Module 4: Complete a Basic Tax Return

Paul's tax return explained - Page 1

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Tip The year after you file your first tax return, you will receive your T1 General and the associated forms in the mail along with a mailing label to attach to the Identification section of page 1. If you do receive a label, remember to check that the information on the label is correct.

On the first page of the tax return, we can see that there are spaces to enter identification information for Paul.

For more information on completing the identification area of your tax return see Personal and Address Information.

In the first Identification box, Paul would enter his full name and address.

Next, in the text box called Information about your residence, Paul would enter the name of the province or territory where he lived on December 31, 2006. In this case we used "Province" to show where Paul would enter this information.

For more information, see Your province or territory of residence.

Now, in the box labelled Information about you, Paul would enter his social insurance number and date of birth and he would tick the correct box about his language of choice and his marital status.

For more information, see Marital status and Providing accurate personal information.

Tip It is important to enter your name, address, and SIN when you complete your tax return. If you file your tax return with incomplete or incorrect personal information, it could delay processing your tax return.

Next, Paul has ticked "Yes" in the boxfor Elections Canada. By doing this, Paul has given the CRA permission to give Elections Canada his address, name, and date of birth.

After that, there is a box for the GST/HST credit application. Paul has ticked the "No" box. He is not eligible for the credit since he will not reach 19 years of age before April 1, 2008.

For more information on this topic, click on GST/HST credit application.

Paul is now finished Page 1 of his tax return and is ready to complete page 2.

Paul's tax return explained - Page 1

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