146. If the
amount on line 234 of your return is more than $72,809,
contact us to find out how much you can deduct on
line 250.
Note
Your net income before adjustments on line 234 of your
return will be reduced by the amounts entered on
lines 117 and 125 and increased by any amount deducted
on line 213 and/or the amount for a repayment of the
registered disability savings plan income included on
line 232, if required.

Net income
Line 205 Pooled registered
pension plan (PRPP) employer
contributions

See page 33.

Line 206 Pension adjustment

Report on line 206 the total of all amounts shown in box 52

of your T4 slips or box 034 of your T4A slips. Generally,
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this total represents the value of the benefits you earned

in 2015 under a registered pension plan (RPP) or a deferred
profit-sharing plan (DPSP).

If you were a U.S. resident working in Canada and

contributed to a U.S. employer-sponsored retirement plan,
see Form RC267, Employee Contributions to a United

States Retirement Plan for 2015 Temporary Assignments.

Do not report the pension adjustment (PA) amount as

income, and do not deduct it on your return. Report the
amount on line 206. We will use it to calculate your
RRSP/PRPP deduction limit for 2016, which we will show
on your latest notice of assessment, notice of reassessment,
or T1028, Your RRSP/PRPP Information for 2015. You can
also view your RRSP/PRPP deduction limit on
My Account. See line 208.

Notes
If, in 2015, you were a deemed resident of Canada and
you participated in a foreign pension plan, you may
have to report an amount on this line. For more
information, contact us.
If you contributed to a foreign employer-sponsored
pension plan or to a social security arrangement
(other than a United States (U.S.) arrangement),
see Form RC269, Employee Contributions to a Foreign
Pension Plan or Social Security Arrangement for 2015
Non-United States Plans or Arrangements.

Line 208 RRSP/PRPP deduction

This section gives general information about registered

retirement savings plans (RRSPs) and pooled registered
pension plans (PRPPs). If you need more information after
reading this section, go to cra.gc.ca/rrsp or see Guide T4040,
RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for Retirement.
Saskatchewan Pension Plan (SPP) contributions generally
have the same rules as RRSP contributions. For more
information about the SPP, visit saskpension.com.

If you were a U.S. resident working in Canada and

contributed to a U.S. employer-sponsored retirement
plan, see Form RC267, Employee Contributions to a

The PRPP is a retirement savings option for individuals,

including those who are self-employed. For more
information, go to cra.gc.ca/prpp.

United States Retirement Plan for 2015 Temporary

Assignments.

To find out if you have to complete Schedule 7, read the

information at the top of the schedule. For more
information about completing Schedule 7, see Schedule 7
on the next page. To view your RRSP/PRPP information,
go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

If you were a commuter from Canada and contributed to

a U.S. retirement plan, see Form RC268, Employee
Contributions to a United States Retirement Plan for 2015
Cross-Border Commuters.
You can get these forms by going to cra.gc.ca/forms or
by contacting us.

Line 207 Registered pension

plan (RPP) deduction

Generally, you can deduct the total of all amounts shown in

box 20 of your T4 slips, in box 032 of your T4A slips, or on
your union or RPP receipts. Go to cra.gc.ca/rrsp, see
Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for
Retirement, or contact us to find out how much you can
deduct if any of the following apply:

the total is more than $3,500 and your information slips

show a past-service amount for service before 1990;

you contributed in a previous year and could not deduct

part of the contributions; or
you made contributions to a pension plan in a foreign
country.
Notes
If you contributed to a foreign employer-sponsored
pension plan or to a social security arrangement
(other than a United States (U.S.) arrangement),
see Form RC269, Employee Contributions to a Foreign
Pension Plan or Social Security Arrangement for 2015
Non-United States Plans or Arrangements.

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You can get these forms by going to cra.gc.ca/forms or

by contacting us.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your T4
and T4A slips but do not send your other documents. Keep
them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

If you have any questions about how your PA was

calculated, contact your employer.

If you were a commuter from Canada and contributed to

a U.S. retirement plan, see Form RC268, Employee
Contributions to a United States Retirement Plan for 2015
Cross-Border Commuters.

Supporting documents Attach your completed

Schedule 7 (if applicable) to your return. Also send your
official receipts for all amounts you contributed from
March 3, 2015, to February 29, 2016, including those you are
not deducting on your return for 2015 and those you are
designating as Home Buyers Plan (HBP) or Lifelong
Learning Plan (LLP) repayments. For more information
about HBP and LLP repayments, see lines 6 and 7 on
page 32.
If you contributed to your spouses or common-law
partners RRSP, the receipt must show your name as the
contributor and your spouses or common-law partners
name as the annuitant (recipient).

Maximum contributions you can deduct

The maximum you can deduct on line 208 is the lesser of:

the unused RRSP/PRPP contributions identified as

amount (B) of Your 2015 RRSP/PRPP Deduction Limit
Statement shown on your latest notice of assessment,
notice of reassessment, T1028, Your RRSP/PRPP
Information for 2015, or on My Account, plus the total of
your RRSP/PRPP contributions made from
March 3, 2015, to February 29, 2016, (not including
amounts you designate as HBP or LLP repayments see
lines 6 and 7 on page 32); and

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your RRSP/PRPP deduction limit for 2015, minus your

employer PRPP contribution from line 205 (see lines 10
to 13 on the next page), plus amounts you transfer to
your RRSP/PRPP on or before February 29, 2016 (see
line 14 on the next page).
Notes
After the end of the year you turn 71 years of age, you or
your spouse or common-law partner cannot contribute
to an RRSP/PRPP under which you are the annuitant
(recipient). However, you can still contribute to your
spouses or common-law partners RRSP until the end of
the year he or she turns 71 years of age, and you can
deduct those contributions if you still have an unused
RRSP deduction limit.
If you contribute more to an RRSP/PRPP than you can
deduct, you may have to pay a tax of 1% per month. To
pay this tax you must file a T1-OVP, Individual Tax
Return for RRSP Excess Contributions, for each applicable
tax year. For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/rrsp or
see Tax on RRSP excess contributions in Guide T4040,
RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for Retirement.

Lines 2 and 3 Total RRSP/PRPP contributions

This total includes amounts you:

contributed to your own RRSP/PRPP or an RRSP for

your spouse or common-law partner from March 3, 2015,
to February 29, 2016;

contributed to your own SPP or the SPP for your spouse

or common-law partner from March 3, 2015, to
February 29, 2016;

transferred to your own RRSP/PRPP (see line 14 on the

next page); and

designated as HBP or LLP repayments (see lines 6 and 7

in the next section).

Include on these lines all contributions you made from

January 1, 2016, to February 29, 2016, even if you are not
deducting or designating them on your return for 2015.
Otherwise, we may reduce or disallow your claim for these
contributions on your return for a future year.
Tax Tip
If you have made deductible RRSP/PRPP contributions
for 2015 (other than transfers) from March 3, 2015, to
February 29, 2016, you do not have to claim the full
amount on line 208 of your 2015 return. Depending on
your rate of tax for 2015, and your expected rate of tax
for future years, it may be more beneficial for you to
claim, if applicable, only part of your contributions on
line 13 of Schedule 7 and on line 208 of your 2015 return.
The contributions you do not claim for 2015 will then be
available for you to carry forward and claim for future
years when your rate of tax is higher.

Schedule 7
You may not have to complete Schedule 7. To find out, read
the information at the top of the schedule.
Line 1 Unused RRSP/PRPP contributions
These are contributions you made to your own RRSP or to
an RRSP for your spouse or common-law partner after 1990
but did not deduct on line 208 of any previous return or
designate as an HBP or an LLP repayment and any PRPP
contribution you made before March 3, 2015, that you have
not deducted. The total of unused contributions is
identified as amount (B) of Your 2015 RRSP/PRPP
Deduction Limit Statement shown on your latest notice of
assessment, notice of reassessment, T1028, Your
RRSP/PRPP Information for 2015, or on My Account, if you
showed them on a previous years Schedule 7.
If you do not have your notice of assessment, notice of
reassessment, or T1028, you can find out if you have
unused RRSP/PRPP contributions by using RRSP/PRPP
deduction limit, one of our Tax Information Phone
Services (see pages 70 and 71), or by going
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount. If you are outside Canada and the
United States, contact us.
Notes
If you have unused RRSP/PRPP contributions you made
from March 4, 2014, to March 2, 2015, you should have
filed a completed Schedule 7 with your 2014 return. If
you did not, send your receipts and a completed copy of
a 2014 Schedule 7 to the International and Ottawa Tax
Services Office, but do not include them with your
return for 2015. For more information, see How to
change a return on page 67.
If you have unused contributions you made from
January 1, 1991, to March 3, 2014, but did not show on a
Schedule 7 for 2013 or earlier, contact us.

In all cases, you must record the total RRSP/PRPP

contributions you made from March 3, 2015, to
February 29, 2016, on lines 2 and 3 of your 2015
Schedule 7.
Do not include the following amounts:

any unused RRSP/PRPP contributions you made after

March 2, 2015, refunded to you or your spouse or
common-law partner in 2015. Report the refund on
line 129 of your return for 2015. You may be able to claim
a deduction on line 232;

part or all of the contributions you made to your RRSP

or an RRSP for your spouse or common-law partner
less than 90 days before either of you withdrew funds
from that RRSP under the HBP or the LLP. For more
information, go to cra.gc.ca/hbp or see Guide RC4112,
Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP);
Note
You cannot withdraw funds from the SPP or a PRPP
under the LLP or the HBP.

your employers contributions to your PRPP (see

line 205);

any payment directly transferred to your RRSP/PRPP if

you did not receive an information slip for it or if it is
shown in box 35 of your T4RSP or T4RIF slips;

the part of an RRSP withdrawal you recontributed to

your RRSP and deducted on line 232. This would have
happened if, in error, you withdrew more RRSP funds

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than necessary to obtain past-service benefits under a

registered pension plan (RPP); or

the excess part of a direct transfer of a lump-sum

payment from your RPP to an RRSP/PRPP or registered
retirement income fund (RRIF) you withdrew and are
including on line 129 or 130 of your return for 2015 and
deducting on line 232.

Lines 6 and 7 Repayments under the HBP and the LLP

Deemed residents If you withdrew funds from your
RRSP under the HBP before 2014, you have to make a
repayment for 2015. If you withdrew funds from your
RRSP under the LLP before 2014, you may have to make a
repayment for 2015. In either case, your 2015 minimum
required repayment is shown on your latest notice of
assessment, notice of reassessment, T1028, Your
RRSP/PRPP Information for 2015, or on My Account.
Note
You cannot withdraw funds from the SPP or a PRPP
under the LLP or the HBP. However, an SPP or a PRPP
contribution can be designated as an LLP or an HBP
repayment.
To make a repayment for 2015, you must designate a
contribution to your own RRSP and/or a PRPP from
January 1, 2015, to February 29, 2016, as a repayment on
line 6 or 7 of Schedule 7. Do not include an amount you
deducted or designated as a repayment on your 2014 return
or that was refunded to you. Do not send your repayment
to us. You cannot deduct any RRSP/PRPP contribution
you designate as an HBP or an LLP repayment on
Schedule 7.
Note
If you repay less than the minimum amount for 2015,
report the difference on line 129 of your return.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 If you ceased to be a resident of Canada after
you withdrew an amount under the LLP, or after you
bought or built a qualifying home with funds you
withdrew under the HBP, go to cra.gc.ca/hbp, or see
Guide RC4112, Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP), or contact us.
Lines 10 to 13 RRSP/PRPP contributions you are
deducting for 2015
Your RRSP/PRPP deduction limit for 2015 is shown on
line A of your latest notice of assessment, notice of
reassessment, T1028, Your RRSP/PRPP Information for 2015
(if we sent you one), or on My Account, minus any
employer contributions made in 2015 to your PRPP (see
line 205). You can carry forward indefinitely any unused
part of your RRSP/PRPP deduction limit accumulated
after 1990.
If you do not have your notice of assessment, notice of
reassessment, or T1028, you can find your limit for 2015 by
using RRSP/PRPP deduction limit, one of our Tax
Information Phone Services (see pages 70 and 71), by
going to cra.gc.ca/myaccount, or by contacting us.
To calculate your RRSP/PRPP deduction limit for 2015, get
Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for
Retirement.
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Note
In a previous year, you may have received income for
which you could contribute to an RRSP, but you may not
have filed a return for that year. To keep your RRSP
deduction limit current, you have to file a return for each
year.
Line 14 Transfers
You may have reported income on line 115, 129, or 130 of
your return for 2015. If you contributed certain types of this
income to your own RRSP/PRPP on or before
February 29, 2016, you can deduct this contribution, called
a transfer, in addition to any RRSP/PRPP contribution you
make based on your RRSP deduction limit for 2015.
For example, if you received a retiring allowance in 2015,
report it on line 130 of your return. You can contribute to
your RRSP/PRPP up to the eligible part of that income
(box 66 of your T4 slips or box 47 of your T3 slips) and
deduct it as a transfer. Include the amounts you transfer on
lines 2 or 3 and 14 of Schedule 7.
For more information about amounts you can transfer, see
Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for
Retirement.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Certain Canadian-source amounts otherwise
subject to non-resident withholding tax can, instead, be
transferred to a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP),
pooled registered pension plan (PRPP), a registered
pension plan (RPP), or a registered retirement income fund
(RRIF) without having this tax withheld. These amounts
include payments out of an RPP, deferred profit-sharing
plan, an RRIF, an RRSP, a PRPP, or a retiring allowance.
The amounts must be transferred directly, and you must
complete Form NRTA1, Authorization for Non-Resident Tax
Exemption. For more information, contact us.
Lines 18 to 21 2015 withdrawals under the HBP and
the LLP
Deemed residents Report on line 18 the total of your HBP
withdrawals for 2015 from box 27 of your T4RSP slips. Tick
the box at line 19 if the address of the home you acquired
with these withdrawals is the same as the address on
page 1 of your return.
Report on line 20 the total of your LLP withdrawals
for 2015 from box 25 of your T4RSP slips. Tick the box at
line 21 to designate your spouse or common-law partner as
the student for whom the funds were withdrawn. If you do
not tick the box, you will be considered to be the student
for LLP purposes. You can change the person you designate
as the student only on the return for the year you make
your first withdrawal.
Note
You cannot withdraw funds from the SPP or a PRPP
under the LLP or the HBP.
See Guide RC4112, Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP), and go
to cra.gc.ca/hbp for more information about:

when you have to make your repayments; and

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the rules that apply when the person who made the
withdrawal dies, turns 71 years of age, or becomes a
non-resident of Canada.

Line 22 Contributions to an amateur athlete trust

(AAT)
Report on line 22 qualifying performance income (generally
endorsement income, prize money, or income from public
appearances received by an amateur athlete) contributed
in 2015 to an AAT since this income qualifies as earned
income in calculating the RRSP contribution limit of the
trusts beneficiary.

Line 205 Pooled registered

pension plan (PRPP) employer
contributions

Do not report this amount as income, and do not deduct it

on your return. We will use it to calculate your RRSP/PRPP
deduction limit and to determine the over-contribution tax
(if applicable). See line 208.
If you have any questions about your employers
contributions to your PRPP, contact your employer.

If you and your spouse or common-law partner have made

a joint election to split your eligible pension income by
completing Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension
Income, you (the pensioner) can claim on this line the
elected split-pension amount from line G of Form T1032.
Form T1032 must be attached to both your and your
spouses or common-law partners returns and filed by
your filing due date for the year (see What date is your
return for 2015 due? on page 7). The information provided
on the forms must be the same.
Notes
Only one joint election can be made for a tax year. If both
you and your spouse or common-law partner have
eligible pension income, decide if you are splitting your
pension income or your spouses or common-law
partners pension income.
Under certain circumstances, we may allow you to make
a late or amended election or revoke an original election.
For more information, contact us.

Line 212 Annual union,

professional, or like dues

Claim the total of the following amounts related to your

employment that you paid (or that were paid for you and
reported as income) in the year:

annual dues for membership in a trade union or an

association of public servants;

professional board dues required under provincial or

territorial law;

professional or malpractice liability insurance premiums

or professional membership dues required to keep a
professional status recognized by law; and

parity or advisory committee (or similar body) dues

required under provincial or territorial law.

Annual membership dues do not include initiation fees,

licences, special assessments, or charges for anything other
than the organizations ordinary operating costs. You
cannot claim charges for pension plans as membership
dues, even if your receipts show them as dues. For more
information, see interpretation bulletins IT-103, Dues paid to
a union or to a parity or advisory committee, and IT-158,
Employees professional membership dues.
The amount shown in box 44 of your T4 slips, or on your
receipts, includes any GST/HST you paid.

Report the total of all amounts shown in the designated

employer contribution amount box of your PRPP
receipts.

Line 210 Deduction for elected

split-pension amount

Tax Tip
You may be eligible for a rebate of any GST/HST you
paid as part of your dues. See line 457.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your T4
slips but do not send your other documents. Keep them in
case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 213 Universal child care

benefit (UCCB) repayment

The person who reported the UCCB income in the previous

year can claim the related 2015 repayment amount on
line 213. The UCCB repayment amount is shown in box 12
of the RC62 slip.

Line 214 Child care expenses

You or your spouse or common-law partner may have paid

for someone to look after your child so one of you could
earn income, go to school, or conduct research in 2015. The
expenses are deductible only if at some time in 2015 the
child was under 16 years of age or had an impairment in
physical or mental functions. Generally, only the spouse or
common-law partner with the lower net world income
(even if it is zero) can claim these expenses.
Note
If you paid an amount that would qualify to be claimed
as child care expenses and the childrens fitness tax
credit (line 459 of the return) or the childrens arts
amount (line 370 of Schedule 1), you must first claim this
amount as child care expenses. Any unused part can be
claimed for the childrens fitness tax credit or the
childrens arts amount if the requirements are met.
For more information and to make your claim, get
Form T778, Child Care Expenses Deduction for 2015.
Tax Tips
You may be able to claim payments you made to a
boarding school, sports school, or camp. For more
information, see Form T778.
If your child needs special attendant care or care in an
establishment, see Guide RC4065, Medical Expenses, for

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more information about different amounts you may be

able to claim.

Notes
If you moved before 2015 but could not claim all your
expenses on your return for that year or later, you may
be able to claim the remaining expenses on your return
for 2015.

Non-residents and non-residents electing under

section 217 You can claim child care expenses only if you
meet the criteria outlined on Form T778 and the expenses
were paid to a resident of Canada for services provided in
Canada.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your
completed Form T778 but do not send your other
documents. Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later
date.

Line 215 Disability supports

deduction

Claim expenses you paid for personal attendant care and

other disability supports expenses allowing you to go to
school or earn certain income. This includes income from
employment or self-employment and a grant you received
for conducting research.
Note
Only the person with the impairment can claim expenses
for the disability supports deduction.
For a complete list of allowable expenses, see Form T929,
Disability Supports Deduction. You can claim these expenses
on this line only if you or someone else did not claim them
as medical expenses on line 330 or 331 of Schedule 1.
To calculate your claim, complete Form T929. For more
information, see Form T929 or use Info-Tax, one of our Tax
Information Phone Services (see pages 70 and 71).
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 217 Business investment

loss

If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.

Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 A business investment loss applies to you
only if the loss arises from the disposition of taxable
Canadian property.

Deemed residents Generally, you can claim moving

expenses you paid in 2015 if both of the following apply:

You moved to work or to run a business, or you moved

to study courses as a full-time student enrolled in a
post-secondary program at a university, a college, or
another educational institution.
You moved at least 40 kilometres closer to your new
work or school.

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Your deduction is limited to the net eligible income you

earned at the new location. Also, you cannot deduct
moving expenses against certain non-taxable scholarship,
fellowship, bursary, prize, and research grant income.
See page 27.
For more information and to calculate how much you can
deduct, get Form T1-M, Moving Expenses Deduction, by
going to cra.gc.ca/forms or by contacting us. If you move,
give us your new address as soon as possible.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 You can only deduct moving expenses if you
were a full time student during 2015. If this is your
situation, contact us for the special rules that apply to you.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 220 Support payments

made

Report on line 230 the total of all deductible and

non-deductible support payments for a spouse or
common-law partner, or for a child, you made (or, if you
are the payee, that you repaid under a court order) in 2015.
Claim on line 220 only the deductible amount.

A business investment loss is a special type of capital loss

and can occur, for example, when you dispose of shares or
certain debts of a small business corporation. For more
information and to find out how to complete lines 217
and 228 (to the left of line 217), see Guide T4037, Capital
Gains.

Line 219 Moving expenses

In addition, if you pay expenses after the year of your

move, you may be able to claim them on your return for
the year you pay them. You can carry forward unused
amounts until you have enough income to claim them.

