Ontario provincial credit

• Claim Ontario tax reduction

  1. Enter the dependant number at page: "Province tax & credit => Dependant children number"
  2. If you were married or living common-law, only the one who has the higher net income can make the claim. The software will decide who will make the claim.
  3. If you were married or living common-law, and you told TaxChopper you don't know and don't care your spouse's net income, no claim will be made.

• Labour sponsored investment fund credits

  
  Provincial Tax Credit => Labour sponsored investment fund credits

• Ontario Health Premium

  
  Calculated automatically based on your taxable income

• Involuntary Separation

  
  According to CRA's requirement, when using Netfile, you should specify the involuntary separation (if, on December 31, 2016, you and your spouse/ common-law partner occupied separate principal residences for medical, educational, or business reasons)
  Specify this situation at page: Account & Personnel => Tax Situation

• Claim for the 2017 Ontario Senior Homeowners' Property Tax Grant, the 2016 / 2017 Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit, and the 2017 Northern Ontario Energy Credit

  
  You were single/divorced/separated/widowed
  1. If eligible, register your claim at page: "Account & Personnel => Tax Situation"
  2. Number of dependant children born in 1998 or later entered for tax reduction will be used to calculate sales tax credit ("Province tax & credit => Dependant children number")
  3. Enter property tax and rent at page: "Province tax & credit => OEPTC, NOEC and OSHPTG"
  
  You lived with a spouse (non involuntary separation)
  1. Only one of you can claim property and sales tax credit /li>
  2. A person who was confined in prison for a total of more than 90 days during 2016 is not eligible for the credit
  3. To maximum your benefit, if one spouse was under 65 and another was 65+, the 65+ spouse should make the claim.
  4. Under the name of the person who wants claim the credit, register the claim at page:
     Account & Personnel => Tax Situation
  5. Number of dependant children born in 1998 or later entered for tax reduction will be used to calculate sales tax credit
  6. Enter property tax and rent paid at page: "Province tax & credit => OEPTC, NOEC and OSHPTG"
  7. At page: "Province tax & credit => OEPTC, NOEC and OSHPTG", confirm if you were in prison for a total of more than 90 days during 2016.
  
  You were married or living common-law but not lived together at the end of 2016 (involuntary separation or spouse is non-resident)
  1. Register your situation and claim at page:
     "Account & Personnel => Tax Situation"
  2. Number of dependant children born in 1998 or later entered for tax reduction won't be used to calculate sales tax credit here, you need enter the number of dependants under 18 who lived with you at page:
     "Province tax & credit => Sales tax credit"
  3. To max pouse should make the claim.
  4. Enter property tax and rent paid at page: "Province tax & credit => OEPTC, NOEC and OSHPTG"

• Ontario political contribution tax credit

  
  Province tax & credit => Ontario provincial political contributions

• Ontario focused flow-though share tax credit

  
  T5013 and T101 box 145

• Ontario tax credits for self-employed individuals

  
  Province tax & credit => Ontario Tax Credit for Self-employment

• Donation to the Ontario Opportunities Fund

  
  Province tax & credit => Gift to the Ontario opportunities