Submitted by Jace Weir
The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) provides free tax preparation of your personal income tax for qualified people. If you have a simple tax situation, and your income is $35,000 or less for one person, up to $45,000 for two people, plus $2,500 for each additional person (dependant), then you may qualify. Your tax situation is simple if you have no income, or if your income comes from any of these sources:
• employment
• pension
• benefits such as the Canada Pension Plan, disability insurance, employment insurance, and social assistance
• registered retirement income funds (RRIFs)
• support payments
• scholarships, fellowships, bursaries or grants
• interest (under $1,000)
You can start dropping off your tax information beginning Wednesday, March 1st at The Meeting Place, 20 Centennial Drive, Tobermory. Karla Trudgen, Community Information and Resource Coordinator, will be contacting clients from the previous tax year directly to coordinate the drop-off of tax documents.
As we have done for the past three years, tax returns will be processed off site. However, an in-person follow-up meeting may be scheduled once you have been contacted that your tax return has been completed. If you have not previously had your taxes prepared by a tax volunteer at The Meeting Place, or you wish to have a follow-up meeting with Jace, please contact Karla at 519-596-2313 to arrange a suitable date and time.
Drop-off times are as follows:
– Wednesday at The Meeting Place between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm.
– In addition, on Tuesday, between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm, while the Food Bank is open, there will be a secure drop-box available for tax information to be dropped off.
-Other drop-off times will be by appointment only.
Please bring your current (2022) tax slips (T4’s, T5’s, etc.), your property tax bill (final) for 2022, or rent paid for the calendar year, including the name of your landlord. Please also bring your Notice of Assessment for 2021 and your copy of your tax summary from 2021. If you are a new client, your address as of December 31, 2022, your birth date, phone number, marital status and SIN. If you are a couple, both tax returns must be done at the same time. If you have minor children or grandchildren in your care, their information must be included (name, DOB, SIN, if available).
ATTENTION: The Government of Canada is providing a one-time payment of $500 to lower income renters to help with the cost of rent. You may apply through CRA’s My Account, or visit canada.ca/one-time-housing-benefit, or call CRA at 1-800-282-8079 to find out if you qualify. Applications close on March 31, 2023.
Also, if you have previous tax preparation experience, and you would like to become a CVITP volunteer, please contact Jace Weir at 519-596-2057 or jacemweir@gmail.com.