Note
Most child support payments made according to a
written agreement or court order dated after April 1997
are not deductible. For more information, see
Guide P102, Support Payments.
To avoid your claim being delayed or disallowed, register
your written agreement or court order (including any
amendments) with us by completing and sending us
Form T1158, Registration of Family Support Payments.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 221 Carrying charges and

interest expenses

Claim the following carrying charges and interest you paid

to earn income from investments:

fees to manage or take care of your investments (other

than administration fees you paid for your registered
retirement savings plan or registered retirement income
fund);

fees for certain investment advice (see Interpretation

Bulletin IT-238, Fees Paid to Investment Counsel) or for
recording investment income;

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fees to have someone complete your return, but only if

you have income from a business or property, accounting
is a usual part of the operations of your business or
property, and you did not use the amounts claimed to
reduce the business or property income you reported
(see Interpretation Bulletin IT-99, Legal and Accounting
Fees);
most interest you pay on money you borrow for
investment purposes, but generally only if you use it to
try to earn investment income, including interest and
dividends. However, if the only earnings your
investment can produce are capital gains, you cannot
claim the interest you paid. For more information,
contact us; and
legal fees you incurred relating to support payments that
your current or former spouse or common-law partner,
or the natural parent of your child, will have to pay to
you. Legal fees you incurred to try to make child support
payments non-taxable must be deducted on line 232.
For more information, see Guide P102, Support Payments.

Supporting documents Attach to your return your

Schedule 4 with Part III completed but do not send your
Form T2210 or any other documents. Keep them in case we
ask to see them at a later date.
If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.

Line 222 Deduction for CPP or

QPP contributions on self-employment

and other earnings
Claim the amount from line 24 of Schedule 8 (line 23 of
Schedule 8 for Quebec) or from line 33 of Part 3 or line 32 of
Part 4 of Form RC381, Inter-provincial calculation for CPP and
QPP contributions and overpayments for 2015, whichever
applies.
You can claim contributions you:

have to make on self-employment and limited or

non-active partnership income;

choose to make on certain employment income (see

Making additional CPP contributions under line 308);
and

choose to make on your provincial income tax return for

Quebec on certain employment income (see your Quebec
provincial guide).

You cannot claim on line 221 any of the following amounts:

the interest you paid on money you borrowed to

contribute to a registered retirement savings plan, a
pooled registered pension plan, a specified pension plan,
a registered education savings plan, a registered
disability savings plan, or a tax-free savings account
(TFSA);

safety deposit box charges;

the interest part of your student loan repayments

(although you may be able to claim a credit on line 319 of
Schedule 1 for this amount);

subscription fees paid for financial newspapers,

magazines, or newsletters;

brokerage fees or commissions you paid when you

bought or sold securities. Instead, use these costs when
you calculate your capital gain or capital loss. For more
information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains, and
Interpretation Bulletin IT-238, Fees Paid to Investment
Counsel; and

legal fees you paid to get a separation or divorce or to

establish custody of or visitation arrangements for a
child.

Policy loan interest To claim interest paid during 2015 on

a policy loan made to earn income, have your insurer
complete Form T2210, Verification of Policy Loan Interest by
the Insurer, on or before the date your return is due.
Refund interest If we paid you interest on an income tax
refund, report the interest in the year you receive it, as we
explain at line 121 in this guide. If we then reassessed your
return and you repaid any of the refund interest in 2015,
you can claim the amount you repaid, up to the amount
you had reported as income.
Carrying charges for foreign income If you have carrying
charges for Canadian and foreign investment income,
identify them separately on Schedule 4, according to the
percentage that applies to each investment.

The CPP or QPP contributions you have to make, or choose

to make, will depend on how much you have already
contributed to the CPP or QPP as an employee, as shown in
boxes 16 and 17 of your T4 slips.
Note
Do not calculate CPP contributions for earnings
identified as box 81 shown on the T4 slips you received
from a placement agency.

Making additional CPP contributions

You may be able to make CPP contributions on certain
employment income for which no contribution was made
(for example, tips not shown on a T4 slip) or additional
contributions on T4 income if you had more than one
employer in the year and the total CPP contributions on all
T4 slips are less than the required amount. For more
information, see Making additional CPP contributions
under line 308.

How to calculate your contributions

Complete Schedule 8 or Form RC381, whichever applies, to
determine the CPP or QPP payable on your
self-employment income or on income for which you can
make more contributions.
Because CPP and QPP rates are different, read the
following instructions and choose the one that applies to
your situation.
If you were a resident of a province other than Quebec on
December 31, 2015, and contributed only to the CPP, or if
you were a resident of Quebec on December 31, 2015, and
contributed only to the QPP, complete Schedule 8 to
calculate your CPP or QPP contributions and attach it to
your return. If you were a member of a partnership, include
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You cannot use self-employment or partnership losses to

reduce the CPP or QPP contributions you paid on your
employment earnings.
If you contributed to the QPP in 2015 but resided outside
Quebec on December 31, 2015, or if you contributed to the
CPP in 2015 but resided in Quebec on December 31, 2015
complete Form RC381, to calculate your CPP or QPP
contributions and attach it to your return. If you were a
member of a partnership, include on Form RC381 only your
share of the net profit. You cannot use self-employment or
partnership losses to reduce the CPP or QPP contributions
you paid on your employment earnings.
If you do not have to file a return for the province of
Quebec, use the version of Schedule 8 for CPP
contributions, and enter on line 222 of your return and on
line 310 of Schedule 1, in dollars and cents, the amount
from Schedule 8 or use Form RC381, whichever applies.
Enter on line 421 of your return the amount from
Schedule 8 or Form RC381, whichever applies.
If you have to file a return for the province of Quebec, use
the version of Schedule 8 for QPP contributions, and enter
on line 222 and on line 310 of Schedule 1, in dollars and
cents, the amount from Schedule 8, or Form RC381,
whichever applies. Line 421 does not apply to you.
Your CPP or QPP contribution must be prorated in certain
situations, such as if in 2015:

you were a CPP participant and turned 18 or 70 years of

age or received a CPP disability pension;

you were a QPP participant and turned 18 years of age or

received a QPP disability pension;

you were a CPP working beneficiary (see line 308) and

elected to stop paying CPP contributions or revoked an
election made in a previous year; or

you are filing a return for a person who died in 2015.

Note
If you started receiving CPP retirement benefits in 2015,
your basic exemption may be prorated by the CRA.

Request for refund of CPP contributions

Under the Canada Pension Plan, all requests for a refund of
CPP over-contributions must be made within four years
after the end of the year for which the request is being
made. See line 448.

Line 223 Deduction for provincial

parental insurance plan (PPIP) premiums

on self-employment income
If you were considered a resident of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, you have to pay PPIP premiums if one
of the following conditions applies:

your net self-employment income on lines 135 to 143 of

your return is $2,000 or more; or

the total of your employment income (including

employment income from outside Canada) and your net
self-employment income is $2,000 or more.

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Complete Schedule 10 to calculate your PPIP premiums

and attach it to your return. You can claim on this line
43.706% of the total of your PPIP premiums. Claim on this
line, in dollars and cents, the amount from line 8 of
Schedule 10. Also claim the same amount on your
provincial income tax return for Quebec.

Line 224 Exploration and

development expenses

If you invested in petroleum, natural gas, or mining

ventures in 2015 but did not participate actively, claim your
exploration and development expenses on this line. If you
participated actively, follow the instructions for line 135.

How to claim this deduction

Complete Form T1229, Statement of Resource Expenses and
Depletion Allowance, using the information the principals of
the venture give you, such as T5, T101, or T5013 slips. Read
the instructions on the backs of these slips.
Claim your exploration and development expenses
(including renounced resource expenses) on line 224.
Claim your depletion allowances on line 232.
Attach Form T1229 and your T5, T101, and T5013 slips to
your return. If you do not have these slips, attach a
statement identifying you as a participant in the venture.
The statement has to show your allocation (the number of
units you own, the percentage assigned to you, or the ratio
of your units to those of the whole partnership) and give
the name and address of the fund.
If you have any questions about these expenses, call our
business enquiries line at 1-800-959-5525 (calls within
Canada and the United States). If you are outside Canada
and the United States, call us at the telephone number
provided on the back cover of this guide.
If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.

Line 229 Other employment

expenses

You can claim certain expenses (including any GST/HST)

you paid to earn employment income if the following two
conditions apply:

Your employment contract required you to pay them.

You did not receive an allowance for the expenses or the

allowance you received is reported as income.
Note
Most employees cannot claim employment expenses.
You cannot deduct the cost of travel to and from work or
other expenses, such as clothing.

Repayment of salary or wages You can claim salary or

wages you reported as income for 2015 or a previous year if
you repaid them in 2015. This includes amounts you repaid
for a period when you were entitled to receive wage-loss
replacement benefits or workers compensation benefits.
However, you cannot claim more than the income you
received when you did not perform the duties of your
employment.

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Legal fees You can claim legal fees you paid to collect or
establish a right to salary or wages. It is not necessary for
you to be successful; however, the amount sought must be
for salary or wages owed. You must reduce your claim by
any amount awarded to you for those fees or any
reimbursement you received for your legal expenses.
You can claim legal fees you paid to collect or establish a
right to collect other amounts that must be reported in
employment income even if they are not directly paid by
your employer.
Employees profit-sharing plan (EPSP) You may be
eligible to claim as a deduction the excess EPSP amount
contributed on your behalf to an EPSP. For more
information and to calculate your deduction, complete
Form RC359, Tax on Excess Employees Profit-Sharing Plan
Amounts.
Complete Form T777, Statement of Employment Expenses, to
give us details of your deductions and calculations for your
expenses (except those related to an EPSP). Guide T4044,
Employment Expenses, contains Form T777 and other forms
you will need. The guide also explains the conditions that
apply when you claim these expenses.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your
completed Form T777 and/or Form RC359 but do not send
your other documents. Keep them in case we ask to see
them at a later date.
Tax Tip
You may be eligible for a rebate of any GST/HST you
paid as part of your expenses. See line 457.

Line 231 Clergy residence

deduction

Income amounts repaid

If in 2015 you repaid amounts you received and reported as
income (other than salary or wages) for 2015 or a previous
year, you can claim most of these amounts on line 232 of
your return for 2015. However, if you repaid, under a court
order, support payments you reported on line 128, claim
the repayment on line 220.
If you are 71 to 94 years of age, the minimum amount that
you have to withdraw each year from your registered
retirement income fund (RRIF) has been reduced. Similarly,
the minimum amount that must be withdrawn each year
from a variable benefit money purchase provision of a
registered pension plan (RPP) and a pooled registered
pension plan (PRPP) has been reduced. If you have
withdrawn more than the reduced 2015 minimum amount
at any time in 2015, you may be eligible to use all or part of
the excess to recontribute to your RRIF, RPP, or account
under a PRPP or to buy a qualifying annuity and to deduct
those new contributions or purchases in 2015. You have
until February 29, 2016, to make such re-contributions or
purchases and be eligible for a deduction. For more
information, see Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered
Plans for Retirement.
If in 2015 you repaid an amount you received from a
registered disability savings plan and declared it as income
in 2015 or a previous year, you can claim the amount on
line 232. For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/rdsp, see
Information Sheet RC4460, Registered Disability Savings Plan,
or contact us.
In 2015, you may have had an amount recovered from your
gross old age security (OAS) pension (shown in box 20 of
your T4A(OAS) slip) because of an overpayment you
received in a previous period. If so, you can claim a
deduction on line 232 for the amounts repaid.

If you are a member of the clergy, use this line to claim a

deduction for your residence. Your employer has to certify
that you qualify for this deduction. Complete Form T1223,
Clergy Residence Deduction, to find out what you can claim.
For more information, see Information Bulletin IT-141,
Clergy Residence Deduction.

Notes
Deemed residents If you had an OAS repayment
for 2014, tax may have been withheld from your OAS
benefits for 2015. The amount deducted is shown in
box 22 of your T4A(OAS) slip for 2015. Do not claim it
on line 232. Claim it on line 437. To calculate your 2015
OAS repayment, see line 235 and complete the chart for
line 235 on the federal worksheet in the centre of this
guide.

Supporting documents Do not send any documents.

Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 232 Other deductions

Claim on this line allowable amounts not deducted

elsewhere on your return. For clarification of your request,
specify the deduction you are claiming in the space to the
left of line 232. If you have more than one amount, or to
explain your deduction more fully, attach a note to your
return.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.
Note
Children born in 1998 or later can claim a deduction for
certain income they report. For more information, see
Split income of a child under 18 on page 17.
If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters on page 18.

If you repaid employment income, see Repayment of

salary or wages under line 229. If you repaid income
tax refund interest, see Refund interest under line 221.
Employment insurance (EI) benefits You may have
received more benefits than you should have and already
paid them back to the payer of your benefits. For example:

The payer of your benefits may have reduced your EI

benefits after discovering the mistake. Your T4E slip will
show only the net amount you received, so you cannot
claim a deduction.

If you repaid excess benefits you received directly to the

payer of your benefits, box 30 of your T4E slip will show
the amount you repaid. Include this amount on line 232.
This is not the same as repaying a social benefit as
explained under line 235.

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Supporting documents Attach to your return your

documents showing the amounts you repaid.

Legal fees

from your RRSP, or Form T746, Calculating Your Deduction

for Refund of Unused RRSP, PRPP, and SPP Contributions);

the excess part of a direct transfer of a lump-sum

payment from your RPP to an RRSP or registered
retirement income fund (RRIF) you withdrew and are
including on line 129 or 130 of your return for 2015. You
can use Form T1043, Deduction for Excess Registered
Pension Plan Transfers You Withdrew From an RRSP or
RRIF, to calculate the deductible amount; and

designated benefits from a RRIF shown in box 22 of your

T4RIF slips, a refund of RRSP premiums shown in box 28
of your T4RSP slips, or the RPP or PRPP amount shown
in box 018 of your T4A slips if you rolled over an amount
to a registered disability savings plan (RDSP). These
amounts may also be shown on NR4 slips. Attach
Form RC4625, Rollover to a Registered Disability Savings
Plan (RDSP) Under Paragraph 60(m), or a letter from the
RDSP issuer to your return. For more information about
RDSPs, go to cra.gc.ca/rdsp or see Guide T4040, RRSPs
and Other Registered Plans for Retirement.

You can claim your expenses in any of the following

situations:

You paid fees (including any related accounting fees) for

advice or assistance to respond to us when we reviewed
your income, deductions, or credits for a year or to object
to or appeal an assessment or decision under the Income
Tax Act, the Employment Insurance Act, the Canada Pension
Plan, or the Quebec Pension Plan.

You paid fees to collect (or establish a right to) a retiring

allowance or pension benefit. However, you can claim
only up to the retiring allowance or pension income you
received in the year, minus any part of these amounts
transferred to a registered retirement savings plan or
registered pension plan. You can carry forward, for up to
seven years, legal fees you cannot claim in the year.

You paid fees to collect (or establish a right to) salary or

wages. It is not necessary for you to be successful;
however, the amount sought must be for salary or wages
owed. You must reduce your claim by any amount
awarded to you for those fees or any reimbursement you
received for your legal expenses. (These fees must be
claimed on line 229.)
You can claim legal fees you paid to collect or establish a
right to collect other amounts that must be reported in
employment income even if they are not directly paid by
your employer. (These fees must be claimed on line 229.)

Line 235 Social benefits

repayment
Employment insurance (EI) benefits

You have to repay part of the EI benefits (line 119) you

received in 2015 if all the following conditions are met:

there is an amount shown in box 15 of your T4E slip;

the rate shown in box 7 is 30%; and

the result of the following calculation is more

than $61,875:

You incurred certain fees to try to make child support

payments non-taxable. Fees relating to support payments
that your current or former spouse or common-law
partner, or the natural parent of your child, paid to you
must be claimed on line 221. You cannot claim legal fees
you incurred to get a separation or divorce or to establish
custody of or visitation arrangements for a child. For
more information, see Guide P102, Support Payments.

You must reduce your claim by any award or

reimbursements you received for these expenses. If you are
awarded the cost of your deductible legal fees in a future
year, report that amount in your income for that year.

the amount from line 234; minus

the amounts on lines 117 and 125; plus
the amounts deducted on line 213 and/or the amount
for a repayment of registered disability savings plan
income included on line 232.
Complete the chart on your T4E slip to calculate the EI
benefits you have to repay.

For more information about other legal fees you may

deduct, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-99, Legal and
Accounting Fees.

Deemed residents If you also have to repay old age

security (OAS) benefits you received (see the next section),
enter the EI benefits you have to repay on lines 7 and 20 of
the chart for line 235 on the federal worksheet found in the
centre of this guide.

Other deductible amounts

Old age security (OAS) benefits

The following are examples of other amounts you can claim:

Deemed residents You may have to repay all or a part of

your OAS pension (line 113) or net federal supplements
(line 146) if the result of the following calculation is more
than $72,809:

depletion allowances (attach to your return a completed

Form T1229, Statement of Resource Expenses and Depletion
Allowance);

certain unused RRSP contributions you made after 1990

which were refunded to you or your spouse or
common-law partner in 2015 and certain unused PRPP
contributions you made to your PRPP after 2012 which
were refunded to you in 2015 (attach to your return an
approved Form T3012A, Tax Deduction Waiver on the
Refund of your Unused RRSP, PRPP and SPP Contributions

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the amount from line 234; minus

the amounts reported on lines 117 and 125; plus

the amounts deducted on line 213 and/or the amount for

a repayment of registered disability savings plan income
included on line 232.

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Complete the chart for line 235 on the federal worksheet in

the centre of this guide to calculate your repayment, even if
tax was withheld by Service Canada.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 If you received OAS pension or net federal
supplements in 2015 and you are required to file an Old Age
Security Return of Income, do not complete the chart for
line 235 on the federal worksheet. Instead, report on this
line the amount of recovery tax from line 235 of your Old
Age Security Return of Income.
Notes
Deemed residents If you had an OAS repayment
for 2014, tax may have been withheld from your
OAS pension for 2015. The amount deducted is shown in
box 22 of your T4A(OAS) slip for 2015. Claim it on
line 437. Similarly, if you have an OAS repayment
for 2015, tax may be withheld starting with your
July 2016 OAS payment.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Do not claim on line 437 of this return any
recovery tax withheld from your OAS benefits. Instead,
claim it on line 437 of your Old Age Security Return of
Income.
If your net income exceeded the threshold for 2015 and
your net income for 2016 is expected to be substantially
lower, you can request a waiver from the CRA to have
Service Canada reduce your income tax withheld at
source beginning July 2016. The request must be made in
writing. Send us a completed Form T1213(OAS), Request
to Reduce Old Age Security Recovery Tax at Source.
For more information, contact us.

Line 236 Net income

We use this amount for calculations such as the Canada

child tax benefit, the GST/HST credit, and other tax credits.
Notes
If it applies, report your spouses or common-law
partners net world income in the Information about
your spouse or common-law partner area on page 1 of
your return. Report this amount even if it is zero.
If the amount you calculate for line 236 is negative, you
may have a non-capital loss. To find out, use Form T1A,
Request for Loss Carryback. If you have a loss for 2015, you
may want to carry it back to your 2012, 2013, or 2014
return. To do this, attach a completed Form T1A to your
return (or send one to us separately). Do not file an
amended return for the year or years to which you apply
the loss.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Contact us for the special rules regarding loss
carrybacks that apply to you.

Taxable income

Line 244 Canadian Forces

personnel and police deduction
Claim the total of the amounts shown in box 43 of your
T4 slips.

Line 248 Employee home

relocation loan deduction

Claim the total of the amounts shown in box 37 of your

T4 slips.

Line 249 Security options

deductions

Claim the total of the amounts shown in boxes 39 and 41 of

your T4 slips. In addition, if you disposed of securities for
which you had previously deferred the taxable benefit
(see Security option benefits on page 19), claim 50% of
the amount from line 4 of Form T1212, Statement of Deferred
Security Options Benefits.
You may be able to claim a deduction for donating
securities you acquired through your employers security
options plan. For more information, see Gifts of securities
acquired under a security option plan in Pamphlet P113,
Gifts and Income Tax.

Line 250 Other payments

deduction

Generally, you can deduct the amount from line 147 of your
return. This is the total of the workers compensation
payments, social assistance payments, and net federal
supplements you reported on lines 144, 145, and 146.
Note
You may not be entitled to claim the whole amount from
line 147. If you reported net federal supplements on
line 146, do the calculation below:

the amount from line 234; minus

the amounts on lines 117 and 125; plus

the amounts deducted on line 213 and/or the amount

for a repayment of registered disability savings plans
income included on line 232.

If the result is greater than $72,809, contact us to find

out how much you can deduct.

