tax aid

The GSA-UW hosts an Income Tax Aid Clinic for graduate students. The Tax Aid Clinics are held in March and April each year to help graduate students learn how to complete their income tax return forms. Tax returns are due to the Canada Revenue Agency on April 30, 2024. Consultations are provided for graduate students registered this term (GSA-UW members) and who have paid the GSA Advising Fees. Please note that the GSA-UW does not provide a tax filing service.

To book your 15-minute in person/ phone session with our Tax Accountant, please scroll to the bottom of the page to book your appointment now!

 

Income Tax Seminar for Graduate Students

Thursday, March 14: 2:00-3:00 PM in SLC 3216 (Grad Lounge)

A Tax Seminar is held by the GSA Accountant for general information each March. This seminar will provide an overview of the Canadian income tax return submission process. No registration is required. For questions please email the General Manager. This in-person workshop will follow University of Waterloo COVID-19 guidelines. Face masks are not required.

If you cannot attend, please see below for a video recording made by the GSA Accountant, that explains the income tax return process. With the video, refer to the attached PowerPoint Presentation that you can download, print, and use to take notes as you watch the video.

This video seminar and PowerPoint Presentation is designed to introduce you to income tax in Canada with a focus on those tax issues most applicable to students. The video provides reference to two documents prepared by the Canadian tax authorities which further supplement the presentation. You are strongly encouraged to read these two documents.

After watching the video and reading the two documents, you should be somewhat comfortable with filling your tax return.

Update on Video:
Please note that our Income Tax Seminar video was recorded in 2020 by our Accountant. This video will still be very helpful to you for filing your taxes for because little has changed since the video was recorded, with the following exceptions:

  1. PPT file provided has been updated to reflect the filing of 2023 tax returns, including date updates.  There are actually two basic personal amounts related to the second point on the slide “Non-refundable tax credits”.  The first amount relates to what the federal government allows, while the second amount relates to what the Ontario government allows.
  2. Dates mentioned in the video will now be 3 years later.
  3. A tax seminar is planned for Thursday, March 14: 2:00-3:00 PM in SLC 3216 (Grad Lounge)
  4. Reference made early in the video to the URL for the Canada Revenue Agency.  All URLs were changed in 2020, Canada replaced CRA as per the ppt file
  5.  Deadline for filing 2022 tax returns April 30, including remittance of monies owed.
  6.  Tax clinics for one-on-one conversations (either in-person or via phone) run through the end of April 2024.
  7.  There are now two more credits you can now apply for: Canada Training Credit and the Climate Action Incentive.
  8. There is now one more link you need to access in order to use the on-line version of UFile.  The last link is called, “Click here to learn if you qualify to use UFile for free”. 
 

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Last Updated: March 10, 2024

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