Northwest Territories
New for the Northwest Territories for 2022
Form NT428, Northwest Territories Tax, is used to calculate your Northwest Territories tax.
Form NT479, Northwest Territories Credit, is used to calculate your refundable credit.
Northwest Territories Tax (NT428)
Tax rates for 2022
- 5.9% on the portion of your taxable income that is $45,462 or less, plus
- 8.6% on the portion of your taxable income that is more than $45,462 but not more than $90,927, plus
- 12.2% on the portion of your taxable income that is more than $90,927 but not more than $147,826, plus
- 14.05% on the portion of your taxable income that is more than $147,826.
Northwest Territories tax
The following taxes are included in the calculation of your Northwest Territories tax:
Non-refundable tax credits
The Northwest Territories offers the following tax credits to reduce your amount of territorial tax payable:
- Age amount
- Allowable amount of medical expenses for other dependants
- Amount for an eligible dependant
- Amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older
- Amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner
- Basic personal amount
- CPP or QPP contributions on self-employment income and other earnings
- CPP or QPP contributions through employment income
- Caregiver amount
- Disability amount for self
- Disability amount transferred from a dependant
- Dividend tax credit
- Donations and gifts
- Employment insurance premiums on self-employment and other eligible earnings
- Employment insurance premiums through employment
- Interest paid on your student loans
- Medical expenses for self, spouse or common-law partner, and your dependent children born in 2005 or later
- Minimum tax carryover
- Pension income amount
- Political contribution tax credit
- Spouse or common-law partner amount
- Territorial foreign tax credit
- Tuition and education amounts transferred from a child or grandchild
- Your tuition and education amounts
Northwest Territories Credit (NT479)
Refundable tax credit
The Northwest Territories offers the following refundable tax credit:
For more information
If you have questions about the Northwest Territories political contribution tax credit or the cost of living tax credit, contact:
Fiscal Policy Division
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
Post Office Box 1320
Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Call: 867-767-9158 Ext. 15051 or 1-800-661-0820
Fax: 867-873-0128
Email: NWT_Tax@gov.nt.ca
If you have questions about your income tax return, go to Personal income tax or call 1-800-959-8281.
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