Line 251 Limited partnership

losses of other years

If you had limited partnership losses in previous years

which you have not already claimed, you may be able to
claim part of these losses this year. For more information,
contact us.
You can carry forward limited partnership losses
indefinitely. If you claim these losses, attach to your return
a statement showing a breakdown of your total losses, the
year of each loss, and the amounts claimed in previous

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years. You cannot use the amount shown in box 108 of your
T5013 slips for 2015 on your return for 2015.

Line 252 Non-capital losses

of other years

Deemed residents For 2015, claim the unapplied

non-capital losses you reported on your 2005 to 2014
returns you would like to apply. For non-capital losses
incurred in the 2005 tax year, the loss carry-forward period
is 10 years.
For non-capital losses incurred in tax years after 2005, the
loss carry-forward period is 20 years.

There are restrictions on the amount of certain farm losses

you can claim each year. If you have a farming or fishing
business, see Guide T4003, Farming Income, Guide RC4060,
Farming Income and the AgriStability and AgriInvest Programs
Guide Joint Forms and Guide, Guide RC4408, Farming
Income and the AgriStability and AgriInvest Programs
Harmonized Guide, or Guide T4004, Fishing Income, for more
information.
If you need more information about losses, see
Interpretation Bulletin IT-232, Losses Their Deductibility in
the Loss Year or in Other Years.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Contact us for the special rules that apply to
you.

Deemed residents Within certain limits, you can claim

your net capital losses of previous years which you have
not already claimed. Your available losses are shown on
your notice of assessment or notice of reassessment
for 2014. You will probably have to adjust any losses you
incurred after 1987 and before 2001. For more information,
see Guide T4037, Capital Gains.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Contact us for the special rules that apply to
you.

Line 254 Capital gains deduction

You may be able to claim a capital gains deduction for

gains realized on the disposition of qualified small business
corporation shares, qualified farm or fishing property. For
more information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains.

Line 255 Northern residents

deductions
To make your claim, use Form T2222, Northern Residents
Deductions. You can get a copy of this form by going
to cra.gc.ca/forms. For a list of the areas that qualify,
go to cra.gc.ca/northernresidents.
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Line 256 Additional deductions

In the space to the left of line 256, specify the deduction you
are claiming. If you have more than one amount, or to
explain your deduction more fully, attach a note to your
return.

Exempt foreign income

Also claim any unapplied farming and fishing losses you

reported on your 2005 to 2014 returns that you would like
to apply in 2015. Your available losses are shown on your
notice of assessment or notice of reassessment for 2014.

Line 253 Net capital losses

of other years

Supporting documents Attach to your return your

completed Form T2222 but do not send your other
documents. Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later
date.

Deemed residents If you reported foreign income on

your return (such as support payments you received from a
resident of another country and reported on line 128) that is
tax-free in Canada because of a tax treaty, you can claim a
deduction for it. If you do not know if any part of the
foreign income is tax-free, contact us.
Under the CanadaUnited States tax treaty, you can claim a
deduction equal to 15% of the U.S. Social Security benefits,
including U.S. Medicare premiums, you reported as income
on line 115.
If you have been a resident of Canada and have received
U.S. Social Security benefits continuously during the period
starting before January 1, 1996, and ending in 2015, you can
claim a deduction equal to 50% of the U.S. Social Security
benefits received in 2015.
This 50% deduction also applies to you if you are receiving
benefits related to a deceased person and you meet all the
following conditions:

The deceased person was your spouse or common-law

partner immediately before their death.

The deceased person had, continuously during a period

starting before 1996 and ending immediately before their
death, been a resident of Canada and received benefits to
which paragraph 5 of Article XVIII of the
CanadaUnited States tax treaty applied.

You have, continuously during a period starting at the

persons time of death and ending in 2015, been a
resident of Canada and received such benefits.

Non-residents and non-residents electing under

section 217 You can claim a deduction for
Canadian-source income you reported on your return if it is
tax-free in Canada because of a tax treaty. If you do not
know whether any part of the foreign income is tax free,
contact us.

Vow of perpetual poverty

If you have taken a vow of perpetual poverty as a member
of a religious order, you can claim the earned income and
pension benefits you have given to the order. Attach to
your return a letter from your order or your employer
stating you have taken a vow of perpetual poverty. For
more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-86, Vow of
Perpetual Poverty.

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Adult basic education tuition assistance

improve skills in an occupation and the educational

institution has been certified by Employment and Social
Development Canada as reported in box 20 of the
T4E slip or in box 105 of the T4A slip, these amounts
cannot be claimed on line 256. Instead, you may be
eligible for the tuition, education, and textbook amounts.
See line 323.

Adult basic education (ABE) is primary or secondary level

education, or certain other forms of training.
If you reported income assistance to cover all or part of the
tuition fees for your ABE, you can claim a deduction for the
total of:

the amount shown in box 21 of your T4E slip; and

the amount shown in box 196 of your T4A slip that is

more than the scholarship exemption you can claim for
this tuition assistance. For more information about
scholarship exemption, see Income Tax Folio S1-F2-C3,
Scholarships, Research Grants and Other Education
Assistance.
Note
If you received taxable tuition assistance for
post-secondary level courses or courses that provide or

Employees of prescribed international

organizations
If in 2015 you were employed by a prescribed international
organization, such as the United Nations, you can claim a
deduction for the net employment income you report from
that organization. Net employment income is your
employment income minus the related employment
expenses you are claiming. If you do not know if your
employer is a prescribed international organization, contact
your employer.

Federal tax and credits (Schedule 1)

Attach to your return a completed Schedule 1.
Generally, the federal tax you have to pay is based on your
taxable income (line 260). Use Schedule 1 to determine your
federal income tax, which includes the surtax for
non-residents of Canada and deemed residents of Canada.
For information about calculating your provincial or
territorial tax, see line 428 on page 61.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Your federal
tax is based on the greater of your taxable income (line 260)
or your net world income after adjustments (line 16 on
Schedule A, Statement of World Income). In addition, you
may be entitled to the section 217 tax adjustment. For more
information, see line 445 on page 60.

Schedule A, Statement of World

Income

Complete Schedule A to report your world income. World

income is income from Canadian sources and sources
outside Canada. Your foreign-source income is reported
only on your Schedule A.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 216.1 Complete and attach Schedule A to your
return. Your net world income is used to determine your
allowable non-refundable tax credits on Schedule B,
Allowable Amount of Non-Refundable Tax Credits.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Complete and
attach Schedule A to your return. Your net world income is
used to determine your allowable non-refundable tax
credits on Schedule B, and to calculate your federal tax on
Schedule 1, and the section 217 tax adjustment on
Schedule C, Electing under Section 217 of the Income Tax Act.

Minimum tax
Minimum tax limits the tax advantage you can receive in a
year from certain incentives. You have to pay minimum tax
if it is more than the federal tax you calculate in the usual
manner. When calculating your taxable income for this tax,

which does not apply to a person who died in 2015, you are
allowed a basic exemption of $40,000.
To find out if you have to pay this tax, add the amounts
shown in B later in this section and 60% of the amount on
line 127 of your return. If the total is $40,000 or less, you
probably do not have to pay minimum tax. If the total is
more than $40,000, you may have to pay it.
Use Form T691, Alternative Minimum Tax, to find out if you
have to pay minimum tax.
Here is a list of the most common situations where you
may have to pay minimum tax:
A. You reported a taxable capital gain on line 127 of your
return.
B. You claimed any of the following on your return:

a loss (including your share of a partnership loss)

resulting from, or increased by, claiming capital cost
allowance on rental properties;

a loss from a limited partnership that is a tax shelter;

most carrying charges (line 221) on certain

investments;

a loss from resource properties resulting from, or

increased by, claiming a depletion allowance,
exploration expenses, development expenses, or
Canadian oil and gas property expenses;

a deduction on line 248 for an employee home

relocation loan; or

a deduction on line 249 for security options.

C. You claimed any of the following tax credits on

Schedule 1:

a federal political contribution tax credit on lines 409

and 410;

an investment tax credit on line 412;

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a labour-sponsored funds tax credit on line 414;

a federal dividend tax credit on line 425; or

an overseas employment tax credit on line 426.

You are a non-resident electing under section 217 You

can claim all the non-refundable tax credits from Schedule 1
that apply to you. However, your allowable amount of
non-refundable tax credits may be limited.

Example
Paul claimed a $50,000 deduction in 2015 for carrying
charges. Because this deduction is more than $40,000, Paul
may have to pay minimum tax. To find out, he should
complete Form T691, Alternative Minimum Tax.
Tax Tip
You may be able to claim a credit against your taxes
for 2015 if you paid minimum tax on any of your returns
for 2008 to 2014. See line 427.

Complete Part B of Schedule B. If the result from line A

is 90% or more, your allowable amount of non-refundable
tax credits is the amount on line 350 of your Schedule 1.
If the result from line A is less than 90%, your allowable
amount of non-refundable tax credits is the lesser of a)
and b) below:
a)

15% of the eligible section 217 income (see page 11),

paid or credited to you in 2015. This amount is shown
in box 133 of your Schedule C; and

b)

the total federal non-refundable tax credits you would

be eligible for if you were resident of Canada for the
full year, from line 350 of your Schedule 1, minus 15%
of the total of any of the following amounts:

Federal non-refundable tax

credits

hese credits reduce your federal tax. However, if the

total of these credits is more than your federal tax, you
will not get a refund for the difference.

What amounts can you claim?

Deemed residents You can claim all the non-refundable

tax credits that apply to you.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 and/or section 216.1 The non-refundable tax
credits you can claim depend on the portion of net world
income (line 14 of Schedule A) included in net income
(line 236) on your return.
For more information, see the following section. You can
also refer to Schedule B.
Note
To complete Schedule B, you must first complete
Schedule A.

Schedule B, Allowable Amount of

Non-Refundable Tax Credits

Complete Schedule B (Form 5013-SB) to determine the

amount of non-refundable tax credits you can claim and to
calculate your allowable amount of non-refundable tax
credits. Schedule B is found in the centre of this guide.
You are a non-resident not electing under section 217
Complete Part A of Schedule B. If the result from line A
is 90% or more, you can claim all the non-refundable tax
credits that apply to you. Your allowable amount of
non-refundable tax credits is the amount on line 350 of your
Schedule 1.
If the result from line A is less than 90%, you can claim
only the non-refundable tax credits on lines 316, 319, 323
(other than the education and textbook amounts), and 349 if
they apply to you. Your allowable amount of
non-refundable tax credits will be the total of these credits
multiplied by the rate on Schedule B.
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volunteer firefighters amount (line 362);

search and rescue volunteers amount (line 395);

public transit amount (line 364);

childrens arts amount (line 370);

home buyers amount (line 369);

adoption expenses (line 313); and

interest paid on your student loans (line 319).

Amounts for non-resident

dependants

You may be able to claim an amount for certain dependants

who live outside Canada if they depended on you for
support.
If the dependants already have enough income or
assistance for a reasonable standard of living in the country
where they live, we do not consider them to depend on you
for support. Gifts are not support.
Supporting documents Attach proof of your payment of
support to your return. Proof of payment must show your
name, the amount and the date of the payment, and the
dependants name and address. If you sent the funds to a
guardian, the guardians name and address must also show
on the proof of payment.

Family caregiver amount (FCA)

If you have a dependant with an impairment in physical or

mental functions, you may be eligible to claim an amount
on line 367 or an additional $2,093 for one or more of the
following amounts:

spouse or common-law partner amount (line 303);

amount for an eligible dependant (line 305); and

caregiver amount (line 315).

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Note
The maximum amount for infirm dependants age 18 or
older (line 306) includes the additional $2,093 for the
FCA.
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The dependant with the impairment must be:

a person 18 years of age or older and dependent on you

because of an impairment in physical or mental
functions; or
a child under 18 years of age, with an impairment in
physical or mental functions. The impairment must be
prolonged and indefinite and the child must be
dependent on you for assistance in attending to personal
needs and care when compared to children of the same
age.

The CRA may ask for a signed statement from a medical

practitioner showing when the impairment began and what
the duration of the impairment is expected to be. For
children under 18 years of age, the statement should also
show that the child, because of an impairment in physical
or mental functions, is, and will continue to be, dependent
on others for an indefinite duration. This dependence
means they need much more assistance for their personal
needs and care compared to children of the same age. You
do not need a signed statement from a medical practitioner
if the CRA already has an approved Form T2201, Disability
Tax Credit Certificate, for a specified period.
You may be able to claim the FCA for more than one
eligible dependant.

Line 300 Basic personal amount

Claim $11,327.

Line 301 Age amount

Claim this amount if you were 65 years of age or older on

December 31, 2015, and your net world income (line 236 of
your return) is less than $82,353.
If your net income was:

$35,466 or less, claim $7,033 on line 301; or

more than $35,466 but less than $82,353, complete the

chart for line 301 on the federal worksheet in the centre
of this guide to calculate your claim.

If you are a deemed resident of Canada, your net world

income is the amount on line 236 of your return. If you are
a non-resident of Canada or non-resident of Canada filing
under section 217, your net world income is the amount on
line 14 of Schedule A, Statement of World Income.
Enter your date of birth in the Information about you
area on page 1 of your return.
Tax Tip
You may be able to transfer all or part of your age
amount to your spouse or common-law partner or to
claim all or part of his or her age amount. See line 326.

Line 303 Spouse or

common-law partner amount

Claim this amount if at any time in the year you supported

your spouse or common-law partner (see the definition on
page 14) and his or her net world income (see the next
section) was less than $11,327 ($13,420 if he or she is eligible
for the family caregiver amount see Family caregiver

amount (FCA)on the previous page). Complete the

appropriate part of Schedule 5 to calculate your claim and
attach a copy to your return.
Enter the information about your spouse or common-law
partner in the Identification area on page 1 of your return
if you were married or living common-law on
December 31, 2015. In certain situations, your spouses or
common-law partners net world income must be stated
even if your marital status has changed. See Net world
income of spouse or common-law partner in the next
section. Both of you cannot claim this amount for each
other for the same year.
If you had to make support payments to your current or
former spouse or common-law partner and you were
separated for only part of 2015 because of a breakdown in
your relationship, you have a choice. You can claim the
deductible support amounts paid in the year to your
spouse or common-law partner on line 220 or an amount on
line 303 for your spouse or common-law partner,
whichever is better for you. If you reconciled with your
spouse or common-law partner before the end of 2015, you
can claim an amount on line 303 and any allowable
amounts on line 326.

Net world income of spouse or common-law

partner
If your spouse or common-law partner was a deemed
resident of Canada in 2015, his or her net world income is
the amount on line 236 of your spouses or common-law
partners return, or the amount it would be if he or she filed
a return.
If your spouse or common-law partner was a non-resident
of Canada in 2015, his or her net world income is his or her
net income for 2015 from all sources both inside and
outside Canada.
If you were living with your spouse or common-law
partner on December 31, 2015, use his or her net world
income for the whole year. This applies even if you got
married or got back together with your spouse in 2015 or
you became a common-law partner or started to live with
your common-law partner again (see the definition on
page 14).
If you separated in 2015 because of a breakdown in your
relationship and were not back together on
December 31, 2015, reduce your claim only by your
spouses or common-law partners net world income before
the separation. In all cases, enter in the Information about
your spouse or common-law partner area on page 1 of
your return the amount you use to calculate your claim,
even if it is zero.
Tax Tip
If you cannot claim the amount on line 303 (or you have
to reduce your claim) because of dividends your spouse
or common-law partner received from taxable Canadian
corporations, you may be able to reduce your tax if you
report all of your spouses or common-law partners
dividends. See line 120.

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Line 305 Amount for an eligible

dependant

If you have claimed an amount for the year on line 303, you
cannot claim this amount. If you have not claimed an
amount for the year on line 303, you may be able to claim
this amount for one other person if at any time in the year
you met all the following conditions at once:

You did not have a spouse or common-law partner or, if

you did, you were not living with, supporting, or being
supported by that person.

You supported a dependant in 2015.

You lived with the dependant (in most cases in Canada)

in a home you maintained. You cannot claim this amount
for a person who was only visiting you.

In addition, at the time you met the above conditions, the

dependant must also have been either:

your parent or grandparent by blood, marriage,

common-law partnership, or adoption; or

your child, grandchild, brother, or sister by blood,

marriage, common-law partnership, or adoption and
under 18 years of age or had an impairment in physical
or mental functions.

dependant for the child, you can claim this amount if

you and the other person(s) paying support agree you
will be the one making the claim. If you cannot agree
who will claim this amount for the child, neither of you
can make the claim. For more information, see
Guide P102, Support Payments.

How to claim this amount

You can claim this amount if your dependants net world
income was less than $11,327 ($13,420 if he or she is eligible
for the family caregiver amount see page 42). If your
dependant is a deemed resident of Canada, his or her net
world income is the amount on line 236 of his or her return,
or the amount it would be if he or she filed a return. If your
dependant is a non-resident of Canada, his or her net world
income is his or her net income for 2015 from all sources
both inside and outside Canada. Complete the appropriate
part of Schedule 5 to calculate your claim and give certain
details about your dependant. Attach a copy of this
schedule to your return.
Notes
If you were a single parent on December 31, 2015, and
you choose to include all universal child care benefit
(UCCB) amounts you received in 2015 in the income of
your dependant, include this amount in the calculation
of his or her net income.

Notes
Your dependant may live away from home while
attending school. If the dependant ordinarily lived with
you when not in school, we consider that dependant to
live with you for the purposes of this amount.

You cannot split this amount with another person. Once

you claim this amount for a dependant, no one else can
claim this amount or an amount on line 306 for that
dependant.
If you and another person can both claim this amount
for the same dependant (such as shared custody of a
child) but cannot agree who will claim the amount,
neither of you can make the claim.

For the purposes of this claim, your child is not required

to have lived in Canada but still must have lived with
you. This would be possible, for example, if you were
living in another country with your child.
Even if all the preceding conditions have been met, you
cannot claim this amount if any of the following apply:

You or someone else is claiming a spouse or

common-law partner amount (line 303) for this
dependant.
The person for whom you want to claim this amount is
your common-law partner. However, you may be able to
claim the amount on line 303.
Someone else in your household is making this claim.
Each household is allowed only one claim for this
amount, even if there is more than one dependant in the
household.
The claim is for a child for whom you had to make
support payments for 2015. However, if you were
separated from your spouse or common-law partner for
only part of 2015 because of a breakdown in your
relationship, you may be able to claim an amount for that
child on line 305 (plus any allowable amounts on lines
315 and 318) if you do not claim any support amounts
paid to your spouse or common-law partner on line 220.
You can claim whichever is better for you.

Line 367 Family caregiver amount

for children under 18 years of age
You can claim an amount for each of your or your spouses
or common-law partners children who:

are under 18 years of age at the end of the year;

lived with both of you throughout the year; and

have an impairment in physical or mental functions. For

more information, see Family caregiver amount (FCA)
on page 42.

The full amount can be claimed in the year of the childs

birth, death, or adoption.

Note
If you and another person had to make support
payments for the child for 2015 and, as a result, no one
would be entitled to claim the amount for an eligible
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Notes
If you are making this claim for more than one child,
either you or your spouse or common-law partner may
claim the credit for all the eligible children or you can
each claim separate children but each child can only be
claimed once.
If you have shared custody of the child throughout the
year, the parent who claims the amount for an eligible
dependant (see line 305) for that child can make the

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claim on line 367. If you have shared custody of the child

throughout the year but cannot agree who will claim the
amount, neither of you can make this claim.

If anyone (including you) can claim an amount on line 305

or on line 315 for the dependant being claimed, you cannot
claim an amount on line 306 for that dependant.

If the child did not live with both parents throughout the
year, the parent or the spouse or common-law partner who
claims the amount for an eligible dependant (see line 305)
for that child can make the claim.

You can claim an amount only if the dependants net world

income is less than $13,420 (this includes the $2,093 family
caregiver amount).

If you and another person had to make support payments

for the child in 2015 and, as a result, no one would be
entitled to claim this amount or the amount for an eligible
dependant for the child, you can claim this amount if you
and the other person(s) paying support agree you will be
the one making the claim. If you cannot agree who will
claim this amount for the child, no one can make the claim
for that child.

If you had to make support payments for a child, you

cannot claim an amount on line 306 for that child.
However, if you were separated from your spouse or
common-law partner for only part of 2015 because of a
breakdown in your relationship, you may be able to claim
an amount for that child on line 306 if you do not claim any
support amounts paid to your spouse or common-law
partner on line 220. You can claim whichever is better for
you.

How to claim this amount

How to claim this amount

Enter the number of children for whom you are claiming

the family caregiver amount in box 352 (beside and to the
left of line 367). Claim the result of the calculation on
line 367.

