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All the information you need to calculate your Yukon tax and credits is included in the "Completing your Yukon forms". Complete Form YT428, Yukon Tax, Form YT479, Yukon Credits, and Form YT432, Yukon First Nations Tax, and attach a copy to your return.

What's new for 2009?

The income levels and most of the non-refundable tax credits used to calculate your territorial income tax have changed.

Form YT428, Yukon Tax, reflects these changes.

Yukon Child Benefit

The Yukon Child Benefit is a non-taxable monthly payment to help low- and modest-income families with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age. Benefits are combined with the Canada Child Tax Benefit into one monthly payment.

For details on the payment amounts, read Pamphlet T4114, Canada Child Benefits.

File your tax return - You (and your spouse or common-law partner) should file your 2009 tax return(s) as soon as possible. The information you give on your return(s) will determine how much you will get starting in July 2010.

This program is funded by Yukon with a contribution from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada on behalf of Status Indian children. For more information, call 1-800-387-1193 .

Did you reside on Yukon First Nations settlement land?

If you resided on settlement land of a self-governing Yukon First Nation at the end of the year, enter the First Nation name and identification number on page 1 of your return.

Complete Form YT432, Yukon First Nations Tax, to determine the part of federal and territorial tax that is transferred to the self-governing Yukon First Nation government responsible for the settlement land where you resided. Attach a completed copy to your paper return.

For more information

If you have questions about Yukon tax credits, contact:

Department of Finance
Government of Yukon
2071 2^nd Avenue, 3rd floor
P.O. Box 2703
Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6

Call: 867-667-5343 , or 1-800-661-0408

If you have questions about Yukon tax visit the CRA Web site or call the CRA at 1-800-959-8281 .

If you have questions about Yukon First Nations Tax, call the CRA at 1-800-367-9058 (available in area codes 867 and 250).

To get forms, go to our Forms and publications page or call 1-800-959-2221 .