Revenu Québec Questions
Revenu Québec questions and Quebec prescription drug insurance plan
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Quebec prescription drug insurance plan topic is highlighted
- Click Revenu Québec questions in the left-side menu.
Revenu Québec questions
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Are you eligible for the Quebec amount for a person living alone? is highlighted and Yes is selected
Solidarity tax credit section is highlighted and the drop-down menu for Do you wish to apply for the Quebec solidarity tax credit? contains Yes
Quebec tax shield section is highlighted and the drop-down menus for If eligible, do you wish to claim the Quebec tax shield? and Select the desired method to calculate the tax shield contain Yes – Family head to claim, and Let Revenu Quebec calculate (recommended)
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Amount for a person living alone or for a single-parent family:
- In the Information about you section, if the individual is eligible, answer Yes to the question Are you eligible for the Quebec amount for a person living alone?
- Reminder: If the individual is eligible to claim the additional amount for a person living alone, be sure to add the child’s tuition information, if applicable.
- Click Next.
- Click Revenu Québec questions in the left-side menu.
Revenu Québec questions
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Are you eligible for the Quebec amount for a person living alone? is highlighted and Yes is selected
Solidarity tax credit section is highlighted and the drop-down menu for Do you wish to apply for the Quebec solidarity tax credit? contains Yes
Quebec tax shield section is highlighted and the drop-down menus for If eligible, do you wish to claim the Quebec tax shield? and Select the desired method to calculate the tax shield contain Yes – Family head to claim, and Let Revenu Quebec calculate (recommended)
Next button is highlighted
Solidarity tax credit:
- If the individual is eligible, answer Yes to the question Do you wish to apply for the Quebec solidarity tax credit?
UFile tip
Once you have clicked Next, the new topic, Solidarity tax credit, will appear in the left-side menu.
If you answer No to the question Do you wish to apply for the Quebec solidarity tax credit?, this topic will not appear and you will not be able to claim the credit for the individual.
- Click Next.
Schedule D – Solidarity tax credit
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Solidarity tax credit topic is highlighted
A. Information about you section is highlighted
- Click Solidarity tax credit in the left-side menu.
- Complete the A. Information about you section by answering questions according to the individual's situation on December 31 of the year in question.
Tax tip
This section is used to claim the QST component and the component for residents living in northern villages. - Scroll down.
Schedule D – Solidarity tax credit
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Were you or your spouse tenants (received a RL-31) or owners on December 31, 2021? drop-down menu is highlighted and contains: Tenant or subtenant (RL-31), Owner, Neither tenant nor owner, and Tenant or subtenant (RL-31) is selected.
Please select to whom a RL-31 was issued is highlighted
Box A Dwelling number is highlighted
Box B Total number of tenants or subtenants is highlighted
- The next part of section A. Information about you is used to determine if the individual is eligible for the housing component. You must indicate if the individual or their spouse are owners, tenants or subtenants, or neither tenant nor owner.
- If you select Tenant or subtenant (RL-31), you must:
- select to whom the RL-31 was issued;
- enter the dwelling number and the total number of tenants as shown in boxes A and B of the RL-31 slip.
- If you select Owner, you must:
- select who were the owners of the dwelling
- enter the roll number or identification number shown on the individual’s or their spouse’s municipal tax bill
- enter the total number of owners living in the dwelling
- If the individual lived in a dwelling in low-rental housing such as an HLM, select Neither tenant nor owner.
UFile tip
Remember that you can click the terms in blue to see their definitions (for example, dwelling, tenant, eligible dwelling and spouse).
Schedule D – Solidarity tax credit
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B. Information about your spouse section is highlighted
Did you have a spouse on December 31, 2022? drop-down menu is highlighted and contains Yes
Next button is highlighted
- In section B. Information about your spouse, indicate whether the individual has a spouse. If they do, answer the questions that relate to the spouse.
- Click Next.
Tax tip
Note that the amount of the credit is not found anywhere in the income tax return. Revenu Québec will calculate the amount and pay it by direct deposit only on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis, depending on the amount.
- Click Revenu Québec questions in the left-side menu.
Revenu Québec questions
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Are you eligible for the Quebec amount for a person living alone? is highlighted and Yes is selected
Solidarity tax credit section is highlighted and the drop-down menu for Do you wish to apply for the Quebec solidarity tax credit? contains Yes
Quebec tax shield section is highlighted and the drop-down menus for If eligible, do you wish to claim the Quebec tax shield? and Select the desired method to calculate the tax shield contain Yes – Family head to claim, and Let Revenu Quebec calculate (recommended)
Next button is highlighted
Quebec tax shield:
- If the individual is eligible, in the Quebec tax shield section, answer Yes to the question If eligible, do you wish to claim the Quebec tax shield? (for individuals who have a spouse or common-law partner) or to the question Do you wish to claim the Quebec tax shield (for individuals without a spouse or common-law partner)
- Select the calculation method. In this case, we recommend selecting Let Revenu Quebec calculate (recommended).
- Click Next.
UFile tip
If the individual has a spouse or common-law partner, the software will suggest three more possible answers to the question If eligible, do you wish to claim the Quebec tax shield?. Choose the one that best corresponds to the individual's situation.
- Click Quebec prescription drug insurance plan in the left-side menu.
Quebec prescription drug insurance information
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Quebec prescription drug insurance plan topic
Do you wish to file a joint Schedule K (and pay any Quebec prescription drug insurance premium for your spouse)? drop-down menu is highlighted and No is selected
- In the case of a couple, the individual can choose to pay their spouse's premium in their Quebec income tax return. Answer the question Do you wish to file a joint Schedule K (and pay the Quebec prescription drug insurance premium for your spouse)?
ITAVP tip
We recommend you answer No to this question, unless the individual asks you to answer Yes.
Quebec prescription drug insurance information (continued)
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Quebec prescription drug insurance plan topic
Specify the situation that applied to you in 2023 for the purpose of the Quebec prescription drug insurance: drop-down menu is highlighted and contains:
1- Your own group insurance plan, all year
2- Group insurance plan of spouse or a parent, all year
3- Québec prescription drug insurance plan, all year
4- Exceptions, Québec prescription drug insurance plan, all year
5- Exceptions, Québec prescription drug insurance plan, part of the year
- Select the option 1- Your own group plan, all year.
- Click Next.
- Select the option 2- Group insurance plan of spouse or a parent, all year.
- Click Next.
- Select the option 3- Québec prescription drug insurance plan, all year.
- Answer the question Were all your medications free throughout 2024 because of the amount you received as a Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)?
- Click Next.
- Select the option 4- Exceptions, Québec prescription drug insurance plan, all year.
- Answer the question Were all your medications free throughout 2024 because of the amount you received as a Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)?
- You must then specify the exception(s) that corresponds to the situation.
Quebec prescription drug insurance information (option 4)
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Quebec prescription drug insurance plan topic
Specify the exception(s) that applied to you in 2023 drop-down menu is highlighted
- Select the exceptions that applied to the individual's situations in the year in question.
- Click Next.
- Select the option 5- Exceptions, Québec prescription drug insurance plan, part of the year.
- You must then specify the exception(s) that corresponds to the situation and the months that apply to the selected situations.
Quebec prescription drug insurance information (option 5)
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Specify the exception(s) that applied to you in 2023 drop-down menu is highlighted
Select the month(s) that applied to the selected situations: is highlighted
- Select the exceptions that applied to the individual's situations in the year in question.
- Tick the months that apply to the selected situations.
- Click Next.
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