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2020 Personal Tax Credits - Base Amounts
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2020
Non-Refundable Personal Tax Credits - Base Amounts
The tax credits in this table have been calculated using the indexation
factors shown in the bottom line of the table. The indexation factors, tax rates, and
most tax credit amounts
have been confirmed to Canada Revenue Agency information. See
below for other provinces/territories.
(2)
n/a means there is no cap on the amount of medical expenses for other
eligible dependants.
(3)
For Quebec taxpayers, each federal tax credit is, in
effect, reduced by 16.5% as a result of the federal
tax abatement.
(4)
Nunavut's Bill
26 increased the basic personal amount and spousal amount to $16,000 for 2019, to be indexed in subsequent
years.
(5)
The PEI
2019 budget increases the basic personal amount to $10,000 for 2020, with
the spouse and equivalent-to-spouse amounts increased proportionately.
(6)
Manitoba only indexes the basic personal amount. Other tax credits
are not indexed. This began with the 2017 taxation year.
(8)
The Alberta 2019 Budget
announced that indexation of the personal taxation system would be paused
beginning in 2020, and that the education and tuition credits would be
eliminated for 2020 and subsequent years.
Every taxpayer gets a tax credit for the basic personal amount, so any
person can earn taxable
income of $13,229 in 2020 without
paying any federal tax, and can earn anywhere from $8,481 to $19,369, depending on the province or territory in which
they live, without paying any provincial or territorial tax.
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