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when completed
2017 British Columbia
TD1BC
Personal Tax Credits Return
Read page 2 before filling out this form. Your employer or payer will use this form to determine the amount of provincial tax deductions.
Fill out this form based on the best estimate of your circumstances.
Last name
First name and initial(s)
Employee number
Date of birth (YYYY/MM/DD)
For non-residents only –
Postal code
Social insurance number
Address
Country of permanent residence
1. Basic personal amount – Every person employed in British Columbia and every pensioner residing in British Columbia can claim
this amount. If you will have more than one employer or payer at the same time in 2017, see "More than one employer or payer at the
same time" on page 2.
10,208
2. Age amount – If you will be 65 or older on December 31, 2017, and your net income from all sources will be $34,075 or less,
enter $4,578. If your net income for the year will be between $34,075 and $64,595 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get
Form TD1BC-WS, Worksheet for the 2017 British Columbia Personal Tax Credits Return, and fill in the appropriate section.
3. Pension income amount – If you will receive regular pension payments from a pension plan or fund (excluding Canada Pension
Plan, Quebec Pension Plan, Old Age Security, or Guaranteed Income Supplement payments), enter $1,000, or your estimated
annual pension income, whichever is less.
4. Tuition and education amounts (full time and part time) – If you are a student enrolled at a university, college, or educational
institution certified by Employment and Social Development Canada, and you will pay more than $100 per institution in tuition fees,
complete this section. If you are enrolled full time, or if you have a mental or physical disability and are enrolled part time, enter the
total of the tuition fees you will pay, plus $200 for each month that you will be enrolled. If you are enrolled part time and do not have a
mental or physical disability, enter the total of the tuition fees you will pay, plus $60 for each month that you will be enrolled part time.
5. Disability amount – If you will claim the disability amount on your income tax return by using Form T2201, Disability Tax
Credit Certificate, enter $7,656.
6. Spouse or common-law partner amount – If you are supporting your spouse or common-law partner who lives with you and
whose net income for the year will be $874 or less, enter $8,740. If his or her net income for the year will be between $874 and
$9,614, and you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form TD1BC-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
7. Amount for an eligible dependant – If you do not have a spouse or common-law partner and you support a dependent relative
who lives with you and whose net income for the year will be $874 or less, enter $8,740. If his or her net income for the year will be
between $874 and $9,614, and you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form TD1BC-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
8. Caregiver amount – If you are taking care of a dependant who lives with you, whose net income for the year will be $15,117 or
less, and who is either your or your spouse's or common-law partner's:
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parent or grandparent (aged 65 or older); or
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relative (aged 18 or older) who is dependent on you because of an infirmity, enter $4,467.
If the dependant's net income for the year will be between $15,117 and $19,584 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get
Form TD1BC-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
9. Amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older – If you are supporting an infirm dependant aged 18 or older who is your or your
spouse's or common-law partner's relative, who lives in Canada, and whose net income for the year will be $7,115 or less, enter
$4,467. You cannot claim an amount for a dependant you claimed on line 8. If the dependant's net income for the year will be
between $7,115 and $11,582 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form TD1BC-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
10. Amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner – If your spouse or common-law partner will not use all of
his or her age amount, pension income amount, tuition and education amounts, or disability amount on his or her income tax return,
enter the unused amount.
11. Amounts transferred from a dependant – If your dependant will not use all of his or her disability amount on his or her
income tax return, enter the unused amount. If your or your spouse's or common-law partner's dependent child or grandchild will not
use all of his or her tuition and education amounts on his or her income tax return, enter the unused amount.
12. TOTAL CLAIM AMOUNT – Add lines 1 to 11.
Your employer or payer will use this amount to determine the amount of your provincial tax deductions.
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(Vous pouvez obtenir ce formulaire en français à
arc.gc.ca/formulaires
ou en composant le 1-800-959-7775.)