Canada Form Td1 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Your employer or payer will use this form to determine the amount of your tax deductions.

Read the back before completing this form. Complete this form based on the best estimate of your circumstances.

1.Basic personal amount – Every resident of Canada can claim this amount. If you will have more than one employer or payer at the same time in 2012, see "More than one employer or payer at the same time" on the next page.

2.Child amount – Either parent (but not both), may claim $2,191 for each child born in 1995 or later, that resides with both parents throughout the year. If the child is infirm, add $2,000 to the claim for that child. Any unused portion can be transferred to that parent's spouse or common-law partner. If the child does not reside with both parents throughout the year, the parent who is entitled to claim the "Amount for an eligible dependant" on line 8 may also claim the child amount for that same child.

3.Age amount – If you will be 65 or older on December 31, 2012, and your net income for the year from all sources will be $33,884 or less, enter $6,720. If your net income for the year will be between $33,884 and $78,684 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get the TD1-WS, Worksheet for the 2012 Personal Tax Credits Return, and complete the appropriate section.

4.Pension income amount – If you will receive regular pension payments from a pension plan or fund (excluding Canada Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan, Old Age Security, or Guaranteed Income Supplement payments), enter $2,000 or your estimated annual pension income, whichever is less.

5.Tuition, education, and textbook amounts (full time and part time) – If you are a student enrolled at a university or college, or an educational institution certified by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, and you will pay more than $100 per institution in tuition fees, complete this section. If you are enrolled full time, or if you have a mental or physical disability and are enrolled part time, enter the total of the tuition fees you will pay, plus $400 for each month that you will be enrolled, plus $65 per month for textbooks. If you are enrolled part time and do not have a mental or physical disability, enter the total of the tuition fees you will pay, plus $120 for each month that you will be enrolled part time, plus $20 per month for textbooks.

6.Disability amount – If you will claim the disability amount on your income tax return by using Form T2201,

Disability Tax Credit Certificate, enter $7,546.

7.Spouse or common-law partner amount – If you are supporting your spouse or common-law partner who lives with you, and whose net income for the year will be less than $10,822 ($12,822 if he or she is infirm) enter the difference between this amount and his or her estimated net income for the year. If your spouse's or common-law partner's net income for the year will be $10,822 or more ($12,822 or more if he or she is infirm), you cannot claim this amount.

8.Amount for an eligible dependant – If you do not have a spouse or common-law partner and you support a dependent relative who lives with you, and whose net income for the year will be less than $10,822 ($12,822 if he or she is infirm and you did not claim the child amount for this dependant), enter the difference between this amount and his or her estimated net income. If your eligible dependant's net income for the year will be $10,822 or more ($12,822 or more if he or she is infirm), you cannot claim this amount.

9.Caregiver amount – If you are taking care of a dependant who lives with you, whose net income for the year will be

$15,033 or less, and who is either your or your spouse's or common-law partner's: parent or grandparent (aged 65 or older), enter $4,402 ($6,402 if he or she is infirm) or relative (aged 18 or older) who is dependent on you because of an infirmity, enter $6,402.

If the dependant's net income for the year will be between $15,033 and $19,435 ($15,033 and $21,435 if he or she is infirm) and you want to calculate a partial claim, get the TD1-WS, and complete the appropriate section.

10.Amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older – If you support an infirm dependant age 18 or older who is your or your spouse's or common-law partner's relative, who lives in Canada, and whose net income for the year will be $6,420 or less, enter $6,402. You cannot claim an amount for a dependant you claimed on line 9. If the dependant's net income for the year will be between $6,420 and $12,822 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get the TD1-WS, and complete the appropriate section.

11.Amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner – If your spouse or common-law partner will not use all of his or her age amount, pension income amount, tuition, education and textbook amounts, disability amount or child amount on his or her income tax return, enter the unused amount.

12.Amounts transferred from a dependant – If your dependant will not use all of his or her disability amount on his or her income tax return, enter the unused amount. If your or your spouse's or common-law partner's dependent child or grandchild will not use all of his or her tuition, education, and textbook amounts on his or her income tax return, enter the unused amount.

13.TOTAL CLAIM AMOUNT – Add lines 1 through 12.

Your employer or payer will use this amount to determine the amount of your tax deductions.

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