For each of your dependants, calculate his or her net

world income (see Net world income on this page).
Complete the appropriate part of Schedule 5 to calculate
your claim and give certain details about each of your
dependants. Attach a copy of this schedule to your
return.

The CRA may ask for a signed statement from a medical

practitioner showing the nature of the impairment, when
the impairment began, what the duration of the
impairment is expected to be, and that because of an
impairment in physical or mental functions, the person
is, and will continue to be, dependent on others.

Tax Tip
You may be able to transfer all or part of this amount to
your spouse or common-law partner or to claim all or
part of his or her amount. See line 326.

Line 306 Amount for infirm

dependants age 18 or older

You can claim an amount up to a maximum of $6,700 which

includes the $2,093 family caregiver amount (see page 42)
for each of your or your spouses or common-law partners
dependent children or grandchildren only if that person
had an impairment in physical or mental functions and
was born in 1997 or earlier.
You can also claim an amount for more than one person if
each one meets all the following conditions. The person
must have been:

your or your spouses or common-law partners parent,

grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, or
nephew;

born in 1997 or earlier and had an impairment in

physical or mental functions;

dependent on you, or on you and others, for support;

and

living in Canada or outside Canada if a deemed resident

of Canada at any time in the year. You cannot claim this
amount for a person who was only visiting you.
Notes
A parent includes someone on whom you were
completely dependent and who had custody and control
of you when you were under 19 years of age.
A child can include someone older than you who has
become completely dependent on you for support and
over whom you have custody and control.

Net world income If your dependant is a deemed

resident of Canada, his or her net world income is the
amount on line 236 of his or her return, or the amount that
it would be if he or she filed a return. If your dependant is a
non-resident of Canada, his or her net world income is his
or her net income for 2015 from all sources both inside and
outside Canada.
Claims made by more than one person If you and
another person support the same dependant, you can split
the claim for that dependant. However, the total amount of
your claim and the other persons claim cannot exceed the
maximum amount allowed for that dependant.

Line 308 CPP or QPP

contributions through employment

Claim, in dollars and cents, the total of the Canada Pension

Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) contributions
shown in boxes 16 and 17 of your T4 slips.
If you do not have to file return for the province of
Quebec on December 31, 2015, and contributed only to the
CPP, do not claim more than $2,479.95 on line 308. If you
contributed more, claim the overpayment on line 448 of
your return. We will refund this overpayment to you or use
it to reduce your balance owing.
If you have to file a return for the province of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, and contributed only to the QPP, do
not claim more than $2,630.25 on line 308. If you
contributed more, claim the overpayment on your
provincial income tax return for Quebec.

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If you contributed to the QPP in 2015 but did not have to

file a return for the province of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, or if you contributed to the CPP in 2015
but you have to file a return for the province of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, complete Form RC381, Inter-provincial
calculation for CPP and QPP contributions and overpayments
for 2015, to calculate your claim at line 308 and your
overpayment, if any. Attach to your return your
Relev 1 slip.
Notes
Even if you contributed $2,479.95 or less to the CPP
or $2,630.25 or less to the QPP, you may have an
overpayment because your claim must be prorated in
certain situations, such as if in 2015:

you were a CPP participant and turned 18 or 70 years

of age or received a CPP disability pension;

you were a QPP participant and turned 18 years of age

or received a QPP disability pension;

you were a CPP working beneficiary and elected to

stop paying CPP contributions or revoked an election
made in a previous year; or

you are filing a return for a person who died in 2015.

If you started receiving CPP retirement benefits in 2015,

your basic exemption may be prorated by the CRA.
If one of these situations applies to you, complete
Schedule 8 or Form RC381, whichever applies.
If you contributed to a foreign employer-sponsored
pension plan or to a social security arrangement (other
than a United States Arrangement), see Form RC269,
Employee Contributions to a Foreign Pension Plan or Social
Security Arrangement for 2015 Non-United States Plans or
Arrangements. You can get this form by going
to cra.gc.ca/forms or by contacting us.

CPP working beneficiaries

If you are 60 to 70 years of age and employed or
self-employed and you are receiving a CPP or QPP
retirement pension, you must make contributions to the
CPP or the QPP.
However, if you are at least 65 years of age but under 70,
you can elect to stop contributing to the CPP or revoke a
prior-year election:

if you are employed. You must complete Form CPT30,

Election to Stop Contributing to the Canada Pension Plan, or
Revocation of a Prior Election.

if you are self-employed. You must complete the

applicable part of Schedule 8 or Form RC381, whichever
applies.

if you are employed and self-employed and you

completed and submitted Form CPT30 when you became
employed in 2015 but your intent was to elect in 2015 to
stop paying CPP contributions or revoke an election
made in a prior year on your self-employment income
before you became employed, complete Schedule 8 or
Form RC381, whichever applies.

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Note
If you did not complete and submit Form CPT30 for 2015
when you became employed, you cannot elect to stop
paying CPP contributions or revoke an election made in
a prior year on your self-employment earnings for 2015
on Schedule 8 or Form RC381.

Request for refund of CPP contributions

Under the Canada Pension Plan, you must ask for a refund of
CPP over-contributions within four years after the end of
the year for which the request is being made. See line 448.

Making additional CPP contributions

You may not have contributed to the CPP for certain
income you earned through employment or you may have
contributed less than required. This can happen if any of
the following apply:

You had more than one employer in 2015.

You had income, such as tips, from which your employer

did not have to withhold contributions.

You were in a type of employment not covered under

CPP rules, such as casual employment.

Generally, if the total of your CPP and QPP contributions

through employment, as shown in boxes 16 and 17 of your
T4 slips, is less than $2,479.95, you can contribute 9.9% on
any part of the income on which you have not already
made contributions. The maximum income for 2015 on
which you can contribute to the CPP is $53,600. Making
additional contributions may increase the pension you
receive later.
To calculate and make additional CPP contributions
for 2015, complete Form CPT20, Election to Pay Canada
Pension Plan Contributions, and Schedule 8 or Form RC381,
Inter-provincial calculation for CPP and QPP contributions and
overpayments for 2015, whichever applies, and claim the
appropriate amounts on lines 222 and 310. Form CPT20
lists the eligible employment income on which you can
make additional CPP contributions. If you did not have to
file a return for Quebec for 2015 and you contributed only
to the CPP, or if you have to file a return for Quebec
for 2015, and you contributed only to the QPP, you must
complete Schedule 8 to calculate your claim. Otherwise,
complete Form RC381 to calculate your claim. Attach a
copy of Form CPT20 and Schedule 8 or Form RC381,
whichever applies, to your return, or send Form CPT20 to
us separately on or before June 15, 2017.
Tax-exempt employment income earned by a registered
Indian or person entitled to be registered under the
Indian Act If you are a registered Indian, or person
entitled to be registered under the Indian Act, with
tax-exempt employment income and there is no amount
shown in box 16 or 17 of your T4 slips, you may also be
able to contribute to the CPP on this income.

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Line 310 CPP or QPP

contributions on self-employment and
other earnings

Claim, in dollars and cents, the same amount you claimed

on line 222 of your return.

Line 312 Employment insurance

premiums through employment

If you do not have to file a return for the province of

Quebec for 2015, claim, in dollars and cents, the total of the
amounts shown in box 18 of all your T4 slips. If you
contributed to a provincial parental insurance plan (PPIP)
in 2015, also include the total of the amounts shown in
box 55 of all your T4 slips on this line. Do not claim more
than $930.60. Attach to your return the Relev 1 slip your
employer sent you.
Notes
If you received EI-exempt employment income as stated
in box 28 of your T4 slip and there is an amount in
box 55 of your T4 slip, do not claim the amount shown
in box 55 of that slip on line 312. In this case, contact
Revenu Qubec for a refund of your PPIP premiums
paid.
However, if you are an employee who controls more
than 40% of the voting shares of a corporation and you
have entered into an agreement with the Canada
Employment Insurance Commission through Service
Canada in 2015 to participate in the EI program for
access to EI special benefits, claim the amount shown in
box 55 on line 312.
If you contributed more than $930.60, claim, in dollars and
cents, the excess contribution on line 450 of your return. We
will refund this overpayment to you or use it to reduce
your balance owing.
If you were considered a resident of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, and worked only in Quebec during the
year, claim, in dollars and cents, the total of the amounts
shown in box 18 of all your T4 slips. Do not claim more
than $762.30. If you contributed more than $762.30, claim,
in dollars and cents, the excess contribution on line 450 of
your return. We will refund this overpayment to you or use
it to reduce your balance owing.
If you were considered a resident of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, you worked outside Quebec, and your
employment income is $2,000 or more, you must complete
Schedule 10 and attach it to your return. Claim on this line,
in dollars and cents, the lesser of your EI premiums from
line 21 and line 22 of Schedule 10.

Insurable earnings
This is the total of all earnings on which you pay EI
premiums. These amounts are shown in box 24 of your
T4 slips for 2015 (or box 14 if box 24 is blank).
You may have an overpayment of your premiums even if
the total is $930.60 or less (if you were not considered a
resident of Quebec), or $762.30 or less if you were
considered a resident of Quebec. This can happen when
your insurable earnings are less than the total of all

amounts shown in box 14 of all your T4 slips. You can

calculate your overpayment using Form T2204, Employee
Overpayment of 2015 Employment Insurance Premiums. If you
were considered a resident of Quebec and had to complete
Schedule 10 because you worked outside Quebec, do not
use Form T2204. Calculate the overpayment by completing
Part C of Schedule 10.
If your insurable earnings are $2,000 or less, we will refund
all your premiums to you or use them to reduce your
balance owing. In this case, do not enter any premiums on
this line. Instead, enter the total on line 450 of your return.
You may also have an overpayment if your insurable
earnings are more than $2,000 and less than $2,038 (if you
were not considered a resident of Quebec on December 31,
2015), or if your insurable earnings are more than $2,000
and less than $2,031 if you were considered a resident of
Quebec on December 31, 2015. Calculate your overpayment
using Form T2204.

Request for refund of EI contributions

Under the Employment Insurance Act, you must ask for a
refund of EI overpayment within three years after the end
of the year for which the request is being made.

Line 317 Employment

insurance premiums on self-employment

and other eligible earnings
If you were self-employed, you can choose to pay EI
premiums to be eligible to receive EI special benefits.
For more information, contact Service Canada or
visit servicecanada.gc.ca.
If you have entered into an agreement with the
Canada Employment Insurance Commission through
Service Canada to participate in the EI program for access
to EI special benefits, you must complete Schedule 13,
Employment Insurance Premiums on Self-Employment and
Other Eligible Earnings, to calculate your premiums payable.
Claim the amount from line 10 of your Schedule 13 on
line 317 of your Schedule 1 and on line 430 of your return.
Note
Only Canadian citizens and permanent residents
of Canada can enter into an agreement with
the Commission to access the EI special benefits.

Line 375 Provincial parental

insurance plan (PPIP) premiums paid

If you were considered a resident of Quebec on

December 31, 2015, and worked in Quebec during the year,
claim, in dollars and cents, the total of the amounts shown
in box 55 of your T4 slips. The maximum you can claim
is $391.30. Claim any overpayment on your provincial
income tax return for Quebec.
If your PPIP insurable earnings are less than $2,000, do not
claim any PPIP premiums on this line. Instead, claim this
amount as an overpayment on your provincial income tax
return for Quebec.

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Line 376 PPIP premiums payable

on employment income

If you were considered a resident of Quebec on

December 31, 2015, claim, in dollars and cents, the amount from
line 18 of Schedule 10 if the following two conditions apply:

Your employment income (including employment

income from outside Canada) is $2,000 or more.

One of your T4 slips has a province of employment other

than Quebec in box 10.

An eligible organization is a search and rescue organization

that is a member of the Search and Rescue Volunteer
Association of Canada, the Civil Air Search and Rescue
Association, or the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, or whose
status as a search and rescue organization is recognized by a
provincial, municipal, or public authority. Your search and
rescue organization can tell you if it is eligible.
Tax Tip
As a volunteer firefighter or search and rescue volunteer,
you may be eligible to claim a $1,000 exemption instead
of the VFA or the SRVA. For more information, see
Emergency services volunteers on page 18.

The maximum amount you can claim is $391.30.

Line 378 PPIP premiums payable

on self-employment income

If you were considered a resident of Quebec on

December 31, 2015, claim, in dollars and cents, the amount
from line 11 of Schedule 10.
The maximum amount you can claim is $391.30.

Line 362 Volunteer firefighters

amount (VFA) and
Line 395 Search and rescue
volunteers amount (SRVA)

You can claim $3,000 for the VFA or the SRVA (but not
both) if you meet the following conditions:

you were a volunteer firefighter or a search and rescue

volunteer during the year; and

you completed at least 200 hours of eligible volunteer

firefighting services or eligible search and rescue
volunteer services in the year.
Note
The hours volunteered for both search and rescue and
firefighter activities can be combined to claim either the
VFA or the SRVA. You cannot claim both.

However, if you provided services to the same

organization, other than as a volunteer, for the same or
similar duties, you cannot include any hours related to that
organization in determining if you have met the 200-hour
threshold.
Eligible volunteer firefighting services with a fire
department include:

participating in required training related to search and

rescue services.

Supporting documents Do not send any documents.

Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date. We
may ask you to provide certification from the fire
department or the search and rescue organization to
confirm the number of hours of eligible volunteer
firefighting or search and rescue volunteer services you
performed.

Line 363 Canada employment

amount

Claim the lesser of:

$1,146; and

the total of the employment income you reported on

lines 101 and 104 of your return.

Line 364 Public transit amount

You can claim the cost of monthly public transit passes or

passes of longer duration such as an annual pass for travel
on public transit for 2015. These passes must allow
unlimited travel on local buses, streetcars, subways,
commuter trains or buses, or local ferries within Canada.
You can also claim the cost of short-term passes if each pass
entitles you to unlimited travel for at least 5 consecutive
days and you buy enough of these passes for unlimited
travel for at least 20 days in any 28-day period.
You can claim the cost of electronic payment cards when
you use them to make at least 32 one-way trips over a
maximum of 31 consecutive days.

responding to and being on call for firefighting and

related emergency calls as a firefighter;

Only you or your spouse or common-law partner can claim

the cost of transit passes (if these amounts have not already
been claimed) for:

attending meetings held by the fire department; and

yourself;

participating in required training related to preventing or

suppressing fire.

your spouse or common-law partner; and

your or your spouses or common-law partners children

who were under 19 years of age on December 31, 2015.

Eligible search and rescue volunteer services with an

eligible search and rescue organization include:

responding to and being on call for search and rescue

and related emergency calls as a search and rescue
volunteer;

attending meetings held by the organization; and

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Reimbursement of an eligible expense You can claim

only the part of the amount for which you have not been or
will not be reimbursed. However, you can claim the full
amount if the reimbursement is reported as income (such as
a benefit shown on a T4 slip) and you did not deduct the
reimbursement anywhere else on your return.

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Supporting documents Do not send any documents.

Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 370 Childrens arts amount

Note
An activity that develops creative skills or expertise is
eligible only if it is intended to improve a childs
dexterity or co-ordination or helps in acquiring and
applying knowledge through artistic or cultural
activities such as literary arts, visual arts, performing
arts, music, media, languages, customs, and heritage.

You can claim to a maximum of $500 per child the fees paid
in 2015 relating to the cost of registration or membership
for your or your spouses or common-law partners child in
a prescribed program (see the next section) of artistic,
cultural, recreational, or developmental activity. The child
must have been under 16 years of age (or under 18 years of
age if eligible for the disability tax credit at line 316) at the
beginning of the year in which an eligible arts expense was
paid.
You can claim this amount if another person has not
already claimed the same fees and the total claimed is not
more than the maximum allowable amount if only one of
you were making the claim.
Children with disabilities If the child is eligible for the
disability tax credit and is under 18 years of age at the
beginning of the year, you can claim an additional $500 if a
minimum of $100 is paid for registration or membership
fees for a prescribed artistic program described in the next
section.
Notes
Eligible expenses do not include amounts that can be
claimed as the federal childrens fitness tax credit
(line 459) or as a deduction by any person, such as the
child care expenses deduction (line 214) or amounts that
any person has claimed as a tax credit.

Reimbursement of an eligible expense You can claim

only the part of the amount for which you have not been or
will not be reimbursed. However, you can claim the full
amount if the reimbursement is reported as income (such as
a benefit shown on a T4 slip) and you did not deduct the
reimbursement anywhere else on your return.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 369 Home buyers amount

You or your spouse or common-law partner acquired a

qualifying home.

You did not live in another home owned by you or your

spouse or common-law partner in the year of acquisition
or in any of the four preceding years (first-time
home buyer).
Note
You do not have to be a first-time home buyer if you are
eligible for the disability tax credit or if you acquired the
home for the benefit of a related person who is eligible
for the disability tax credit. However, the purchase must
be made to allow the person with the disability to live in
a home that is more accessible or better suited to the
needs of that person. For the purposes of the home
buyers amount, a person with a disability is a person
who is eligible for the disability tax credit for the year in
which the home is acquired, or a person who would be
entitled to claim the disability amount if they did not
claim costs for attendant care or care in a nursing home
as medical expenses on lines 330 or 331.

If an organization provides your child with two distinct

prescribed programs and one program is eligible for the
childrens arts amount and the other program is eligible
for the childrens fitness tax credit, you should receive
two receipts. If you receive only one receipt, it must
clearly show the amount paid to the organization for
each distinct program.

Prescribed program

be ongoing (last at least eight consecutive weeks, or in

the case of children's camps, five consecutive days);

be supervised; and

be suitable for children.

The program also has to meet at least one of the following

criteria:

it contributes to the development of creative skills or

expertise in an artistic or cultural activity;

it provides a substantial focus on wilderness and the

natural environment;

it helps children develop and use particular intellectual

skills;

it includes structured interaction between children where

supervisors teach or help children develop interpersonal
skills; or

You can claim $5,000 for the purchase of a qualifying home

in 2015 if both of the following apply:

Programs that are part of a school curriculum are not

eligible.

To qualify for this amount, a program must:

it provides enrichment or tutoring in academic subjects.

A qualifying home must be registered in your and/or your

spouses or common-law partners name in accordance
with the applicable land registration system and it must be
located in Canada. It includes existing homes and homes
under construction. The following are considered
qualifying homes:

single-family houses;

semi-detached houses;

townhouses;

mobile homes;

condominium units; and

apartments in duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, or

apartment buildings.
Note
A share in a co-operative housing corporation that
entitles you to own and gives you an equity interest in a

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housing unit located in Canada also qualifies. However,

a share that only gives you the right to tenancy in the
housing unit does not qualify.

Reimbursement of an eligible expense You must reduce

your eligible expenses by any reimbursements or other
forms of assistance you received.

You must intend to occupy the home, or you must intend

that the related person with a disability occupy the home,
as a principal place of residence no later than one year after
it is acquired.

Supporting documents Do not send any documents.

Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

You and your spouse or common-law partner can split the

claim, but the combined total cannot exceed $5,000.

You may be able to claim up to $2,000 if you reported

eligible pension, superannuation, or annuity payments on
lines 115, 116, and/or 129 of your return.

When more than one person is entitled to the amount (for

example, when two people jointly buy a home), the total of
all amounts claimed cannot exceed $5,000.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 313 Adoption expenses

You can claim an amount for eligible adoption expenses

related to the adoption of a child who is under 18 years of
age. The new maximum claim for each child is $15,255.

Line 314 Pension income amount

Report your pension or annuity income on the applicable

line. To calculate your claim, complete the chart for line 314
on the federal worksheet in the centre of this guide.
If you and your spouse or common-law partner elected to
split pension income, follow the instructions at Step 4 on
Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension Income, to
calculate the amount to enter on line 314 of your and your
spouses or common-law partners Schedule 1.
Note
Amounts such as old age security benefits, Canada
Pension Plan benefits, Quebec Pension Plan benefits,
death benefits, retiring allowances, excess amounts from
a RRIF transferred to an RRSP, another RRIF, or an
annuity, amounts shown in boxes 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, and
34 of your T4RSP slips, and amounts distributed from a
retirement compensation arrangement shown on your
T4A-RCA slips do not qualify.

Two adoptive parents can split the amount if the total

combined claim for eligible expenses for each child is not
more than the amount before the split.
Parents can claim these incurred expenses in the tax year
including the end of the adoption period for the child. The
adoption period:

begins either when an application is made for

registration with a provincial or territorial ministry
responsible for adoption (or with an adoption agency
licensed by a provincial or territorial government) or
when an application related to the adoption is made to a
Canadian court, whichever is earlier; and
ends when an adoption order is issued by, or recognized
by, a government in Canada for that child or when the
child first begins to live permanently with you,
whichever is later.

