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To open links without closing the calculator, right-click on the link and select open in new window. Province QC   Choose tax year      
  Taxpayer   Spouse          
Birth year     Combined Taxes Payable  
Birth month (needed for CPP premiums if turning 18 or 70 during year)     Taxpayer  
Are you eligible to claim the disability amount tax credit?     Spouse  
Are you single? (must be "N" to calculate spouse tax)       Total  
Are you eligible to claim the working income tax benefit (WITB)?            
Prescription drug insurance plan - # of months for which you are required to pay the premium:          
# of months from Jan to Jun in the tax year            
# of months from Jul to Dec in the tax year            
CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS  
# children age 16 or less at Dec 31 of tax year -born    
# children age 17 at Dec 31 of tax year -born              
Total # children age 17 or less at Dec 31              
# dependents age 18 at Dec 31 -born <- Only enter dependents here that are eligible for the QC "Amount for other dependents" tax credit - i.e., full-time students pursuing vocational training at the secondary level or post-secondary studies.  
Birth month of dependents age 18 at Dec 31:      
If more than one, put in the average of the birth months    
# dependents age 19+ at Dec 31 -born  
Total # children & other dependents at Dec 31 of the tax year              
If not single, claim dependent tax credit on the return of  
If eligible, claim the Federal equivalent to spouse (eligible dependent) tax credit for ONE of the following dependents:  
Child age 18 or less at the end of year    
Age of this child at the end of year (zero if under 1)      
OR other eligible relative    
Net income of dependent claimed as equivalent to spouse  
INCOME Taxable Income
        Taxpayer   Spouse   Taxpayer Spouse
Income from:             Fed QC Fed QC
  Employment (RL-1 Box A, T4 Box 14)    
  Are you required to pay EI premiums on ALL empl. earnings (up to annual max)?          
  If you answered "N" above, please enter the insurable amount of your earnings, if any, below:    
  EI insurable earnings    
  Are you required to pay QPP contributions on ALL empl. earnings (up to annual max)?          
  If you answered "N" above, please enter the pensionable amount of your earnings, if any, below:    
  QPP pensionable earnings    
  Self-employment (include business income/loss from rentals)    
  Universal child care benefit (UCCB) - added to income under line 275 for QC          
  - will be claimed by spouse with lower "net income before adjustments"          
  Employment insurance benefits (EI)    
  Old Age Security (OAS)    
  QPP retirement or disability pension    
  # months in year collecting CPP or QPP disability (not retirement) pension          
  Capital gains in excess of capital losses (zero if negative)    
  Cdn dividends eligible for enhanced div tax credit (RL-3 Box A1, T5 Box 24)    
  Cdn non-eligible dividends (RL-3 Box A2, T5 box 10)    
  RRSP/RRIF withdrawals (when not eligible for pension tax credit)    
  Other income (include property income/loss from rentals) - FEDERAL        
  Other income (include property income/loss from rentals) - QC        
  Pension income (eligible for pension tax credit for persons 65+)    
  Qualified pension income (eligible for pension credit for any age)    
  Qualified pension income (eligible for pension tax credit even if taxpayer is under 65) includes
- life annuity payments from a superannuation or pension plan
- pmts from a RRIF, or annuity pmts from an RRSP or from a DPSP, received as a result of the death of a spouse or common-law partner.
 
Pension splitting - maximum allowable is 50% of eligible pension income.
        Taxpayer   Spouse   Taxpayer Spouse
  Make sure birth year is entered for both Taxpayer and Spouse Fed QC Fed QC
  Number of months married or living common-law  
A. Total pension income eligible for pension tax credit (based on age)            
  Maximum pension amount transferable (50% x A/12 x #months married)            
  Amount that you are electing to transfer - from taxpayer to spouse      
  Amount that you are electing to transfer - from spouse to taxpayer              
  Transfer of pension income $ from taxpayer to spouse        
    $ from spouse to taxpayer        
  Any resulting additions to pension income are shown here, and reductions to income are in deductions area.
  After pension splitting - pension income eligible for pension tax credit            
  Transfer of tax withheld from eligible pension income:                
  Total tax deducted from pension income of taxpayer Federal              
      QC              
  Total tax deducted from pension income of spouse Federal          
      QC          
Total income for tax purposes - line 150 Fed, line 199 QC
DEDUCTIONS Taxpayer Spouse
        Taxpayer   Spouse   Fed QC Fed QC
  RRSP deduction    
  Other deductions - FEDERAL        
  Other deductions - QC        
  Deduction for elected split-pension amount
  Deduction for 50% of QPP on self-employment income      
  Deduction for employer portion of QPIP on self-employment income
  Deduction for workers    
Net income before adjustments (for calculation of clawbacks, zero if negative) - line 234 Fed
  Clawback of EI and OAS      
Net income for tax purposes - line 236 Fed, line 275 QC
  Universal child care benefit (UCCB) QC - from input in income area    
  Net capital losses of other years (after Oct 17, 2000)    
  Non-capital losses of other years    
Taxable income (zero if negative) - line 260 Fed, line 299 QC
  Less dividend gross-up    
  Add back non-taxable portion of capital gains less capital losses carried forward    
  Add back clawbacks (the clawbacks are treated as another tax for the average tax rate calculation)    
Adjusted taxable income (zero if negative) for average tax rate calculation at bottom    
NON-REFUNDABLE TAX CREDITS        
  Taxpayer   Spouse          
Public transit costs (Federal)            
Federal child fitness amounts max $500 for each child age 16 or less    
Federal first-time homebuyers' tax credit (max $5,000 per qualifying home)    
Medical expenses-usually best claimed by lower income spouse      
QC Prescr. Drug Insurance Plan Premiums remitted on prior yr tax return            
Federal tax return - claim medical on tax return of
QC tax return - claim medical on tax return of
Charitable donations-usually best claimed by higher income spouse            
Medical and donations can be claimed by either spouse-see which one works best.
Donations can be carried forward and used in a future year.
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