ARCHIVED - 1995 General Income Tax Guide

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Before you start

Do you have to file a tax return?
Which return should you use?
Where can you get the return you need?
Social insurance number (SIN)

Filing your return

What date is your 1995 return due?
What happens if you file your return late?
When will we pay or charge interest?
What do you include with your return?
What if you are missing information?
How do you report foreign income and other amounts?
What if you need help?

After you file

When can you expect your refund?
What happens to your return after you mail it?
You would like to change your return - what should you do?
Do you have to pay your 1996 taxes by instalments?

Step 1 - Identification
Step 2 - Goods and services tax (GST) credit
Step 3 - Total income

Line 101 - Employment income
Line 102 - Comissions
Line 104 - Other employment income
Line 113 - Old Age Security pension
Line 114 - Canada or Quebec Pension Plan benefits
Line 115 - Other pensions or superannuation
Line 119 - Unemployment Insurance benefits
Line 120 - Taxable amount of dividents from taxable Canadian corporations
Line 121 - Interest and other investment income
Line 122 - Net partnership income: Limited or non-active partners only
Line 126 - Rental income
Line 127 - Taxable capital gains
Line 128 - Alimony or maintenance income
Line 129 - Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) income
Line 130 - Other income
Lines 135 to 143 - Self-employment income
Line 144 - Workers' Compensation
Line 145 - Social assistance payments
Line 146 - Net federal supplements

Step 4 - Taxable income

Line 206 - Pension adjustment amount
Line 207 - Registered pension plan contributions
Line 208 - Registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) contributions
Line 209 - Saskatchewan Pension Plan contributions
Line 212 - Annual union, professional, or like dues
Line 214 - Child care expenses
Line 215 - Attendant care expenses
Line 217 - Business investment loss
Line 219 - Moving expenses
Line 220 - Alimony or maintenance
Line 221 - Carrying charges and interest expenses
Line 224 - Exploration and development expenses
Line 229 - Other employment expenses
Line 232 - Other deductions
Line 235 - Social benefits repayment
Line 237 - Accumulated forward-averaging amount withdrawal
Line 248 - Employee home relocation loan deduction
Line 249 - Stock option and shares deductions
Line 250 - Other payments deduction
Line 251 - Limited partnership losses of other years
Line 252 - Non-capital losses of other years
Line 253 - Net capital losses of other years
Line 254 - Capital gains deduction
Line 255 - Northern residents deductions
Line 256 - Additional deductions

Step 5 - Non-refundable tax credits

Line 300 - Basic personal amount
Line 301 - Age amount
Line 303 - Spousal amount
Line 305 - Equivalent-to-spouse amount
Line 306 - Amounts for infirm dependants age 18 or older
Line 308 - Canada or Quebec Pension Plan contributions through employment
Line 310 - Canada or Quebec Pension Plan contriubtions payable on self-employment and other earnings
Line 312 - Unemployment insurance premiums
Line 314 - Pension income amount
Line 316 - Disability amount
Line 318 - Disability amount transferred from a dependant other than your spouse
Line 320 - Tuition fees
Line 322 - Education amount
Line 324 - Tuition fees and education amount transferred from a child
Line 326 - Amounts transferred from your spouse
Line 330 - Medical expenses
Line 331 - Medical expenses adjustment
Line 335
Line 338
Line 340 - Charitable donations
Line 342 - Cultural, ecological, and government gifts
Lines 346 and 348 - Charitable donations credit

Step 6 - Refund or Balance owing

Line 400 - Taxable income
Lines 409 and 410 - Federal political contribution tax credit
Line 412 - Investment tax credit
Lines 413 and 414 - Labour-sponsored funds tax credit
Line 419 - Federal individual surtax
Line 421 - Canada Pension Plan contribution payable on self-employment and other earnings
Line 422 - Social benefits repayment
Line 428 - Provincial or territorial tax
Line 437 - Total income tax deducted
Lines 438 and 440 - For residents of Quebec only
Line 448 - Canada Pension Plan overpayment
Line 450 - Unemployment Insurance overpayment
Line 454 - Refund of investment tax credit
Line 456 - Part XII.2 trust tax credit
Line 457 - Employee and partner GST rebate
Line 476 - Tax paid by instalments
Line 478 - Forward-averaging tax credit
Line 479 - Provincial or territorial tax credits
Line 484 and 485 - Refund or Balance owing

Schedule 1, Federal Tax Calculations (lines 500 to 518)

Line 500 - Tax adjustments
Line 502 - Federal dividend tax credit
Line 504 - Minimum tax carry-over
Line 506 - Basic federal tax
Line 507 and 508 - Federal foreign tax credit
Line 511 - Additional federal foreign tax credit
Line 518 - Additional investment tax credit