Eligible adoption expenses

Eligible adoption expenses you can claim are:

fees paid to an adoption agency licensed by a provincial

or territorial government (an adoption agency);

court costs and legal and administrative expenses related

to an adoption order for the child;

reasonable and necessary travel and living expenses of

the child and the adoptive parents;

document translation fees;

mandatory fees paid to a foreign institution;

mandatory expenses paid for the childs immigration;

and

any other reasonable expenses related to the adoption

required by a provincial or territorial government or an
adoption agency licensed by a provincial or territorial
government.

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Tax Tip
You may be able to transfer all or part of your pension
income amount to your spouse or common-law partner
or to claim all or part of his or her pension income
amount. See line 326.

Line 315 Caregiver amount

If at any time in 2015 you (either alone or with another

person) maintained a dwelling where you and one or more
of your dependants lived, you may be able to claim a
maximum amount of $4,608 ($6,701 if he or she is eligible
for the family caregiver amount on page 42) for each
dependant. Each dependant must have been one of the
following persons:

your or your spouses or common-law partners child or

grandchild; or

your or your spouses or common-law partners brother,

sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, parent, or grandparent
who was resident in Canada (including a deemed
resident of Canada). You cannot claim this amount for a
person who was only visiting you.

In addition, each dependant must meet all the following

conditions. The person must have:

been 18 years of age or older at the time he or she lived

with you;

had a 2015 net world income (defined below) of less

than $20,343 ($22,436 if he or she is eligible for the family
caregiver amount see page 42); and

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been dependent on you because of an impairment in

physical or mental functions, or if he or she is your or
your spouses or common-law partners parent or
grandparent, born in 1950 or earlier.

Net world income If your dependant is a deemed

resident of Canada, his or her net world income is the
amount on line 236 of his or her return, or the amount that
it would be if he or she filed a return. If your dependant is a
non-resident of Canada, his or her net world income is his
or her net income for 2015 from all sources both inside and
outside Canada.
If you had to make support payments for a child, you
cannot claim an amount on line 315 for that child.
However, if you were separated from your spouse or
common-law partner for only part of 2015 because of a
breakdown in your relationship, you may be able to claim
an amount for that child on line 315 (in addition to any
allowable amounts on lines 305 and 318) if you do not claim
any support amounts paid to your spouse or common-law
partner on line 220. You can claim whichever is better for
you.

How to claim this amount

If this is a new claim for this amount, you must submit a

completed Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate,
certified by a medical practitioner or your claim will be
delayed. We will review your claim before we assess
your return to see if you are eligible.

If you were eligible for the disability tax credit for 2014
and you still meet the eligibility requirements in 2015,
you can claim this amount without sending us a new
Form T2201. However, you must send us one if the
previous period of approval ended before 2015, or if we
ask you to.

If you were 18 years of age or older at the end of the

year, claim $7,899. Otherwise, complete the chart for
line 316 on the federal worksheet in the centre of this
guide.
Tax Tips
You may be able to transfer all or part of your disability
amount (and, if it applies, the supplement) to your
spouse or common-law partner (who would claim it on
line 326) or to another supporting person (who would
claim it on line 318).

Complete the appropriate part of Schedule 5 to calculate

your claim and give certain details about each of your
dependants. Attach a copy of this schedule to your return.

You may be able to claim all or part of the disability

amount (and, if it applies, the supplement) transferred
from your spouse or common-law partner on line 326 or
from another dependant on line 318.

Claim made by more than one person If you and another

person support the same dependant, you can split the claim
for that dependant. However, the total of your claim and
the other persons claim cannot exceed the maximum
amount allowed for that dependant.
If anyone (including you) can claim this amount for a
dependant, no one can claim an amount on line 306 for that
dependant. If anyone other than you claims an amount on
line 305 for a dependant, you cannot claim an amount on
line 315 for that dependant.

You may also be able to claim a working income tax

benefit disability supplement. See line 453.

Line 317 Employment

insurance premiums on self-employment

and other eligible earnings
See page 47.

Line 316 Disability amount

(for self)

If you are eligible for the disability tax credit, you may be
able to claim the disability amount. To be eligible, you must
have had a severe and prolonged impairment in physical or
mental functions during 2015. An impairment is prolonged
if it has lasted, or is expected to last, for a continuous period
of at least 12 months. You may be able to claim $7,899 if a
medical practitioner certifies on Form T2201, Disability Tax
Credit Certificate, that you meet certain conditions.
For more information, see Guide RC4064, Disability-Related
Information. To view your disability tax credit information,
go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

Supplement for persons under 18

If you qualify for the disability amount and were
under 18 years of age at the end of the year, you can claim
up to an additional $4,607. However, this supplement may
be reduced if in 2015 someone claimed child care expenses
(on line 214) or attendant care expenses (as a medical
expense on line 330 or 331) for you. It will also be reduced
if you claimed attendant care expenses on line 215 or 330
for yourself.

Line 318 Disability amount

transferred from a dependant

You may be able to claim all or part of your dependants

(other than your spouses or common-law partners)
disability amount (line 316) if all the following apply:

your dependant is eligible for the disability tax credit;

your dependant was resident in Canada (or outside

Canada if he or she is a deemed resident of Canada) at
any time in 2015; and

he or she was dependent on you for all or some of the

basic necessities of life (food, shelter, and clothing).

In addition, one of the following situations has to apply:

You claimed an amount on line 305 for that dependant,

or you could have if you did not have a spouse or
common-law partner and if the dependant did not have
any income (see line 305 for conditions).

The dependant was your or your spouses or

common-law partners parent, grandparent, child,
grandchild, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew
and you claimed an amount on line 306 or 315 for that

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dependant, or you could have if he or she had no income

and had been 18 years of age or older in 2015.

contact Employment and Social Development Canada or

visit servicecanada.gc.ca.

Notes
You cannot claim the unused part of this amount if the
spouse or common-law partner of the person with a
disability is already claiming the disability amount or
any other non-refundable tax credit (other than medical
expenses) for the person with a disability.

If so, only you can claim an amount for the interest you, or
a person related to you, paid on that loan in 2015 or the
preceding five years.

If you are splitting the unused part of this amount with

another person, attach a note to your return that includes
the name and social insurance number, individual tax
number, or temporary tax number of the other person
who is claiming this amount. The total claimed for that
dependant cannot exceed the maximum amount allowed
for that dependant.

You can claim an amount only for interest you have not
already claimed. If you have no tax payable for the year the
interest is paid, it is to your advantage not to claim it on
your return. You can carry the interest forward and apply it
on your return for any of the next five years.
Notes
You cannot claim interest paid on any other kind of loan
or on a student loan that has been combined with
another kind of loan. If you renegotiated your student
loan with a bank or financial institution or included it in
an arrangement to consolidate your loans, the interest on
the new loan does not qualify for this tax credit.

If you or anyone else paid for an attendant or for care in

an establishment, special rules may apply. For more
information, see Guide RC4065, Medical Expenses. To
view your disability tax credit information, go
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

How to claim this amount

If this is a new claim for this amount, you must submit a

completed and certified Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit
Certificate. We will review your claim before we assess
your return to see if your dependant is eligible.
If your dependant was eligible for the disability tax credit
for 2014 and still meets the requirements in 2015, you can
claim this amount without sending us a new Form T2201.
However, you must send us one if the previous period of
approval ended before 2015 or if we ask you to. If you
are not attaching a Form T2201 for a dependant, attach to
your return a note stating the dependants name, social
insurance number, individual tax number, or temporary
tax number, and relationship to you.

If your dependant was under 18 years of age at the end

of the year, first complete the chart for line 316 on the
federal worksheet in the centre of this guide to calculate
the supplement that dependant may be able to claim.

Complete the chart for line 318 on the federal worksheet

in the centre of this guide to calculate your claim for each
dependant and enter the amount on line 318 of your
Schedule 1.
Tax Tip
If you can claim this amount, you may also be able to
claim an amount on line 315 for the same dependant.

For more information about different amounts you may be

able to claim, see Guide RC4064, Disability-Related
Information.

Line 319 Interest paid on your

student loans

You may have a loan under the Canada Student Loans Act,
the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, the Apprentice
Loans Act, or similar provincial or territorial government
laws for post-secondary education. For more information
about the Canada Apprentice Loan if you are training as a
registered Red Seal apprentice in a designated trade,
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In addition, you cannot claim interest you paid because

of a judgment obtained after you failed to repay a
student loan.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your
documents showing amounts you are claiming for 2015.

Line 323 Your tuition, education,

and textbook amounts

Complete Schedule 11 to calculate your total eligible

tuition, education, and textbook amounts for 2015 and to
carry forward any unused amounts from previous years
that are shown on your notice of assessment or notice of
reassessment for 2014. Enter the amount you are claiming
on line 323.
For more information, see Transferring and carrying
forward amounts on the next page or Guide P105, Students
and Income Tax.
Tax Tips
Even if you have no tax to pay and you are transferring
part of your tuition, education, and textbook amounts,
file your return and attach a completed Schedule 11 so
we can update our records with your unused tuition,
education, and textbook amounts available to carry
forward to other years.
If you are transferring an amount to a designated
individual, transfer only the amount this person can use.
That way, you can carry forward as much as possible to
use in a future year.
You may be able to claim all or part of your spouses or
common-law partners tuition, education, and textbook
amounts on line 326 and/or your childs or grandchilds
tuition, education, and textbook amounts on line 324.

Eligible tuition fees

Generally, a course qualifies if it was taken at the
post-secondary level or (for persons 16 years of age or older
at the end of the year) if it develops or improves skills in an
occupation and the educational institution has been
certified by Employment and Social Development Canada.
In addition, you must have taken the course in 2015.

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Not all fees can be claimed. To qualify, the fees you paid to
attend a Canadian educational institution must
exceed $100. For fees paid to an educational institution
outside Canada, see Guide P105 and Information
Sheet RC192, Information for Students Educational
Institutions Outside Canada. In addition, you cannot include
in your claim the amounts paid for other expenses, such as
board and lodging, students association fees, or textbooks
(see Textbook amount on this page).
If the fees were paid or reimbursed by your employer or an
employer of one of your parents, you can claim them only if
the payment or reimbursement was included in your or
your parents income.
Forms
To claim tuition fees paid to an educational institution in
Canada, you will need an official tax receipt or a
completed Form T2202A, Tuition, Education, and Textbook
Amounts Certificate, which your institution has to give you.

To claim tuition fees paid to an educational institution

outside Canada, you will need Form TL11A, Tuition,
Education, and Textbook Amounts Certificate University
Outside Canada, or Form TL11D, Tuition Fees Certificate
Educational Institutions Outside Canada for a Deemed
Resident of Canada. Ask your institution to complete and
give you the applicable form.

To claim tuition fees paid to a flying school or club in

Canada, you will need a completed Form TL11B, Tuition,
Education, and Textbook Amounts Certificate Flying School
or Club, which your school or club has to give you.

To confirm the period in which you were enrolled in a

qualifying program, your educational institution has to
complete and give you one of the following forms:

Form T2202A, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate;

Form TL11A, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate University Outside Canada; or

Form TL11B, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate Flying School or Club.

The following amounts apply for each month in which you

were enrolled in a qualifying program:

If you were enrolled full-time, you can claim $400 per

month.

If you attended only part-time and you are eligible for

the disability tax credit, you can claim $400 per month.
If you could attend only part-time because you had an
impairment restricting one of the activities listed in
Guide RC4064, Disability-Related Information, but your
condition was not severe and prolonged, you can claim
$400 per month. You must submit a letter from a medical
doctor, optometrist, audiologist, occupational therapist,
psychologist, physiotherapist, or speech language
pathologist to certify your impairment.

If you were enrolled part-time, you can claim $120 per

month.

You cannot claim more than one education amount per

month.

You can get these forms from us. You can also get
Form TL11B from your flying school or club.

Textbook amount

Education amount

You can claim this amount only if you are entitled to claim
the education amount.

You can claim this amount for each whole or part month
in 2015 in which you were enrolled in a qualifying
program. If you were under 16 years of age at the end of
the year, you can claim this amount only for courses you
took at the post-secondary level.
Post-secondary programs consisting mainly of research are
eligible for the education amount only if they lead to a
college or CEGEP diploma or a bachelor, masters, or
doctoral (or equivalent) degree. For more information, see
Guide P105, Students and Income Tax.
Generally, you cannot claim this amount for a program for
which you received a benefit, a grant, an allowance, or a
reimbursement of your tuition fees.
However, you can claim this amount even if you received
salary or wages from a job related to your program of study
or certain other kinds of payments, such as scholarships
and student loans, or if you received and reported as
income any financial assistance provided under:

Part II of the Employment Insurance Act (and shown in

box 20 of your T4E slip) or a labour-market development
agreement as part of a similar provincial or territorial
program; or
a program developed under the authority of the
Department of Employment and Social Development Act.

The following are the amounts you can claim:

$65 for each month you qualify for the full-time

education amount; and

$20 for each month you qualify for the part-time

education amount.

Supporting documents Attach to your return your

completed Schedule 11 but do not send your other
documents. Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later
date.

Transferring and carrying forward amounts

You must claim your tuition, education, and textbook
amounts first on your own return, even if someone else
paid your fees. However, you may be able to transfer all or
some of the unused part of these amounts to your spouse or
common-law partner (who would claim it on line 326 of his
or her Schedule 1) or to your or your spouses or
common-law partners parent or grandparent (who would
claim it on line 324 of his or her Schedule 1).
Complete the Transfer or carryforward of unused
amount section of Schedule 11 (particularly line 327) to
calculate this transfer, as well as any of the following
applicable forms: T2202A, TL11A, or TL11B, to designate
who can claim the unused amount and to specify the

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amount this person can claim. Attach Schedule 11 to your

return even if you are transferring your total tuition,
education, and textbook amounts.
You can carry forward and claim in a future year the part of
your tuition, education, and textbook amounts you cannot
use (and do not transfer) for the year. However, if you
carry forward an amount, you will not be able to transfer it
to anyone. You must claim your carry-forward amount in
the first year you have to pay federal tax. Calculate the
carry-forward amount on Schedule 11.
To view your carry-forward amounts, go
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

Line 324 Tuition, education, and

textbook amounts transferred from a child
If you are the parent or grandparent of a student or his or
her spouse or common-law partner, the student may be
able to transfer to you all or part of his or her unused
tuition, education, and textbook amounts for 2015. The
maximum transferable amount from each student is $5,000
minus the amounts he or she uses, even if there is still an
unclaimed part.
Note
The student cannot transfer to you any tuition,
education, or textbook amounts carried forward from a
previous year.

How to claim this amount

Only one person can claim this transfer from the student.
However, it does not have to be the same parent or
grandparent who claims an amount on line 305 or 306 for
the student.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date. The
student must attach Schedule 11 to his or her paper return.

Line 326 Amounts transferred

from your spouse or common-law partner

You may be able to claim all or part of the following
amounts for which your spouse or common-law partner
qualifies if he or she did not need the whole amount to
reduce his or her federal tax to zero:

the age amount (line 301) if your spouse or common-law

partner was 65 years of age or older;

the family caregiver amount for children under 18 years

of age (line 367);

the pension income amount (line 314);

the disability amount for self (line 316); and

your tuition, education, and textbook amounts (line 323)

for 2015 your spouse or common-law partner designates
to you. The maximum amount your spouse or
common-law partner can transfer is $5,000 minus the
amounts he or she uses even if there is still an unused
part.
Notes
Your spouse or common-law partner cannot transfer to
you any tuition, education, or textbook amounts carried
forward from a previous year.

The student has to complete the Transfer or carryforward

of unused amount section of Schedule 11 (particularly
line 327) and attach the schedule to his or her return. The
student must also complete any of the following applicable
forms to designate you as the person who can claim the
amount:

Form T2202A, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate;

Form TL11A, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate University Outside Canada;

Form TL11B, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate Flying School or Club; or

Form TL11C, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Certificate Commuter to the United States.

If the tuition fees being transferred to you are not shown on

these forms, you should have a copy of the students official
tuition fee receipt.
Amounts claimed by students spouse or common-law
partner If a students spouse or common-law partner
claims an amount on line 303 or 326 for the student, you
cannot claim an amount on line 324 for that student.
However, the students spouse or common-law partner can
include the transfer on line 326.
No amounts claimed by students spouse or common-law
partner If the students spouse or common-law partner
does not claim an amount on line 303 or 326 for the student,
or if the student does not have a spouse or common-law
partner, the student can choose which parent or
grandparent will claim an amount on line 324.
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If you were separated because of a breakdown in your

relationship for a period of 90 days or more including
December 31, 2015, your spouse or common-law partner
cannot transfer any unused amounts to you.
Complete Schedule 2 to calculate your claim. Enter your
marital status and the information about your spouse or
common-law partner (including his or her net world
income even if it is zero) in the Identification area on
page 1 of your return.
If the amount on this line includes a new claim for the
disability amount, attach a completed and certified
Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate. We will review
your claim before we assess your return to see if your
spouse or common-law partner is eligible for the disability
tax credit. If he or she was eligible for 2014 and still meets
the requirements in 2015, you can claim this amount
without sending us a new Form T2201. However, you must
send us one if the previous period of approval ended
before 2015 or if we ask you to.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your
completed Schedule 2, and if your spouse or common-law
partner is not filing a return, attach the information slips
that show his or her world income to your return. Do not
send your other supporting documents, but keep them in
case we ask to see them at a later date.

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Line 330 Medical expenses for

self, spouse or common-law partner, and

your dependent children born in 1998 or
later
You can claim on line 330 the total eligible medical
expenses you or your spouse or common-law partner paid
for:

yourself;

your spouse or common-law partner; and

your or your spouses or common-law partners children

born in 1998 or later.

Medical expenses for other dependants must be claimed on

line 331.
You can claim eligible medical expenses paid in
any 12-month period ending in 2015 and not claimed
for 2014. Generally, you can claim all amounts paid, even if
they were not paid in Canada. Your total expenses have to
be more than 3% of your net income (line 236) or $2,208,
whichever is less.
Notes
On the return for a person who died in 2015, a claim can
be made for expenses paid in any 24-month period that
includes the date of death if they were not claimed for
any other year.
If you are claiming expenses paid for a dependant who
died in the year, these amounts can be claimed for
any 24-month period that includes the date of death if
they were not claimed for any other year.
Tax Tip
There is a refundable tax credit for working individuals
with low incomes and eligible medical expenses.
See line 452.

Eligible medical expenses

Some eligible medical expenses you can claim are:

payments to a medical doctor, dentist, nurse, or certain

other medical professionals or to a public or licensed
private hospital;

premiums paid to private health services plans (other

than those paid by an employer, such as the amount
shown in box J of your Quebec Relev 1 slip);

premiums paid under a provincial or territorial

prescription drug plan, such as the Quebec Prescription
Drug Insurance Plan and the Nova Scotia Seniors
Pharmacare Program (amounts or premiums paid to
provincial or territorial government medical or
hospitalization plans are not eligible); and

payments for artificial limbs, wheelchairs, crutches,

hearing aids, prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses,
dentures, pacemakers, prescription drugs, and certain
prescription medical devices.

Reimbursement of an eligible expense You can claim

only the part of an expense for which you have not been or
will not be reimbursed. However, you can claim the full
expense if the reimbursement is included in your income,
such as a benefit shown on a T4 slip, and you did not
deduct the reimbursement anywhere else on your return.
Travel expenses If medical treatment is not available to
you within 40 kilometres of your home, you may be able to
claim the cost of your transportation to get the treatment
somewhere else. You can choose to simplify the way you
calculate this amount. For more information, use Info-Tax,
one of our Tax Information Phone Services (see pages 70
and 71).
If you use the simplified method, you can find the rate per
kilometre for each province or territory by going
to cra.gc.ca/travelcosts.
If you had to travel at least 80 kilometres from your home,
you can claim accommodation and meal expenses in
addition to transportation expenses.
For more information about medical expenses, go
to cra.gc.ca/medical or use Info-Tax, one of our Tax
Information Phone Services (see pages 70 and 71). You can
also see Guide RC4065, Medical Expenses, and Income Tax
Folio S1-F1-C1, Medical Expense Tax Credit.
Tax Tip
Compare the amount you can claim with the amount
your spouse or common-law partner would be allowed
to claim. It may be better for the spouse or common-law
partner with the lower net income (line 236) to claim the
allowable medical expenses. You can make whichever
claim you prefer.
The following example shows you how to calculate your
claim.
Example
Richard and his wife Pauline have two children. They have
reviewed their medical bills and decided that the 12-month
period ending in 2015 for which they will calculate their
claim is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. They incurred
the following expenses:
Richard

$1,500

Pauline

$1,000

Jen (their 16-year-old daughter)

$1,800

Rob (their 19-year-old son)

$1,000

Total medical expenses

$5,300

The total allowable expenses for 2015 are $4,300, which will
be entered on line 330. Since Rob is over 18 years of age, his
expenses will be claimed on line 331.
Paulines net income on line 236 of her return is $32,000.
She calculates 3% of that amount as $960. Because the result
is less than $2,208, she enters $960 on line 30 and subtracts
it from $4,300. The difference is $3,340, which is the amount
on line 31.

