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Schedule H - Tax credit for caregivers (Rama please add French for entire page)

A. Address of the dwelling

This flows from the Review ID section

Appropriate box needs to be checked corresponding to the person who owned, rented or sublet the dwelling

B. Tax credit for caregivers of a spouse

The period during which you lived with your eligible spouse who was unable to live alone is to be entered in spouse information section in Quebec Identification Worksheet (for the definition of eligible relative refer point 462 in page 86 of the guide).

Box 74 to 80 gets automatically checked based on data entered and based on ticks $1,000 is entered in box 84 of Schedule H and $1,000 is also carried to line 462 of your TP1 return.

C. Tax credit for caregivers housing an eligible relative or cohabiting with an eligible relative

 You can claim a refundable tax credit of up to $1,167 for each eligible relative you were housing, provided the relative lived with you in Canada in a dwelling (for the definition of eligible relative refer point 462 in page 86 of the guide) that you and/or your spouse owned, rented or sublet, either independently or with another person (other than the eligible relative).

For claiming this benefit you have to click on the jump on box 8 and go to Family Workchart and enter the details of eligible relative/(s) there for whom you want to claim the credit.

Based on the basis of number of relatives for whom tax credit is claimed under Part C, in line 53 the eligible credit amount is calculated which is carried to line 462 of TP1 return by the software