General Income Tax and Benefit Guide - 2015 - Net federal tax (Schedule 1)

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• Net federal tax (lines 405 to 427, except lines 421 and 422)
  • Recapture of investment tax credit
  • Federal logging tax credit
  • Line 405 – Federal foreign tax credit
  • Lines 409 and 410 – Federal political contribution tax credit
  • Line 412 – Investment tax credit
  • Lines 413 and 414 – Labour-sponsored funds tax credit
  • Line 415 – Working income tax benefit (WITB) advance payments
  • Line 418 – Special taxes
    • RESP accumulated income payments
    • Tax on excess employees profit-sharing plan (EPSP) amounts
    • Tax related to the non-purchase of replacement shares in a Quebec labour-sponsored fund
  • Line 423 – Family tax cut
  • Line 424 – Federal tax on split income
  • Line 425 – Federal dividend tax credit
  • Line 426 – Overseas employment tax credit
  • Line 427 – Minimum tax carryover

Net federal tax (lines 405 to 427, except lines 421 and 422)

There are no lines on the return for the recapture of the investment tax credit or for the federal logging tax credit. If these amounts apply, use them to calculate your net federal tax on Schedule 1. If the result of these adjustments is negative and you do not have to pay minimum tax enter "0" on line 61 of Schedule 1, or line 64 for residents of Quebec.

Recapture of investment tax credit

If you have to repay all or part of an investment tax credit you received previously for scientific research and experimental development or for child care spaces, calculate on Form T2038(IND), Investment Tax Credit (Individuals), the amount you have to repay. Write "recapture of investment tax credit" and the amount below line 55 on Schedule 1, or line 58 for residents of Quebec. Add it to the amount on line 55 or line 58.

Federal logging tax credit

If you paid logging tax to a province for logging operations you performed in the province, you may be able to claim a logging tax credit. To calculate your credit, use the lesser of the following two amounts for each province in which you had a logging operation:

• 66.6667% of the logging tax paid for the year to the province; and
• 6.6667% of your net logging income for the year in the province.

Your allowable credit is the total of the credits for the year for all provinces, up to 6.6667% of your taxable income (line 260), not including any amounts on lines 208, 214, 215, 219, and 220. Write “federal logging tax credit” and enter the allowable amount below line 55 on Schedule 1, or line 58 for residents of Quebec. Subtract it from the total of the amount on line 55 or line 58 and the amount of any applicable recapture of investment tax credits.

Line 405 – Federal foreign tax credit

You may be able to claim this credit if you paid foreign taxes on income you received from outside Canada and reported on your Canadian return. Complete Form T2209, Federal Foreign Tax Credits, to calculate your credit, and claim the amount from line 12 on line 405 of Schedule 1.

Supporting documents – If you are filing electronically, keep all your documents in case we ask to see them at a later date. If you are filing a paper return, attach your completed Form T2209 and documents that show the foreign taxes you paid. If you paid taxes to the United States, attach your W‑2 information slip, U.S. 1040 return, U.S tax account transcript, and any other supporting documents that apply. If you are submitting documents in a foreign language, you will need to provide a copy of the original documents and a certified English or French translation.

Lines 409 and 410 – Federal political contribution tax credit

You can claim contributions either you or your spouse or common-law partner made during 2015 to a registered federal political party or to a candidate for election to the House of Commons.

The eligible amount is the amount by which the fair market value of your monetary contribution exceeds any advantage you received or will receive for making it. Generally, an advantage includes the value of certain property, service, compensation, use, or any other benefit. This applies to any contribution made after December 20, 2002.

Complete the chart for line 410 on the federal worksheet to calculate your credit. However, if your total political contributions are $1,275 or more, enter $650 on line 410.

Supporting documents – If you are filing electronically, keep all your documents in case we ask to see them at a later date. If you are filing a paper return, attach your official receipts. Do not attach official receipts for amounts shown in box 14 of your T5003 slips, in box 184 of your T5013 slips, or on financial statements showing an amount a partnership allocated to you. Keep copies of all your documents in case we ask to see them at a later date.