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Richards net income on line 236 of his return is $48,000. He

calculates 3% of that amount as $1,440. Because the result is
less than $2,208, he enters $1,440 on line 30 and subtracts it
from $4,300. The difference is $2,860.

Notes
These gifts do not include contributions to political
parties. If you contributed to a federal political party, see
lines 409 and 410 to find out about claiming a credit.

In this case, Pauline and Richard have found it is better for

Pauline to claim all the expenses for them and their
daughter Jen.

Gifts to Canada include monetary gifts made directly to

the federal debt servicing and reduction account. If you
made such a gift, which will be used only to service the
public debt, you should have received a tax receipt. To
make a gift to this account, make a cheque or money
order payable to the Receiver General, include a note
asking that we apply it to this account, and send it to:
Place du Portage, Phase III, 11 Laurier Street,
Gatineau QC K1A 0S5 CANADA.

Supporting documents Do not send any documents.

Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.
You may be claiming expenses that would be allowable
only for a person who is eligible for the disability tax credit.
For information about the disability amount, see line 316.

Line 331 Allowable amount of

medical expenses for other dependants

Supporting documents Attach to your return your

completed Schedule 9 but do not send your other
supporting documents. Keep them in case we ask to see
them at a later date.

Claim on line 331 the part of eligible medical expenses you

or your spouse or common-law partner paid for the
following persons who depended on you for support:

Allowable charitable donations (line 340 of

Schedule 9)

your or your spouses or common-law partners children

born in 1997 or earlier or grandchildren; and

your or your spouses or common-law partners parents,

grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, or
nephews who were residents of Canada (or outside
Canada if he or she is a deemed resident of Canada) at
any time in the year.

The expenses must meet the criteria in the section Eligible

medical expenses at line 330. They have to cover the
same 12-month period that was used for line 330.
For more information, see Guide RC4065, Medical Expenses.
Calculate for each dependant the medical expenses you are
claiming on this line. The total of these expenses must
exceed the lesser of $2,208 and 3% of the dependants net
income for the year.
Use the following chart for each dependant:
Other dependants medical expenses
Less: $2,208 or 3% of line 236 of that
dependant (whichever is less)

Allowable medical expenses

Add up all the eligible amounts of your donations to

registered charities and other qualified donees made
in 2015 plus donations made in any of the previous five
years that have not been claimed before. This includes gifts
to Canada, a province, or a territory. For a list of qualified
donees, use Info-Tax, one of our Tax Information Phone
Services (see pages 70 and 71), or see Pamphlet P113, Gifts
and Income Tax.
The eligible amount is the amount by which the fair
market value of your gift exceeds any advantage you
received or will receive for making the gift. Generally, an
advantage includes the value of certain property, service,
compensation, use, or any other benefit. This applies to any
donations or gifts made after December 20, 2002. For more
information, see Pamphlet P113, Gifts and Income Tax.
Generally, you can claim on line 340 all or part of the
eligible amount of these donations, up to a limit of 75% of
your net income for the year. You may be able to increase
this limit if you donate capital property (including
depreciable property). For more information, see
Pamphlet P113, Gifts and Income Tax. For the year a person
dies and the year before that, this limit is 100% of the
persons net income.
Note
If you have taken a vow of perpetual poverty as a
member of a religious order, this limit does not apply.
Claim your donations on line 256.

Claim on line 331 the total of all allowable amounts for each
dependant.

Line 349 Donations and gifts

You can claim donations either you or your spouse or

common-law partner made. Enter your claim from the
calculation on Schedule 9. See Pamphlet P113, Gifts and
Income Tax, for more information about donations and gifts
or if you made any of the following:

gifts of property other than cash (gifts in kind);

gifts to qualified donees outside Canada; or

gifts to Canada, a province, or a territory.

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Tax Tip
You do not have to claim on your return for 2015 the
donations you made in 2015. It may be more beneficial
for you to carry them forward and claim them on your
return for any of the next five years. No matter when
you claim them, you can claim them only once.
Donations of certain flow-through share properties may
result in a deemed capital gain that is subject to an
inclusion rate of 50%. For more information, see
Pamphlet P113, Gifts and Income Tax and Guide T4037,
Capital Gains.

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Cultural and ecological gifts (line 342 of

Schedule 9)

Line 375 Provincial parental

insurance plan (PPIP) premiums paid

Unlike other donations, your total eligible amount claimed

for these types of gifts is not limited to a percentage of net
income. You can choose the part you claim in 2015 and
carry forward any unused part for up to five years.

See page 47.

For donations of ecologically sensitive lands made after

February 10, 2014, the carry-forward period is up
to 10 years.

See page 48.

For donations of certified cultural property made after

February 10, 2014, special rules apply when the property
was acquired through a gifting arrangement that is a tax
shelter.
For more information about these gifts and the amounts
you can claim, see Pamphlet P113, Gifts and Income Tax.

Line 376 PPIP premiums

payable on employment income

Line 378 PPIP premiums

payable on self-employment income
See page 48.

Line 395 Search and rescue

volunteers amount (SRVA)

See page 48.

First-time donors super credit (FDSC)

(line 343 of Schedule 9)
For 2013 to 2017, if you are a first-time donor, you can claim
up to $1,000 of donations of money made after
March 20, 2013, for the FDSC. This credit is calculated by
multiplying these donations by 25%. This is in addition to
the credit already allowed for these same donations that
you and your spouse or common-law partner claimed on
line 340 of Schedule 9.
To qualify as a first-time donor, neither you nor your
spouse or common-law partner can have claimed and been
allowed a charitable donations tax credit for any year
after 2007. If you have a spouse or common-law partner,
you can share the FDSC, but the total combined donations
claimed cannot exceed $1,000.
Enter the amount of the gift on line 343 of Schedule 9. For
more information, go to cra.gc.ca/fdsc.

Line 362 Volunteer firefighters

amount (VFA)

See page 48.

Line 364 Public transit amount

See page 48.

Line 367 Family caregiver amount

for children under 18 years of age
See page 44.

Line 369 Home buyers amount

See page 49.

Line 370 Childrens arts amount

here are no lines on the return for the recapture of the

investment tax credit or for the federal logging tax credit.
If these amounts apply, use them to calculate your net
federal tax on Schedule 1. If the result of these adjustments is
negative, and you do not have to pay minimum tax (see
page 41), enter 0 on line 66 of Schedule 1.

Recapture of investment tax credit

If you have to repay all or part of an investment tax credit

you received previously for scientific research and
experimental development or for child care spaces,
calculate on Form T2038(IND), Investment Tax Credit
(Individuals), the amount you have to repay. Write
recapture of investment tax credit and the amount below
line 60 on Schedule 1. Add it to the amount on line 60.

Federal logging tax credit

See page 48.

Line 363 Canada employment

amount

Net federal tax

If you paid logging tax to a province for logging operations

you performed in the province, you may be able to claim a
logging tax credit. To calculate your credit, use the lesser of
the following two amounts for each province in which you
had a logging operation:

66.6667% of the logging tax paid for the year to the

province; and

6.6667% of your net logging income for the year in the

province.

Your allowable credit is the total of the credits for the year
for all provinces, up to 6.6667% of your taxable income
(line 260), not including any amounts on lines 208, 214, 215,
219, and 220. Write federal logging tax credit and enter
the allowable amount below line 60 on Schedule 1. Subtract
it from the total of the amount on line 60 and the amount of
any applicable recapture of investment tax credits.

See page 49.

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Line 405 Federal foreign tax

credit

Deemed residents You may be able to claim this credit

if you paid foreign taxes on income you received from
outside Canada and reported on your Canadian return.
Complete Form T2209, Federal Foreign Tax Credits, to
calculate your credit, and claim the amount from line 12 on
line 405 of Schedule 1.
Note
If you deducted an amount on line 256 for income that is
not taxable in Canada under a tax treaty, do not report
that income, or any tax withheld from it, in your foreign
tax credit calculation.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 Generally, a non-resident of Canada is not
eligible for a foreign tax credit. However, if you were a
former resident of Canada who disposed of certain taxable
Canadian property in 2015, you may be able to claim a
foreign tax credit. Contact us for the special rules that may
apply to you.

Supporting documents Attach to your return your

official receipts. Do not attach official receipts for amounts
shown in box 14 of your T5003 slips, in box 184 of your
T5013 slips, or on financial statements showing an amount
a partnership allocated to you. Keep copies of all your
documents in case we ask to see them at a later date.

You may be eligible for this credit if any of the following

apply. You:

Note
The translation has to be certified by an official who has
the authority to administer an oath or solemn
declaration (commissioner of oaths, notary public, or
lawyer) unless it has been completed by a translator who
is a certified member of one of the provincial or
territorial organizations of translators and interpreters of
Canada. The signatorys name has to be printed in the
Latin alphabet.
Tax Tip
Deemed Residents Your federal foreign tax credit on
non-business income may be less than the tax you paid
to a foreign country. If so, you may be able to deduct on
line 232 the amount of net foreign taxes you paid for
which you have not received a federal foreign tax credit.
This does not include certain taxes you paid, such as
those on amounts you could have deducted under a tax
treaty on line 256. For more information, see
Interpretation Bulletin IT-506, Foreign Income Taxes as a
Deduction from Income.

You can claim contributions either you or your spouse or

common-law partner made during 2015 to a registered
federal political party or to a candidate for election to the
House of Commons.
The eligible amount is the amount by which the fair market
value of your monetary contribution exceeds any advantage
you received or will receive for making it. Generally, an
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Complete the chart for line 410 on the federal worksheet in

the centre of this guide to calculate your credit. However, if
your total political contributions are $1,275 or more,
enter $650 on line 410.

Line 412 Investment tax credit

Supporting documents Attach to your return your

completed Form T2209 and documents that show the
foreign taxes you paid. If you paid taxes to the United
States, attach your W-2 information slip, U.S. 1040 return,
U.S tax account transcript, and any other supporting
documents that apply. If you are submitting documents in
a foreign language, you will need to provide a copy of the
original documents and a certified English or French
translation.

Lines 409 and 410 Federal

political contribution tax credit

advantage includes the value of certain property, service,

compensation, use, or any other benefit. This applies to any
contribution made after December 20, 2002.

bought certain new buildings, machinery, or equipment

and they were used in certain areas of Canada in
qualifying activities such as farming, fishing, logging,
manufacturing, or processing;

have unclaimed credits from the purchase of qualified

property after 2004;

have an amount shown in box 41 of your T3 slips;

have an amount shown in box 186 or 194 of your

T5013 slips;

have an amount shown in box 128 of your T101 slips;

have a partnership statement that allocates to you an

amount that qualifies for this credit;

have an investment in a mining operation that allocates

certain exploration expenditures to you; or

employ an eligible apprentice in your business.

You can claim an investment tax credit if you carry on a

business and create one or more new child care spaces for
children of your employees and other children. For more
information, see Form T2038(IND), Investment Tax Credit
(Individuals).
For investment tax credits earned in a year after 2005, the
carry-forward period is 20 years.
Eligibility for the mineral exploration tax credit has been
extended to flow-through share agreements entered into
before April 2016.

How to claim this credit

Attach to your return a completed copy of
Form T2038(IND). For more information about the
investment tax credit, see the information sheet attached to
Form T2038(IND).
You must send the form to us no later than 12 months after
the due date of your return for the year the qualified
expenditure arises.
Tax Tip
You may be able to claim a refund of your unused
investment tax credit. See line 454.

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Lines 413 and 414

Labour-sponsored funds tax credit

You may be able to claim this credit if you became the first
registered holder to acquire or irrevocably subscribe to and
pay for an approved share of the capital stock of a
prescribed labour-sponsored venture capital corporation
(LSVCC) from January 1, 2015, to February 29, 2016.
If you became the first registered holder of an approved
share from January 1, 2015, to March 2, 2015, and did not
claim the whole credit for it on your 2014 return, you can
claim the unused part on your 2015 return. If you became
the first registered holder of an approved share from
January 1, 2016, to February 29, 2016, you can claim any
part of the credit for that share on your return for 2015 and
the unused part on your return for 2016.
Enter the net cost of your contributions to a labour-sponsored
venture on line 413. Net cost is the amount you paid for your
shares minus any government assistance (other than federal
or provincial tax credits) on the shares. Claim the amount of
your credit on line 414. The allowable credit cannot exceed
10% of the net cost, to a maximum of $500 per year.
Note
If the first registered holder of the share is an RRSP for a
spouse or common-law partner, the RRSP contributor or
the annuitant (recipient) can claim this credit for that share.
Supporting documents Attach to your return your T5006
slips, Statement of Registered Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital
Corporation Class A Shares, or official provincial or
territorial slips.

Line 415 Working income tax

benefit (WITB) advance payments

You may have to pay a tax if you are a specified employee

(an employee dealing with an employer in a non-arms
length relationship or with a significant equity interest in
their employer) and contributions your employer made to
an EPSP allocated to you for the year exceed a threshold
equal to 20% of your employment income from the
employer for the year. For more information and to
calculate your threshold and tax payable on this excess
amount, use Form RC359, Tax on Excess Employees
Profit-Sharing Plan Amounts. Report the amount from line 10
of Form RC359 on line 418. If this tax applies to you, you
may be eligible to claim a deduction on line 229.

Tax related to the non-purchase of

replacement shares in a Quebec
labour-sponsored fund
You must pay a special tax if you redeemed your shares in
a Quebec labour-sponsored fund to participate in the Home
Buyers Plan (HBP) or the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) but
did not purchase replacement shares within the prescribed
time. Report the amount shown in box 11 of your
T5006 information slips or from your official provincial
slips.
Attach your T5006 information slips, or your official
provincial slips.

Line 421 CPP contributions

payable on self-employment and other

earnings
See page 61.

If you received WITB advance payments in 2015, report the

amount from box 10 of your RC210 slip.
For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/witb or see
Form RC201, Working Income Tax Benefit Advance Payments
Application for 2016. To view your RC210 slip online, go
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.
Note
If you can claim the WITB for 2015, complete Schedule 6.

Line 418 Special taxes

Tax on excess employees profit-sharing plan

(EPSP) amounts

RESP accumulated income payments

If you received an accumulated income payment from a
registered education savings plan (RESP) in 2015, you may
have to pay an additional tax on all or part of the amount
shown in box 040 of your T4A slips. Complete Form T1172,
Additional Tax on Accumulated Income Payments from RESPs,
to calculate your tax payable on this accumulated income
and report the amount from line 10, 13, or 16 (whichever
applies). For more information, see Information
Sheet RC4092, Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs).

Line 422 Social benefits

repayment

See page 61.

Line 424 Federal tax on

split income

This tax applies to certain types of income of a child born

in 1998 or later. For more information, see Split income of
a child under 18 on page 17. If this tax applies, calculate it
on Form T1206, Tax on Split Income, and report the amount
from line 5 on line 424 of Schedule 1.
A child under 18 years of age may have to pay tax on split
income for dividends on shares of a corporation. Any capital
gain from the disposition of those shares to a person who
does not deal at arms length with the child will be deemed to
be a dividend. This deemed dividend is subject to the tax on
split income and is considered to be an other than eligible
dividend for the purposes of the dividend tax credit.

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Line 423 Family tax cut

You may be able to claim this credit if you were married or

living in a common-law partnership and you and your
spouse or common-law partner:

were not living separate or apart because of a breakdown

in your relationship for a period of 90 days or more
including December 31, 2015;

were both residents of Canada on December 31, 2015 (or

if either person died in the year, at the date of death); and

both file a return for the year this credit is claimed.

You or your spouse or common-law partner must have also

ordinarily lived throughout the year with your child who is
under 18 years of age at the end of the year. Because of a
joint custody arrangement, your child may have ordinarily
lived with both you and your former spouse or
common-law partner throughout the year.

You may be able to claim this credit if both of the following

apply for 2015:

You were a resident or deemed resident of Canada (see

the definition on page 5) at any time in the year.

You have employment income from certain kinds of

work you did in another country.

To make your claim, use Form T626, Overseas Employment

Tax Credit, and mail it with your return. For more
information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-497, Overseas
Employment Tax Credit, and Form T626.

Line 427 Minimum tax

carryover

you are confined to a prison or similar institution for a

period of 90 days or more during the year;

your spouse or common-law partner is claiming the

credit for the year;

you or your spouse or common-law partner became

bankrupt in the year; or

you or your spouse or common-law partner has elected

to split eligible pension income.

To calculate your claim, complete the applicable parts of

Form T691, Alternative Minimum Tax. Attach the form to
your return.

The credit is calculated based on the net reduction to your

and your spouses or common-law partners combined
federal taxes, as if an amount up to a maximum of $50,000 in
taxable income was transferred from the individual with the
higher taxable income to his or her spouse or common-law
partner.

Line 445 Section 217 tax

adjustment

To calculate your credit, complete Schedule 1-A, Family Tax

Cut.

If you reported dividends on line 120 of your return, claim

on line 425 of Schedule 1 the total of the dividend tax
credits from taxable Canadian corporations shown on your
information slips.
If you received eligible dividends, the federal dividend tax
credit is 15.0198% of your taxable amount of eligible
dividends reported on line 120.
If you received other than eligible dividends, the federal
dividend tax credit is 11.0169% of your taxable amount of
dividends reported on line 180.
For explanations of eligible dividends and other than
eligible dividends, see line 120 on page 22 of this guide.

Complete this line only if you have entered on line 39 of

Schedule 1 the amount from line 16 of Schedule A.
If this is your situation, complete Part 2 of Schedule C,
Electing under Section 217 of the Income Tax Act, to determine
the amount to enter on line 445 of Schedule 1.
Note
Complete Part 1 of Schedule C.

The maximum amount you can claim is $2,000.

Line 57 Surtax for non-residents

of Canada and deemed residents of
Canada
This tax is paid instead of a provincial or territorial tax. If you
did not have a business with a permanent establishment in
Canada, follow the instructions at line 57 of Schedule 1 to
calculate this surtax.
If you are reporting employment income in addition to
section 217 eligible income, or if you had income from a
business (including income you received as a limited or
non-active partner), and the business has a permanent
establishment in Canada, you have to pay provincial or
territorial tax on that income. Use Form T2203, Provincial
and Territorial Taxes for 2015 Multiple Jurisdictions, to
calculate your provincial or territorial tax (except for
Quebec). Attach a copy of the form to your return.

Note
Foreign dividends do not qualify for this credit.

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If you paid minimum tax on any of your 2008 to 2014

returns but you do not have to pay minimum tax for 2015,
you may be able to claim credits against your taxes for 2015
for all or part of the minimum tax you paid in those years.

You cannot claim this credit if:

Line 425 Federal dividend

tax credit

Line 426 Overseas employment

tax credit

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Line 421 CPP contributions

payable on self-employment and other

earnings

Note
To calculate your tax for Quebec, you will have to file a
provincial income tax return for Quebec.

If you did not have to file a return for Quebec, for 2015,
claim the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions you
have to pay from Schedule 8 or Form RC381, Inter-provincial
calculation for CPP and QPP contributions and overpayments
for 2015, whichever applies.

Line 437 Total income tax

deducted

If you have to file a return for the province of Quebec, this

line does not apply to you. Claim the Quebec Pension Plan
contributions you have to pay on your provincial income
tax return for Quebec.

If you are not subject to Quebec tax, but you had Quebec
provincial income tax withheld from your income, also
include those amounts on this line and attach your
provincial information slips to your return.

Line 430 Employment

insurance premiums payable on
self-employment and other eligible
earnings

Notes
If you paid tax by instalments in 2015, claim the total of
your instalments on line 476.

Claim the amount from line 10 of your Schedule 13 on

line 430.

Claim the social benefits repayment from line 235 of your

return.
Non-residents electing under section 217 Enter only the
amount of your employment insurance benefits repayment
as calculated on the chart on the back of your information
slip. Do not enter the amount of your old age security
pension or net federal supplements repayment.

Line 428 Provincial or

territorial tax

If you are subject to Quebec tax, do not include on this

return any of your Quebec provincial income tax deducted.
If you and your spouse or common-law partner elected to
split pension income, follow the instructions at Step 5 on
Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension Income, to
calculate the amount to claim on line 437 of your and your
spouses or common-law partners returns.

Complete Schedule 13 to calculate your employment

insurance (EI) premiums for 2015.

Line 422 Social benefits

repayment

Claim the total of the amounts shown in the Income tax

deducted box of all your Canadian information slips.

