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- Canada child tax benefit (CCTB)
- Canada savings bonds
- Changing your return
- Child support
- Clergy residence deduction
- Commission income
- Common-law partner - defined
- Community volunteer program
- Contacting us
- Death benefits (other than Canada Pension Plan or Quebec
Pension Plan death benefits) - Deceased persons, filing for
- Deemed resident
- Dependants, non-resident - non-refundable tax credits
- Depletion allowances
- Direct deposit
- Disability amount
- Disagreeing with your assessment
- Donations
- Due date for returns
- Education amount
- Elections Canada
- Emergency volunteers
- Emigrants - non-refundable tax credits
- Employees profit-sharing plan
- Employment insurance - repaying benefits
- Family caregiver amount (FCA)
- Federal logging tax credit
- Federal non-refundable tax credits
- Fellowships
- Filing a return
- Filing electronically
- Foreign income and property
- Getting help
- Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST)
- Guaranteed investment certificates (GICs)
- Home buyers' amount
- Home Buyers' Plan
- Hours of service
- Identification
- Immigrants – non-refundable tax credits
- Income amounts repaid
- Income-maintenance insurance plans
- Instalments
- Insurance policies
- Interest on balances owing
- Interest on refunds
- Internet access
- Legal fees
- Lifelong Learning Plan
- Loans and transfers of property
- Losses
- Lump-sum payment income
- Marital status
- Minimum tax
- Moving - advising us
- Mutual funds
- My Account
- Net income - spouse or common-law partner
- Newcomers to Canada - non-refundable tax credits
- Non-resident dependants
- Non-resident trusts - beneficiaries, loans, transfers
- Northern residents deductions
- Payments
- Penalties
- Pension income splitting
- Pensions from a foreign country
- Personal tax information, requesting
- Previous years, filing for
- Province of residence
- Refunds
- Registered disability savings plan (RDSP)
- Registered education savings plan (RESP)
- Registered retirement income fund (RRIF) income
- Registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs)
- Registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) for spouse or common-law partner
- Rental income
- Repaying amounts included in income
- Representatives
- Research grants
- Resource expenses
- Retiring allowances
- Return due date
- Safety deposit box charges
- Saskatchewan pension plan
- Schedule 7, instructions for completing
- Scholarships
- Security option benefits
- Service complaint process
- Severance pay
- Social insurance number
- Split income of a child under 18
- Spouse - defined
- Suggestions
- Tax package
- Tax on excess employees profit-sharing plan (EPSP) amounts
- Tax shelters
- Term deposits
- Territory of residence
- Tips income
- Treasury bills (T-bills)
- Tuition amount
- United States Social Security benefits
- Universal child care benefit (UCCB)
- Universal child care benefit repayment
- Wage-loss replacement plans
- War veterans allowances and pensions
- Working CPP beneficiaries
- Working income tax benefit (WITB)
- Working income tax benefit (WITB) advance payments
Tax Information Phone Service (TIPS) call 1-800-267-6999
| Services | Available dates | |
|---|---|---|
| Telerefund - get the status of your refund for 2012. | all year | press "1" |
| Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) credit - find out if you are eligible for the credit and the date you can expect to receive the next payment. | three weeks before through two and a half weeks after each payment is issued | press "2" |
| Canada child tax benefit (CCTB) - find out if you are eligible for the CCTB and the date you can expect to receive the next payment. | one week before through one week after each payment is issued | press "3" and then "1" |
| Universal child care benefit (UCCB) - find out if you are eligible for the UCCB and the date you can expect to receive the next payment. | one week before through two weeks after each payment is issued | press "3" and then "2" |
| RRSP deduction limit - find the maximum amount you can deduct on your return for 2012 | mid-September to the end of April | press "4" and then "1" |
| Info-Tax - get tax information for residents and non-residents of Canada. | all year | press "4" and then "2" |
| Bulletin board - get recent tax and benefit information that may be of interest to you. | all year | press "4" and then "3" |
| Business information - get tax information relating to operating a business. | all year | press "5" |
| Tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution limit - find the maximum amount you can contribute to your TFSA for 2013. | mid-February to the end of December | press "6" and then "2" |
To get information from Telerefund, GST/HST credit, CCTB, UCCB, TFSA, or RRSP deduction limit, you will have to give us your social insurance number, your month and year of birth, and:
- if you contact us before May 1, the amount you entered on line 150 of your return for 2011; or
- if you contact us on or after May 1, the amount you entered on line 150 of your return for 2012.
List of Info-Tax message numbers and topics for residents of Canada
- 104 - Other employment income
- 117 - UCCB
- 121 - Interest and other investment income
- 126 - Rental income
- 127 - Taxable capital gains
- 128 - Support payments received
- 130 - Other income
- 147 - Non-taxable income
- 208 - RRSP deduction
- 214 - Child care expenses
- 215 - Disability supports deduction
- 219 - Moving expenses
- 220 - Support payments made
- 221 - Carrying charges and interest expenses
- 229 - Other employment expenses
- 232 - Other deductions
- 254 - Capital gains deduction
- 255 - Northern residents deductions
- 301 - Age amount
- 303 - Spouse or common-law partner amount
- 305 - Amount for an eligible dependant
- 306 - Amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older
- 314 - Pension income amount
- 315 - Caregiver amount
- 316 - Disability amount (for self)
- 319 - Interest paid on your student loans
- 323 - Your tuition, education, and textbook amounts
- 324 - Tuition, education, and textbook amounts transferred from a child
- 326 - Amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner
- 330 - Medical expenses for self, spouse or common-law partner, and your dependent children born in 1995 or later
- 349 - Donations and gifts
- 363 - Canada employment amount
- 364 - Public transit amount
- 365 - Children's fitness amount
- 367 - Amount for children born in 1995 or later
- 400 - GST/HST credit
- 500 - CCTB, UCCB
- 601 - EFILE and NETFILE
- 602 - Filing or making changes to a previous year's return
- 603 - Your appeal rights
- 604 - Voluntary disclosures
- 605 - Authorizing representatives
- 606 - Refunds
- 607 - Working income tax benefit
- 609 - Exchange rates
- 610 - Do you have to file a return?
- 611 - Missing information
- 612 - Tax-free savings account (TFSA)
- 630 - Enhanced income tax services
- 631 - Services for persons with disabilities
- 632 - Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
- 655 - Home Buyers' Plan
- 702 - Instalment information
- 703 - Payment arrangements
- 710 - Refund, interest, and penalties
- 882 - Direct deposit
- 883 - Problem Resolution Program
- 899 - Info-Tax survey
- 999 - Main menu
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- Date modified:
- 2013-01-03