Line 412 – Investment tax credit

You may be eligible for this credit if any of the following apply. You:

• bought certain new buildings, machinery, or equipment and they were used in certain areas of Canada in qualifying activities such as farming, fishing, logging, manufacturing, or processing;
• have unclaimed credits from the purchase of qualified property after 2004;
• have an amount shown in box 41 of your T3 slips;
• have an amount shown in box 186 or 194 of your T5013 slips;
• have an amount shown in box 128 of your T101 slips;
• have a partnership statement that allocates to you an amount that qualifies for this credit;
• have an investment in a mining operation that allocates certain exploration expenditures to you; or
• employ an eligible apprentice in your business.

You can claim an investment tax credit if you carry on a business and create one or more new child care spaces for children of your employees and other children. For more information, see Form T2038(IND), Investment Tax Credit (Individuals).

For investment tax credits earned in a year after 2005, the carry-forward period is 20 years.

Eligibility for the mineral exploration tax credit has been extended to flow-through share agreements entered into before April 2016.

How to claim this credit

Attach to your paper return a completed copy of Form T2038(IND). For more information about the investment tax credit, see the information sheet attached to Form T2038(IND).

You must send the form to us no later than 12 months after the due date of your return for the year the qualified expenditure arises.

Lines 413 and 414 – Labour-sponsored funds tax credit

You may be able to claim this credit if you became the first registered holder to acquire or irrevocably subscribe to and pay for an approved share of the capital stock of a prescribed labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC) from January 1, 2015, to February 29, 2016.

If you bought shares after 2003 of a provincial or territorial registered LSVCC (that is not a federally registered LSVCC), you can claim the federal labour-sponsored funds tax credit for those shares only if a provincial or territorial income tax credit is also available to be claimed for them.

If you became the first registered holder of an approved share from January 1, 2015, to March 2, 2015, and did not claim the whole credit for it on your 2014 return, you can claim the unused part on your 2015 return. If you became the first registered holder of an approved share from January 1, 2016, to February 29, 2016, you can claim any part of the credit for that share on your return for 2015 and the unused part on your return for 2016.

Enter the net cost of your contributions to a labour-sponsored venture on line 413. Net cost is the amount you paid for your shares minus any government assistance (other than federal or provincial tax credits) on the shares. Claim the amount of your credit on line 414. The allowable credit cannot exceed 10% of the net cost, to a maximum of $500 per year.

Supporting documents – If you are filing electronically, keep all your documents in case we ask to see them at a later date. If you are filing a paper return, attach your T5006 slips, Statement of Registered Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Corporation Class A Shares, or official provincial or territorial slips.

Line 415 – Working income tax benefit (WITB) advance payments

If you received WITB advance payments in 2015, report the amount from box 10 of your RC210 slip.

For more information, go to Working income tax benefit (WITB) or see Form RC201, Working Income Tax Benefit Advance Payments Application for 2016. To view your RC210 slip online, go to My Account for Individuals.

Line 418 – Special taxes

RESP accumulated income payments

If you received an accumulated income payment from a registered education savings plan (RESP) in 2015, you may have to pay an additional tax on all or part of the amount shown in box 040 of your T4A slips. Complete Form T1172, Additional Tax on Accumulated Income Payments from RESPs, to calculate your tax payable on this accumulated income and report the amount from line 10, 13, or 16 (whichever applies). For more information, see Information Sheet RC4092, Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs).

Tax on excess employees profit-sharing plan (EPSP) amounts

You may have to pay a tax if you are a specified employee (an employee dealing with an employer in a non-arm's length relationship or with a significant equity interest in their employer) and contributions your employer made to an EPSP allocated to you for the year exceed a threshold equal to 20% of your employment income from the employer for the year. For more information and to calculate your threshold and tax payable on this excess amount, use Form RC359, Tax on Excess Employees Profit-Sharing Plan Amounts. Report the amount from line 10 of Form RC359 on line 418. If this tax applies to you, you may be eligible to claim a deduction on line 229.