Deemed residents This line applies to you only if you

had income from a business (including income you
received as a limited or non-active partner), and the
business has a permanent establishment in a province or
territory (other than Quebec) in Canada in 2015. If this is
your situation, use Form T2203, Provincial and Territorial
Taxes for 2015 Multiple Jurisdictions, to calculate your tax
for provinces and territories. Attach a copy to your return.
Non-residents electing under section 217 This line applies
to you only if you had income from employment in Canada
in 2015, or you had income from a business (including
income you received as a limited or non-active partner) and
the business has a permanent establishment in a province or
territory (other than Quebec) in Canada in 2015. If this is
your situation, use Form T2203, Provincial and Territorial
Taxes for 2015 Multiple Jurisdictions, to calculate your tax for
provinces and territories. Attach a copy to your return.

If you paid foreign taxes, do not claim these amounts on

this line. Instead, you may be able to claim a foreign tax
credit. See line 405.
Deemed residents If tax was withheld from your old age
security (OAS) monthly benefits in 2015 (as shown in
box 22 of your T4A (OAS) slip), claim it on this line.
Non-residents electing under section 217 If you received
OAS benefits in 2015, report the amount of non-resident tax
shown in box 17 of your NR4-OAS slip. Do not include the
amount shown in box 27 of the slip.

Line 438 Tax transfer for

residents of Quebec

If you have to file a return for the province of Quebec,

and you earned income, such as employment income,
outside Quebec during 2015, tax may have been deducted
for a province or territory other than Quebec.
You can transfer to the province of Quebec up to 45% of the
income tax shown on information slips issued to you by
payers outside Quebec.
Note
If you or your spouse or common-law partner elected to
split pension income and you are the pension transferee,
include in the calculation of the transfer only the part of
the income tax added on line 437 relating to the
split-pension amount. If you are the pensioner, do not
include the part of the income tax subtracted on line 437
relating to the split-pension amount.
Enter on line 438 of your federal return and on line 454 of
your provincial income tax return for Quebec the transfer
amount (up to the maximum). If the taxable income on

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your provincial income tax return for Quebec is zero, no

transfer is necessary.

Line 440 Refundable Quebec

abatement

The Quebec abatement is provided under the

federal-provincial fiscal arrangement, instead of through
direct cost-sharing by the federal government. It reduces
your balance owing and may even give you a refund.
If you have to file a return for the province of Quebec, and
you did not have a business with a permanent establishment
outside Quebec, your refundable Quebec abatement is 16.5%
of the basic federal tax on line 56 of Schedule 1.
If you had income from a business (including income you
received as a limited or non-active partner) and the
business has a permanent establishment outside Quebec, or
if you did not have to file a return for Quebec in 2015, and
the business has a permanent establishment in Quebec, use
Form T2203, Provincial and Territorial Taxes for 2015
Multiple Jurisdictions, to calculate your abatement.

Line 448 CPP overpayment

If you do not have to file a return for the province of

Quebec, and you contributed more to the Canada Pension
Plan (CPP) than you had to (see line 308), claim the
difference on this line. We will refund the excess
contributions to you or use them to reduce your balance
owing.
If you have to file a return for the Province of Quebec,
this line does not apply to you. Claim the excess
contribution on your provincial income tax return for
Quebec.

Line 450 Employment insurance

overpayment

If you were not considered a resident of Quebec on

December 31, 2015, and contributed more than you had to
(see line 312), claim the difference on line 450. We will
refund the excess contribution to you or use it to reduce
your balance owing. If the difference is $1 or less, you will
not receive a refund.
Note
If you repaid some of the employment insurance (EI)
benefits you received, do not claim the repayment
on this line. You may be able to claim a deduction on
line 232 for the benefits you repaid.
If you were considered a resident of Quebec on
December 31, 2015, and contributed more than you had to
(see line 312), claim the difference on line 450. If you
completed Schedule 10, enter, in dollars and cents, the
amount from line 24 on line 450.
The excess contribution on line 450 is reduced by the
provincial parental insurance plan premiums that you have
to pay (line 376 of Schedule 1). The part of the excess
contribution used will be transferred directly to
Revenu Qubec. We will refund the unused excess
contribution to you or use it to reduce your balance owing.
If the difference is $1 or less, you will not receive a refund.
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Note
If you repaid some of the EI benefits you received, do
not claim the repayment on this line. You may be able to
claim a deduction on line 232 for the benefits you repaid.

Line 452 Refundable medical

expense supplement

You may be able to claim a credit of up to $1,172 if all the

following apply:

You have an amount on line 215 of your return or on

line 332 of Schedule 1.

You were resident in Canada throughout 2015.

You were 18 years of age or older at the end of 2015.

In addition, the total of the following two amounts has to

be $3,421 or more:

your employment income on lines 101 and 104 (other

than amounts received from a wage-loss replacement
plan), minus the amounts on lines 207, 212, 229, and 231
(but if the result is negative, use 0); and

your net self-employment income (not including losses)

from lines 135 to 143.

You cannot claim this credit if the total of your net income
(line 236) and your spouses or common-law partners net
income (line 236 of his or her return, or the amount that it
would be if he or she filed a return), minus any amount
reported by you or your spouse or common-law partner on
lines 117 and 125 is $49,379 or more. In addition, if you or
your spouse or common-law partner deducted an amount
on line 213, and/or the amount for a repayment of
registered disability savings plan income included on
line 232, we will add these amounts to your or your
spouses or common-law partners net income when we
calculate this credit.
Note
If you were separated because of a breakdown in your
relationship for a period of 90 days or more that
included December 31, 2015, you do not have to include
your spouses or common-law partners income when
you calculate this credit.
In the Identification area on page 1 of your return, enter
your marital status and, if it applies, the information about
your spouse or common-law partner. This includes his or
her net world income, even if it is zero, and if applicable,
the universal child care benefit (UCCB) income on line 117
included in his or her net world income and/or the UCCB
repayment on line 213 of his or her return.
Complete the chart for line 452 on the federal worksheet in
the centre of this guide to calculate your claim. You can
claim this credit for the same medical expenses you claimed
on line 215 of your return and line 332 of Schedule 1.

Line 453 Working income tax

benefit (WITB)

The WITB is for low-income individuals and families who

have earned income from employment or business. To find

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of this guide.

To calculate adjusted family net income on lines 388

and 389 of Schedule 6, you must include the tax-exempt
part of all income earned or received on a reserve less
the deductions related to the income. For example, if you
are a registered Indian, or person entitled to be
registered under the Indian Act, and you received
employment insurance benefits shown in box 18 of a
T4E slip, you must include this amount on line 388. Also
include on these lines the tax-exempt part of any
allowance you received as an emergency volunteer.

The WITB consists of a basic amount and a disability

supplement. Complete Schedule 6 to calculate the basic
WITB and, if applicable, the WITB disability supplement to
which you may be entitled.
Claim on line 453 the amount calculated on Schedule 6 and
attach a copy of this schedule to your return.
If you had an eligible spouse, only one of you can claim the
basic WITB.
Note
The person who receives the WITB advance payments is
the person who must claim the basic WITB for the year.
If you had an eligible dependant, only one person can claim
the basic WITB for that eligible dependant.
If you had an eligible spouse and one of you is entitled to
the disability amount, that person should claim both the
basic WITB and the WITB disability supplement.
If you had an eligible spouse and both of you are entitled to
the disability amount, only one of you can claim the basic
WITB. However, each of you must claim the WITB
disability supplement on a separate Schedule 6.
Eligible spouse For the purpose of the WITB, an eligible
spouse is a person who meets all the following conditions.
He or she:

was your spouse or common-law partner (see the

definition on page 14) on December 31, 2015;

was a resident of Canada throughout 2015;

was not enrolled as a full-time student at a designated

educational institution for a total of more than 13 weeks
in the year, unless he or she had an eligible dependant at
the end of the year;

was not confined to a prison or similar institution for a

period of 90 days or more during the year; and
was not exempt from income tax in Canada for a period
in the year when the person was an officer or servant of
another country, such as a diplomat, or a family member
or employee of such a person at any time in the year.

Eligible dependant For the purpose of the WITB, an

eligible dependant is a person who meets all the following
conditions. He or she:

was your or your spouses or common-law partners

child;

was under 19 years of age and lived with you on

December 31, 2015; and

was not eligible for the WITB for 2015.

Notes
To calculate working income on lines 385 and 386 of
Schedule 6, you must include the tax-exempt part of
employment income, other employment income,
business income (excluding losses), and scholarship
income earned on a reserve. Also include on these lines
the tax-exempt part of any allowance you received as an
emergency volunteer.

For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/witb, see

Form RC201, Working Income Tax Benefit Advance Payments
Application for 2016, or contact us.

Line 454 Refund of investment

tax credit

If you are eligible for an investment tax credit (line 412 of

Schedule 1) based on expenditures made in 2015, you may
be able to claim a refund of your unused investment tax
credit. This refund will reduce the credit available to you
for other years.
Calculate the refundable part of your investment tax credit
on Form T2038(IND), Investment Tax Credit (Individuals).
Attach a completed copy of the form to your return.

Line 456 Part XII.2 trust tax credit

Claim the total of amounts shown in box 38 of all your
T3 slips.

Line 457 Employee and partner

GST/HST rebate

If you deducted expenses from your income as an

employee (line 212 or 229) or as a partner (lines 135 to 143),
you may be eligible for a rebate of the GST/HST you paid
on those expenses.
Generally, you can claim this rebate if one of the following
applies:

Your employer is a GST/HST registrant, other than a

listed financial institution.

You are a member of a GST/HST-registered partnership

and you have reported on your return your share of the
income from that partnership.

To claim this rebate, if you incurred the expenses as an

employee, use Guide T4044, Employment Expenses. If you
incurred the expenses as a member of a partnership, use
Guide RC4091, GST/HST Rebate for Partners. These guides
list the qualifying expenses. They also include
Form GST370, Employee and Partner GST/HST Rebate
Application, which you need to make your claim. Attach a
completed copy of this form to your return and enter on
line 457 the rebate you are claiming.
Notes
Generally, you have to report as income any GST/HST
rebate you receive on the return for the year in which
you receive it. For example, you may claim a rebate on
your return for 2015. If we allow your claim and assess

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that return in 2016, you must report the rebate on your

return for 2016.
If you received a GST/HST rebate in 2015 and you were
an employee, see line 104. If you are a partner, call our
business enquiries line at 1-800-959-5525 (calls within
Canada and the United States). If you are outside Canada
and the United States, contact us at the telephone number
provided on the back cover of this guide.

Lines 458 and 459 Childrens

fitness tax credit

Notes
For a child who is eligible for the disability tax credit, the
requirement for significant physical activity is met if the
activities result in movement and in an observable use of
energy in a recreational context.
Physical activity includes horseback riding but does not
include activities where a child rides mainly on or in a
motorized vehicle.

You can claim fees paid in 2015 for the cost of registration
or membership for your or your spouses or common-law
partners child in a prescribed program (see the next
section) of physical activity. You can claim a maximum
of $1,000 of eligible fees per child. The child must have
been under 16 years of age (or under 18 years of age if
eligible for the disability tax credit at line 316) at the
beginning of the year in which an eligible fitness expense
was paid. The refundable portion of the credit is 15% of the
total eligible fees.
You can claim this tax credit if another person has not
already claimed the same fees and the total claimed is not
more than the maximum allowable tax credit if only one of
you were making the claim.
Children with disabilities If the child is eligible for the
disability tax credit and is under 18 years of age at the
beginning of the year, you can claim an additional $500 if a
minimum of $100 is paid for registration or membership
fees for a prescribed program of physical activity described
in the next section.
Notes
You may have paid an amount that would qualify to be
claimed as child care expenses (line 214) and the
childrens fitness tax credit. If this is the case, you must
first claim this amount as child care expenses. Any
unused part can be claimed for the childrens fitness tax
credit if the requirements are met.
If an expense is eligible for the childrens fitness tax
credit, it is not eligible for the childrens arts amount
(line 370 of Schedule 1).
If an organization provides your child with two distinct
prescribed programs and one program is eligible for the
childrens fitness tax credit and the other program is
eligible for the childrens arts amount, you should
receive two receipts. If you receive only one receipt, it
must clearly show the amount paid to the organization
for each distinct program.

Prescribed program
To qualify for this tax credit, a program must:

be ongoing (last at least eight consecutive weeks, or in

the case of childrens camps, five consecutive days);

be supervised;

be suitable for children; and

require significant physical activity (most of the activities

must generally include a significant amount of physical

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activity contributing to cardiorespiratory endurance and

muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility,
and/or balance).

Reimbursement of an eligible expense You can claim

only the part of the tax credit for which you have not been
or will not be reimbursed. However, you can claim the full
tax credit if the reimbursement is reported as income (such
as a benefit shown on a T4 slip) and you did not deduct the
reimbursement anywhere else on your return.
Enter the total eligible fees for the childrens fitness tax
credit on line 458 (to the left of line 459). Enter the result of
the calculation on line 459.
Supporting documents Do not send any documents.
Keep them in case we ask to see them at a later date.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 You can claim this tax credit only if the result
from Line A of Part B of Schedule B is 90% or more.

Line 476 Tax paid by instalments

Claim the total instalment payments you made for your
taxes for 2015.
In February 2016, we will issue you Form INNS1, Instalment
Reminder, or Form INNS2, Instalment Payment Summary,
which shows your total instalment payments for 2015 that
we have on record. To view your instalment information,
go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.
If you made an instalment payment for your taxes for 2015
that does not appear on this reminder or summary, also
include that amount on line 476.
Note
If tax was withheld from your income, claim on line 437
the amounts shown on your information slips.
Non-residents and non-residents electing under
section 217 If you disposed of taxable Canadian property
in 2015, enter the tax payment you made to us, as shown on
your certificate of compliance (Form T2064, Certificate
Proposed Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of Canada,
or Form T2068, Certificate The Disposition of Property by a
Non-Resident of Canada). Attach to your return copy 2 of
your certificate of compliance.

Line 484 Refund

If your total payable (line 435) is less than your total credits
(line 482), enter the difference on line 484. This amount is
your refund. Generally, if the difference is $2 or less
for 2015, you will not receive a refund.

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Note
One persons refund cannot be transferred to pay
another persons balance owing.
Although you may be entitled to a refund for 2015, we may
keep some or all of it if you:

owe or are about to owe a balance;

have a garnishment order under the Family Orders and

Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act;

have certain other outstanding federal, provincial, or

territorial government debts, such as student loans,
employment insurance and social assistance benefit
overpayments, immigration loans, and training
allowance overpayments; or

have any outstanding GST/HST returns from a sole

proprietorship or partnership.

If you pay your taxes by instalments (see page 67), you can
attach a note to your return to ask us to transfer your
refund to your instalment account for 2016. We will transfer
your full refund and consider this payment to have been
received on the date we assess your return.
To find out about your 2015 refund, go
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount or use Telerefund, one of our Tax
Information Phone Services (see pages 70 and 71).

Direct deposit
Direct deposit is a faster, more convenient, reliable, and
secure way to get your income tax refund and your credit
and benefit payments (including certain related provincial
or territorial program payments) directly into your account
at a financial institution in Canada.
Complete the Direct deposit Enrol or update section on
page 4 of your return to enrol for direct deposit, or to
update the banking information you have already given us.
Complete this section to request that all of your CRA
payments you may be receiving or owed be deposited into
the same account as your T1 refund.
Otherwise, you do not have to complete this section. The
information you previously provided will stay in effect
until you update it.
You can also enrol for direct deposit or update your
banking information you have already given us by going
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.
For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/directdeposit.

Line 485 Balance owing

online by using your financial institutions online

banking or telephone banking service;

online by using the CRAs My Payment service

at cra.gc.ca/mypayment; or

by setting up a pre-authorized debit agreement using the

My Account service at cra.gc.ca/myaccount; or

in person at your financial institution in Canada. To do

so, you have to use a remittance form, which you can
request at cra.gc.ca/myaccount or by contacting us.

If you or your representative does not have a bank account

at a financial institution in Canada, you or your
representative can send your payment using:

a wire transfer in Canadian dollars;

an international money order drawn in Canadian dollars; or

a bank draft in Canadian funds drawn on a Canadian bank.

For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/payments or contact

your financial institution.
If you want to mail your payment to the CRA, attach it to the
front of your return. Please ensure it is made out to the
Receiver General. Write your social insurance number,
individual tax number, or temporary tax number on the
payment to help us process it correctly. For more information,
see Social insurance number (SIN) on page 13.
Your payment will be considered paid on one of the
following dates:

Payments you or your representative make through a

Canadian financial institution's Internet or telephone
banking service are considered paid when your financial
institution credits us with your payment.

Payments you or your representative make in person at a

Canadian financial institution are considered paid on the
date stamped on your remittance voucher.

Post-dated payments you or your representative make by

pre-authorized debit are considered paid on the
negotiable date.

Payments you or your representative send by mail are

considered paid on the day of the postmark.
Note
When a due date falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a
holiday recognized by the CRA, we consider your
payment to be made on time if we receive it or it is
postmarked on the next business day.

Do not mail us cash or include it with your return.

If your total payable (line 435) is more than your total

credits (line 482), enter the difference on line 485. This
amount is your balance owing. Your balance is due no later
than April 30, 2016. Generally, if the difference is $2 or less
for 2015, you do not have to make a payment.
If you or your representative has a bank account at a
financial institution in Canada through which you can
make a payment, you or your representative can make your
payment:

You can file your return early and make your payment as
late as April 30, 2016. If we process your return before the
date of the payment, your payment will appear on your
notice of assessment, but it will not reduce your balance
owing. We will credit your account on the date of the
payment.
We will charge you a fee for any payment not honoured by
your financial institution.
To view information about your account balance, statement
of account, and payment on filing, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

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Making a payment arrangement If you cannot pay your

balance owing on or before April 30, 2016, we may accept a
payment arrangement only after you have reasonably tried
to get the necessary funds by borrowing or rearranging
your finances.
You may be able to set up a pre-authorized debit agreement
by going to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

Visit cra.gc.ca/collections to learn more about managing

your tax debt.
If you do not deal promptly with your tax arrears, the CRA
can take serious measures including legal action such as
garnishing your income or your bank account or seizing
and selling your assets.
Tax Tip
Even if you cannot pay your balance owing right away,
file your return on time. Then you will not have to pay a
penalty for filing your return after the due date. For
more information, see What penalties and interest do
we charge? on page 8.

If the CRA agrees that you are unable to make a full

payment, an agent can develop a plan with you to help you
pay your taxes. Call your tax services office. If you do not
know your tax services office, contact us.
We will still charge daily compound interest on any
outstanding balance starting May 1, 2016, until you pay
your balance in full.

After you file

Notice of assessment (NOA)
A notice of assessment (NOA) is a statement that the CRA
sends you after your return has been processed. It contains
a summary of your assessment and any changes that the
CRA may have made to your return.
The notice will tell you if you have a refund, owe money, or
have a zero balance. It also gives you other important
information, such, as:

the date your return was assessed;

the explanation of changes made to your return (if any);

your RRSP deduction limit;

other carry forward amounts for the following year, and

more.

Your notice may have a refund cheque if you are getting

money back, or a remittance voucher if you have a balance
owing.

When can you expect your refund?

Our goal is to process a paper T1 return, and send the
notice of assessment, and a refund if applicable, within an
average of four to six weeks.
To confirm receipt of your return or status of your refund:

go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount;

use the MyCRA mobile app; or

use the Telerefund, one of our Tax Information Phone

Services (see pages 70 and 71).

Notes
To enrol for direct deposit, complete the direct deposit
section on page 4 of your return or go
to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.

You should wait six to eight weeks from the time you file to
call.

For information on how to make your payment, see

line 485 in the guide or go to cra.gc.ca/payments.

What is a voluntary disclosure?

What happens to your return after we

receive it?
Each year we conduct a number of reviews to promote
awareness of and compliance with the laws we administer.
These reviews are an important part of the compliance
activities we undertake to maintain the integrity of, and
Canadians confidence in, the Canadian tax system.
Our various examination programs take place at different
periods during the year, so if you move, it is very important
to change your address with us as soon as possible to allow
us to communicate with you. If you plan to be away for
some time, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount to authorize a
representative to act on your behalf or complete
Form T1013, Authorizing or Cancelling a Representative.
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When we receive your return, we usually review it based

on the information you provide and send you a notice of
assessment, but we may select your return for a more
detailed review before we assess it. If so, and we ask you to
give us documents to support the deductions or credits you
claimed, your assessment may be delayed. We may also
carry out a more detailed review after your return has been
assessed to verify the income reported and the deductions
or credits claimed.

