{"id":506,"date":"2016-04-20T21:34:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carringtoninc.ca\/?p=506"},"modified":"2016-04-20T21:34:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:34:20","slug":"dont-report-these-top-fifteen-exempt-income-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carringtoninc.ca\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Report These Top Fifteen: Exempt Income Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em class=\"date\"><strong>Posted:<\/strong> April 19, 2016 <strong>By:<\/strong> Evelyn Jacks<br \/>\n<strong>Posted in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowledgebureau.com\/index.php\/news\/category\/breaking-news\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowledgebureau.com\/index.php\/news\/category\/current-issue\">Current Issue<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Top 15 List of types of income you should\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0report:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>TFSA withdrawals (neither income nor capital is taxable)<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance or gifts<\/li>\n<li>Life insurance policy benefits<\/li>\n<li>Lottery winnings<\/li>\n<li>Strike pay received from unions<\/li>\n<li>MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) and Municipal Officers Expense Allowances<\/li>\n<li>Capital gains on the disposition of taxable publicly traded shares that are donated to a registered charity or private foundation or gains on exchange of private corporation shares for shares in a publicly traded corporation that are subsequently donated<\/li>\n<li>Compensation received from a province or territory if you are the victim of a criminal act or car accident. Furthermore, there is no reporting of investment income from such compensation until the age of 18.<\/li>\n<li>Proceeds from accident, disability, sickness or income maintenance plans where the taxpayer has made all the (non-deductible) premiums<\/li>\n<li>Refundable provincial or federal tax credits (Social Assistance Payments, however, are reported although they are not taxable, because they impact family net income for the purposes of calculating these credits.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Child Tax Benefits\/Canada Child Benefits<\/li>\n<li>GST\/HST Credit<\/li>\n<li>Provincial Tax Credits\u2014including child assistance, disability supplements (PQ)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>Payments for foster care\u2014these payments do not impact family net income for the purposes of claiming refundable credits because they are never included in income.<\/li>\n<li>Scholarships and bursaries that relate to elementary or secondary programs, and those for post-secondary students eligible to claim the Tuition, Education and Textbook Amount.\u00a0 Note however that the education and textbook amount will be eliminated starting in the 2017 tax year.\u00a0 The exemptions that rely on these eliminated credits, such as the scholarship, fellowship and bursary income exemption, will be modified so as to be unaffected by these changes.\u00a0 Unused education and textbook credit amount carried forward will continue to be available for future years.<\/li>\n<li>RCMP pension or compensation received in respect of an injury, disability or death arising directly out of, or directly connected with, the service of a member in the RCMP<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Service Pensions, under the\u00a0<em>War Veterans Allowance Act<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Service pensions from other countries received on account of disability or death arising out of war service in a foreign country that was an ally of Canada at the time of the war service<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It really pays to know more about the details in Canada\u2019s tax system. Visiting with a\u00a0Tax Services Specialist\u00a0is important any time new income sources are earned or life-cycle changes happen in the family, to ensure that all your tax preferences are properly reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: April 19, 2016 By: Evelyn Jacks Posted in: Breaking News, Current Issue Top 15 List of types of income you should\u00a0not\u00a0report: TFSA withdrawals (neither income nor capital is taxable) Inheritance or gifts Life insurance policy benefits Lottery winnings Strike pay received from unions MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) and Municipal Officers Expense Allowances &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/carringtoninc.ca\/?p=506\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don\u2019t Report These Top Fifteen: Exempt Income Sources<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t Report These Top Fifteen: Exempt Income Sources - My CMS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carringtoninc.ca\/?p=506\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t Report These Top Fifteen: Exempt Income Sources - My CMS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Posted: April 19, 2016 By: Evelyn Jacks Posted in: Breaking News, Current Issue Top 15 List of types of income you should\u00a0not\u00a0report: TFSA withdrawals (neither income nor capital is taxable) Inheritance or gifts Life insurance policy benefits Lottery winnings Strike pay received from unions MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) and Municipal Officers Expense Allowances &hellip; 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