Tax related to the non-purchase of replacement shares in a Quebec labour-sponsored fund

You must pay a special tax if you redeemed your shares in a Quebec labour-sponsored fund to participate in the Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP) or the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) but did not purchase replacement shares within the prescribed time. Report the amount shown in box 11 of your T5006 information slips or from your official provincial slips.

If you are filing electronically, keep your T5006 information slips or your official provincial slips for your records. If you are filing a paper return, attach your T5006 information slips or your official provincial slips.

Line 424 – Federal tax on split income

This tax applies to certain types of income of a child born in 1998 or later. For more information, see Split income of a child under 18. If this tax applies, calculate it on Form T1206, Tax on Split Income, and report the amount from line 5 on line 424 of Schedule 1.

A child under 18 years of age may have to pay tax on split income for dividends on shares of a corporation. Any capital gain from the disposition of those shares to a person who does not deal at arm's length with the child will be deemed to be a dividend. This deemed dividend is subject to the tax on split income and is considered to be an "other than eligible dividend" for the purposes of the dividend tax credit.

Line 423 – Family tax cut

You may be able to claim this credit if you were married or living in a common‑law partnership and you and your spouse or common‑law partner:

• were not living separate or apart because of a breakdown in your relationship for a period of 90 days or more including December 31, 2015;
• were both residents of Canada on December 31, 2015 (or if either person died in the year, at the date of death); and
• both file a return for the year this credit is claimed.

You or your spouse or common‑law partner must have also ordinarily lived throughout the year with your child who is under 18 years of age at the end of the year. Because of a joint custody arrangement, your child may have ordinarily lived with both you and your former spouse or common‑law partner throughout the year.

You cannot claim this credit if:

• you are confined to a prison or similar institution for a period of 90 days or more during the year;
• your spouse or common‑law partner is claiming the credit for the year;
• you or your spouse or common‑law partner became bankrupt in the year; or
• you or your spouse or common‑law partner has elected to split eligible pension income.

The credit is calculated based on the net reduction to your and your spouse’s or common‑law partner’s combined federal taxes, as if an amount up to a maximum of $50,000 in taxable income was transferred from the individual with the higher taxable income to his or her spouse or common‑law partner.

The maximum amount you can claim is $2,000.

To calculate your credit, complete Schedule 1-A, Family Tax Cut.

Line 425 – Federal dividend tax credit

If you reported dividends on line 120 of your return, claim on line 425 of Schedule 1 the total of the dividend tax credits from taxable Canadian corporations shown on your information slips.

If you received eligible dividends, the federal dividend tax credit is 15.0198% of your taxable amount of eligible dividends reported on line 120.

If you received "other than eligible dividends," the federal dividend tax credit is 11.0169% of your taxable amount of dividends reported on line 180.

For explanations of eligible dividends and "other than eligible dividends," see line 120.

Line 426 – Overseas employment tax credit

You may be able to claim this credit if both of the following apply for 2015:

• You were a resident or deemed resident (see the definition under E) of Canada at any time in the year.
• You have employment income from certain kinds of work you did in another country.

To make your claim, use Form T626, Overseas Employment Tax Credit, and mail it with your return to the:

International and Ottawa Tax Services Office
Post Office Box 9769, Station T
Ottawa ON K1G 3Y4

For more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-497, Overseas Employment Tax Credit, and Form T626.

Line 427 – Minimum tax carryover

If you paid minimum tax on any of your 2008 to 2014 returns but you do not have to pay minimum tax for 2015, you may be able to claim credits against your taxes for 2015 for all or part of the minimum tax you paid in those years.

To calculate your claim, complete the applicable parts of Form T691, Alternative Minimum Tax. If you are filing electronically, keep your Form T691 for your records. If you are filing a paper return, attach your Form T691.

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Date modified:

2016-01-05