Maybe you should have filed a return for a previous year

(see Do you have to file a return? on page 6) but did not,
or you sent us an incorrect return. If so, you can voluntarily
file or correct that return under the Voluntary Disclosures
Program and pay only the taxes owing (plus interest)
without penalty.
Note
This program does not apply to any return for which we
have started a review.
For more information and to see if your disclosure qualifies
for this program, see Information Circular IC00-1, Voluntary
Disclosures Program, or call us at the telephone number
provided on the back cover of this guide. If you wish, you
can discuss your situation first on a no-name basis.

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= Non-residents

Indicate clearly on any disclosure you make that you are

submitting information under the Voluntary Disclosures
Program.

Should you be paying your taxes by

instalments?
The instalment threshold for individuals is $3,000 ($1,800 if
you have to file a return for the province of Quebec).

When we complete our review of your adjustment request,

we will send you a notice of reassessment showing any
changes to your return and a letter of explanation if we did
not accept the changes you requested or if no changes were
needed.
Note
You can also make a change to your return by sending
both of the following to your tax centre:

You may have to pay your taxes by instalments if not

enough income tax is withheld from your income.
To find out if you have to pay your taxes for 2016 by
instalments, estimate your taxes and credits for 2016 using
your return for 2015. Enter those amounts in the chart on
the federal worksheet in the centre of this guide. The chart
contains the most common factors to consider.
If our records show that you may have to pay your taxes by
instalments, you will be advised on your notice of
assessment. Later, if we determine that you probably
should be making instalment payments, we will send you
Form INNS1, Instalment Reminder, showing the amount we
suggest you pay and the date the payment is due.
For more information about instalment payments or
instalment interest and penalty charges, go
to cra.gc.ca/instalments.

We have to contact you or your authorized

representative for more information or documentation.

a completed Form T1-ADJ, T1 Adjustment Request, or a

signed letter providing the details of your request
(including the years of the returns to be changed),
your social insurance number, temporary tax number,
or your individual tax number, your address, and a
telephone number where we can reach you during the
day; and

supporting documents for the changes you are

requesting and, if you have not sent them to us
before, supporting documents for your original claim.

A paper submission can take up to eight weeks to process

unless the situations noted above apply.

How to register a formal dispute

How to change a return

If you disagree with your assessment or reassessment, you

can make a formal objection.

Have you received a slip after filing your return, or did you
receive an assessment notice that was different from what
you expected?

Filing an objection is the first step in the formal process of

resolving a dispute. The time limit for filing an objection is
as follows:

If you have additional information that would change a

return you have already sent to us, do not file another
return for that year. Wait until you receive your notice of
assessment before requesting a change to a return.

If you are an individual (other than a trust), or filing for a

testamentary trust, the time limit for filing an objection is
either one year after the due date for the return or 90
days after the date of the notice of assessment or notice of
reassessment, whichever is later.

In every other case, including the assessment of taxes in

respect of over-contributions to an RRSP or a TFSA, you
have to file an objection within 90 days after the date of
the notice of assessment or notice of reassessment.

You can change your return by going to cra.gc.ca/myaccount

and use Change My Return to provide us with the details of
the changes you want to make.
Generally you can only request a change to a return for a
tax year ending in any of the 10 previous calendar years.
For example, a request made in 2016 must relate to the 2006
or a later tax year to be considered.
The CRA processes most adjustment requests received
electronically within two weeks. However, it may take
longer if any of the following situations apply:

Your request is sent in spring or early summer when we

receive a higher volume of adjustment requests.

Your request is for a situation needing more analysis or

additional review.

You can choose to file your objection by using one of these

options:

making an online submission at cra.gc.ca/myaccount by

selecting the Register my formal dispute service; or

sending a completed Form T400A, Objection Income Tax

Act, or a signed letter to the chief of appeals, Sudbury
Tax Centre, 1050 Notre Dame Avenue, Sudbury ON
P3A 5C1, CANADA.

For more information about objections and appeals to your

income tax assessment or reassessment, go
to cra.gc.ca/resolvingdisputes.

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For more information

Taxpayer Bill of Rights
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TBR) describes and defines 16
rights and builds upon the CRAs corporate values of
professionalism, respect, integrity, and cooperation. It
describes the treatment you are entitled to when you deal
with the CRA. The TBR also sets out the CRA Commitment
to Small Business to ensure their interactions with the CRA
are conducted as efficiently and effectively as possible.
For more information about your rights and what you can
expect when you deal with the CRA, go to cra.gc.ca/rights.

How to contact us
Service is available in the official language of your choice.
The address, telephone numbers, and fax number are
provided on the back cover of this guide and on our website
at cra.gc.ca/tso.
Our goal is to respond to your call within two minutes in
the official language of your choice. It may take longer
during peak periods.
If you work in the film or video production industry and you
need more information, go to cra.gc.ca/filmservices. You can
find the telephone numbers, fax numbers, and addresses for
the film services units on our website.

Forms and publications

To get our forms and publications, go to cra.gc.ca/forms or
call one of the following numbers:

from Canada and the United States, 1-800-959-8281;

from outside Canada and the United States,

613-940-8495. We accept collect calls. An automated
system will answer. You might hear a beep followed by a
normal delay until your call is connected.

What should you do if you move?

If you move, let us know your new address as soon as
possible. If you use direct deposit (see page 65), you also
have to tell us if you change your account at a financial
institution.
Keeping us informed will ensure that you keep getting any
GST/HST credit, universal child care benefit, Canada child
tax benefit payments, and working income tax
benefit (WITB) advance payments to which you may be
entitled. Otherwise, your payments may stop.
If you have registered with our My Account service, you
can change your address by going to cra.gc.ca/myaccount.
If not, you must tell us your new address by phone or in
writing, or by completing and sending Form RC325,
Address change request.
If you are writing, send your letter to the International and
Ottawa Tax Services Office. Include your social insurance
number, temporary tax number, or your individual tax
number, your new address, the date of your move, and
your signature. If you are writing for other people,
including your spouse or common-law partner, include
their social insurance number, temporary tax number, or
individual tax number, and have each of them sign the
letter authorizing the change to their records.
Note
Because your personal information is confidential, we
will not usually give your new address to other
government departments or Crown corporations such as
Canada Post.

Representatives

Electronic mailing lists

We can notify you by email when new information on a
subject of interest to you is available on our website. To
subscribe to our electronic mailing lists, go to cra.gc.ca/lists.

Getting personal tax information

Your personal information is confidential. However, you
can authorize someone (such as your spouse or
common-law partner) to represent you to discuss your file
(see Representatives on this page). In certain cases, we
give some of your information to other government bodies
to administer the law. In all cases, we use strict procedures
before giving your information to anyone.
If you call us and ask for personal tax information, we will
ask you to identify yourself and give information about the
contents of your return to protect this information. If you
call before May 1, 2016, use your return for 2014. After
April 30, 2016, use your return for 2015.

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Tax Tip
For more information about how to protect your
personal tax information, go to cra.gc.ca/security.

You can authorize a representative (such as your spouse or

common-law partner, tax preparer, or accountant) to get
information about your tax matters and give us information
for you. We will accept information from and/or provide
information to your representative only after we have
received your authorization at cra.gc.ca/myaccount, in
writing, or by sending a completed Form T1013, Authorizing
or Cancelling a Representative.
You can cancel the authorization online by using
My Account, by telephone, in writing, or by sending
Form T1013.
Your representative can cancel their authorization by using
Represent a Client at cra.gc.ca/representatives, by
telephone, or in writing.
You do not have to complete a new form every year if
there are no changes. Your authorization will stay in
effect until it is cancelled by you or your representative, it
reaches the expiry date you choose, or we receive
notification of your death.

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If you are the legal representative of a deceased person, see

Guide T4011, Preparing Returns for Deceased Persons, to find
out what documents are required.

If you still disagree with the way your concerns were

addressed, you can ask to discuss the matter with the
employees supervisor.

For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/myaccount or see

Form T1013.

If you are still not satisfied, you can file a service complaint
by filling out Form RC193, Service-Related Complaint.

Service complaints

If the CRA has not resolved your service-related complaint,

you can submit a complaint with the Office of the
Taxpayers Ombudsman.

You can expect to be treated fairly under clear and

established rules, and get a high level of service each time
you deal with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); see the
Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
If you are not satisfied with the service you received, try to
resolve the matter with the CRA employee you have been
dealing with or call the telephone number provided in the
CRAs correspondence. If you do not have contact
information, go to cra.gc.ca/contact.

For more information, go to cra.gc.ca/complaints.

Reprisal complaint
If you believe that you have experienced reprisal, fill out
Form RC459, Reprisal Complaint.
For more information about reprisal complaints, go
to cra.gc.ca/reprisalcomplaints.

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Tax Information Phone Service (TIPS)

For personal and general tax information by telephone, use our automated TIPS by calling 1-800-267-6999 (for calls within
Canada and the United States).
Services

Available dates

Bulletin board Get recent tax and benefit information.

All year

Press 4, then 3

Business information Get tax information about operating a

business.

All year

Press 5

Canada child tax benefit Find out if you are eligible for this benefit
and the date you can expect to receive the next payment.

One week before a payment is

issued and one week after

Press 3, then 1

Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) credit

Find out if you are eligible for this credit and the date you can expect
to receive the next payment.

Three weeks before a payment is

issued and two and a half weeks
after

Press 2

Info-Tax Get tax information for deemed residents and

non-residents of Canada. For a list of the most common message
numbers and topics, see the chart on the next page.

Mid-January to the end of

December

Press 4, then 2

Remittance vouchers and print request Ask for a personalized

remittance voucher for the current or a previous or future year, or ask
for an income and deduction printout for the 2015, 2014, or 2013 tax
years.

All year

Press 4, then 4

RRSP/PRPP deduction limit Learn the maximum amount you can

deduct on your return for 2015.

Mid-September to the end of April

Press 4, then 1

Tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution limit Learn the

maximum amount you can contribute for 2016.

Mid-February to the end of

December

Press 6, then 2

Telerefund Get the status of your refund for 2015.

All year

Press 1

Universal child care benefit Find out if you are eligible for this
benefit and the date you can expect to receive the next payment.

One week before a payment is

issued and two weeks after

Press 3, then 2

To get information from Telerefund, GST/HST credit, CCTB, UCCB, TFSA, or RRSP/PRPP deduction limit, you will have
to give us your social insurance number, your month and year of birth, and the total income you entered on line 150 of your
return.
To get information from Remittance vouchers and print request, you will have to give us your social insurance number,
your day, month, and year of birth, and the total income you entered on line 150 of your return. In addition, if your
identification has been validated, we will ask you to confirm the postal code we currently have on file.
If you call before May 1, you will need the total income amount you entered on line 150 of your 2014 return. If you call on
or after May 1, you will need the total income amount you entered on line 150 of your 2015 return.

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117
121
126
127
128
130
147
208
214
215
219
220
221
229
232
254
255
301
303
305

Other employment income

UCCB
Interest and other investment
income
Rental income
Taxable capital gains
Support payments received
Other income
Non-taxable income
RRSP/PRPP deduction
Child care expenses
Disability supports deduction
Moving expenses
Support payments made
Carrying charges and interest
expenses
Other employment expenses
Other deductions
Capital gains deduction
Northern residents deductions
Age amount
Spouse or common-law partner
amount
Amount for an eligible
dependant

306
314
315
316
319
323
324
326
330

349
363
364
367
423
459

Amount for infirm dependants

age 18 or older
Pension income amount
Caregiver amount
Disability amount (for self)
Interest paid on your student
loans
Your tuition, education, and
textbook amounts
Tuition, education, and textbook
amounts transferred from a child
Amounts transferred from your
spouse or common-law partner
Medical expenses for self,
spouse or common-law partner,
and your dependent children
who are under 18 years of age
Donations and gifts
Canada employment amount
Public transit amount
Family caregiver amount for
children under 18 years of age
Family Tax Cut
Childrens fitness tax credit

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602
603
604
605
606
607
609
610
611
630
631
655
702
703
710
882
883
899
999

EFILE and NETFILE

Filing or making changes to a
previous years return
Your appeal rights
Voluntary disclosures
Authorizing representatives
Refunds
Working income tax benefit
Exchange rates
Do you have to file a return?
Missing information
Enhanced income tax services
Services for persons with
disabilities
Home Buyers Plan
Instalment information
Payment arrangements
Refund, interest, and penalties
Direct deposit
Service complaints
Info-Tax survey
Main menu

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Addresses on our website

Visit our website at cra.gc.ca. Below is a list of some useful addresses:
Topics

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Address

Authorize a representative

cra.gc.ca/myaccount

Change of address

cra.gc.ca/newaddress

Collections

cra.gc.ca/collections

Complaints and disputes

cra.gc.ca/resolvingdisputes

Dispositions or acquisitions by non-residents

cra.gc.ca/nrdispositions

Contact us

cra.gc.ca/contact

Film or video production industry

cra.gc.ca/filmservices

Electronic payments

cra.gc.ca/payments

Forms and publications

cra.gc.ca/forms

Home Buyers Plan (HBP)

cra.gc.ca/hbp

Important dates

cra.gc.ca/dates-ind

Individuals Leaving or entering Canada and

non-residents

cra.gc.ca/international

Instalments

cra.gc.ca/instalments

My Account

cra.gc.ca/myaccount

My Business Account

cra.gc.ca/mybusinessaccount

My Payment

cra.gc.ca/mypayment

MyCRA mobile app

cra.gc.ca/mobileapps

Persons with disabilities

cra.gc.ca/disability

Protect your personal information

cra.gc.ca/security

Protect yourself

cra.gc.ca/alert

Registered disability savings plan (RDSP)

cra.gc.ca/rdsp

Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP)

cra.gc.ca/rrsp

Represent a Client

cra.gc.ca/representatives

Review of your tax return by the CRA

cra.gc.ca/reviews

Service complaints

cra.gc.ca/complaints

Students

cra.gc.ca/students

Tax Information Phone Service (TIPS)

cra.gc.ca/tips

Tax information videos

cra.gc.ca/videogallery

Tax treaties

cra.gc.ca/treaties

Taxpayer Bill of Rights

cra.gc.ca/rights

Taxpayer relief provisions

cra.gc.ca/taxpayerrelief

Voluntary disclosures

cra.gc.ca/voluntarydisclosures

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Acting services rendered in Canada ................................. 5, 12

Family caregiver amount (FCA) ............................................ 42

Amounts paid in foreign funds ............................................. 16

Family tax cut ........................................................................... 60

Amounts that are not taxed .................................................... 17

Federal logging tax credit ....................................................... 57

Annuity payments ................................................................... 21

Federal non-refundable tax credits ........................................ 42

Bank accounts .......................................................................... 23

Fellowships ............................................................................... 27

Bursaries ................................................................................... 27
Buying a house ......................................................................... 49

Canada child tax benefit (CCTB) .......................................... 10

Canada savings bonds ............................................................ 23
Changing your return ............................................................. 67

Filing a return due date ......................................................... 7

for deceased persons.................................... 7
for previous years ........................................ 9
requirements ................................................. 6
Foreign income and property ................................................. 16

Getting help ........................................................................... 68

Childrens fitness tax credit .................................................... 64

Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax

(GST/HST) credit ................................................................ 9
rebate, inclusion in income ......................... 19

Clergy residence deduction .................................................... 37

Guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) ........................... 23

Child support ..................................................................... 25, 34

Commission income ................................................................ 19

Common-law partner defined ............................................ 14

Home buyers amount ............................................................ 49

Contacting us ........................................................................... 68

Home Buyers Plan designating repayments .................... 32

inclusion in income ............................ 26

Death benefits (other than Canada Pension Plan

Identification ............................................................................ 13

or Quebec Pension Plan death benefits) ........................... 28

Income amounts repaid ........................................................... 37

Deceased persons, filing for ..................................................... 7

Income-maintenance insurance plans ................................... 19

Deemed non-resident ................................................................ 5

Instalments ................................................................................ 67

Deemed resident of Canada ..................................................... 5

Insurance policies income received ................................... 24

loan interest paid ................................. 35

Dependants, non-resident non-refundable

tax credits .............................................................................. 42
Depletion allowances .............................................................. 38
Direct deposit ........................................................................... 65
Disability amount .................................................................... 51
Donations .................................................................................. 56
Due date for returns .................................................................. 7

Education amount ................................................................... 53

Electing under section 217 .................................................. 5, 11

Interest on balances owing........................................................ 8

Interest on refunds deduction for repaying ...................... 35
received as income ............................. 23
when do we pay? ................................. 8
Internet access ........................................................................... 72

Labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC) .... 59

Legal fees

to recover employment income .................. 37

other ............................................................... 38

Electing under section 216.1 ............................................... 5, 12

Lifelong learning plan designating repayments............. 32

inclusion in income..................... 26

Elections Canada...................................................................... 15

Loans and transfers of property ............................................. 17

Emergency services volunteers.............................................. 18

Losses ................................................................................... 34, 40

Employees profit-sharing plan .................................. 20, 37, 59

Lump-sum payment income ................................ 17, 20, 22, 27

Employment insurance premiums on ........................... 47, 61

self-employment and other eligible earnings
Employment insurance repaying benefits......................... 38
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Marital status........................................................................... 14

Saskatchewan Pension Plan ............................................. 21, 30

Minimum tax ...................................................................... 41, 60

Schedule 7, instructions for completing ................................ 31

Moving advising us .............................................................. 68

Schedule A, Statement of World Income................................... 41

Mutual funds ............................................................................ 24

Schedule B, Allowable Amount of

Non-Refundable Tax Credits .................................................. 42

My Account .............................................................................. 13
MyCRA ..................................................................................... 13

Schedule C, Election under

Section 217 of the Income Tax Act .............................. 11, 41, 60

Net world income spouse or common-law partner ........ 15

Scholarships .............................................................................. 27

Non-resident dependants ....................................................... 42

Section 217 eligible income .................................................... 11

Non-residents of Canada .......................................................... 5

Security option benefits ........................................................... 19

Non-resident trusts beneficiaries, loans, transfers ........... 17

Service complaints ................................................................... 69

Notice of assessment (NOA) .................................................. 66

Social insurance number ......................................................... 13

Split income of a child under 18 ............................................. 17

Objections ................................................................................ 67
Old age security repaying benefits ..................................... 38

Payments .................................................................................. 65
Penalties ...................................................................................... 8

Spouse defined ...................................................................... 14

Surtax for non-residents and deemed residents
of Canada............................................................................... 60

Tax package which one to use ............................................. 7

how to get one ................................................ 7

Pension income splitting............................................. 21, 26, 33

Tax shelters ............................................................................... 18

Pensions from a foreign country ........................................... 21

Term deposits ........................................................................... 23

Personal tax information, requesting .................................... 68

Tips income ............................................................................... 19

Pooled registered pension plans (PRPPs)............................. 30

Treasury bills ............................................................................ 24

Previous years, filing for ........................................................... 9

Tuition amount ......................................................................... 52

Refunds .................................................................................... 66

United States Social Security benefits ............................. 21, 40

Registered disability savings plan (RDSP) ......24, 26, 28,37 38

Universal child care benefit (UCCB) ............................... 10, 22

Registered education savings plan (RESP) ........................... 59

Universal child care benefit repayment ................................ 33

Registered retirement income fund (RRIF) income ............ 21

Registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) ................ 26, 30
Registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) for
spouse or common-law partner ......................................... 26
Rental income ........................................................................... 24
Repaying amounts included in income ................................ 37
Representatives ........................................................................ 68

Voluntary disclosures ............................................................. 66

Wage-loss replacement plans ................................................ 19
War veterans allowances and pensions ................................ 17
Working income tax benefit (WITB) ...................................... 62
Working income tax benefit (WITB)
advance payments ............................................................ 6, 59

Reprisal complaint ................................................................... 69

Research grants ........................................................................ 19
Residential ties ........................................................................... 5
Resource expenses ................................................................... 36
Retiring allowances ................................................................ 27
Return due date ......................................................................... 7

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To contact us
By telephone
Calls from Canada and the United States. .................................................................................1-800-959-8281

Regular hours of service

Monday to Friday (holidays excluded)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (local time)
Extended hours of service
From February 15 to May 2, 2016, except Easter weekend
From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (local time) on weekdays
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (local time) on Saturdays
Calls from outside Canada and the United States ....................................................................... 613-940-8495
We accept collect calls by automated response. You may hear a beep and experience a normal connection delay.

Regular hours of service

Monday to Friday (holidays excluded)
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern time)
Extended hours of service
From February 15 to May 2, 2016, except Easter weekend
From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Eastern time on weekdays
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern time on Saturdays
Fax number.......................................................................................................................................1-613-941-2505

By mail
International and Ottawa Tax Services Office
Post Office Box 9769, Station T
Ottawa ON K1G 3Y4
CANADA