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Schedule V - Tax Credits for Donations and Gifts (Rama please add French for entire page)

Please refer the guide to determine whether you need to complete workchart 395 and whether you meet the conditions specified for point 395. if neither of the statements specified therein applies to your situation then you must complete Schedule V and also claim the additional  tax credit for a large cultural donation or the tax credit for cultural patronage, which you may be able to claim if you donated at least $5,000 to a registered charity operating in Quebec in the arts or culture sector.

 

A. Tax credit for charitable donations and other gifts

In part A do not enter any donation for which you are claiming cultural patronage in Part C.

 

Line 80 : Enter the total eligible amount of donations and gifts covered in Part A that you made in previous years and that you can carry forward to 2016 (you must include all the amounts used to calculate the total eligible amount on the appropriate line of Part A).

 

1. Charitable donations and gifts

 

Eligible amounts of donations and gifts made to the following donees (include eligible amounts from previous years that you can carry forward to 2016):

 

1 : a registered charity, a registered amateur athletic association or a recognized political education organization

2 : the Government of Canada, Quebec or another province, or a municipal or public body performing a function og government of Canada

3 : a registered museum or a registered cultural or communications organization

4 : the United Nations or one of its agencies, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie or one of its subsidiary bodies, or a prescribed foreign university

 

In lines 1 to 4 do not enter any gifts covered in lines 5a, 6,8,10 or 12

 

Eligible amount of a charitable donation (including any eligible amounts from previous years that you can carry forward to 2016) that is one of the following:

 

Line 5a - a donation of food products

Line 5 - Line 5a multiplied by 1.5

Line 6 - a gift of a public work of art, the eligible amount of which – can be increased by 50%

Line 7 - Line 6 multiplied by 1.5

Line 8 - a gift of a public work of art, the eligible amount of which can be increased by 25%

Line 9 - Line 8 multiplied by 1.25

Line 10 - a gift of a work of art to a Quebec museum, unless you entered this amount on line 8

Line 11 - Line 10 multiplied by 1.25

Line 12 - a gift of a building situated in Quebec ( and the land on which it is located) for cultural purposes

Line 13 - Line 12 multiplied by 1.25

Line 14 - Add lines 1 through 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13. Carry all or part of this amount to line 33.

 

For lines 6 to 12 in Part A if there is a carry forward of amount from earlier year then the amount for the relevant year is to be entered in the workchart in Charitable donations : carry forward by year of origin section.

 

2. Gifts of cultural property, ecological gifts and gifts of musical instruments

 

Include on lines 21, 22 and 23 the eligible amounts from previous years that you can carry forward to 2016 by entering them in the workchart in Charitable donations : carry forward by year of origin section.

 

Line 21 - Total eligible amount of all gifts of cultural property, other than gifts covered on lines 25, 27 and 29

Line 22 - Total eligible amount of all ecological gifts

Line 23 - Total eligible amount of all gifts of musical instruments

Line 25 - a gift of a public work of art, the eligible amount of which – can be increased by 50%

Line 26 - Line 25 multiplied by 1.5

Line 27 - a gift of a public work of art, the eligible amount of which can be increased by 25%

Line 28 - Line 28 multiplied by 1.25

Line 29 - a gift of a work of art to a Quebec museum, unless you entered this amount on line 27

Line 30 - Line 30 multiplied by 1.25

Line 31 : Add lines 21 through 23, 26, 28 and 30. Carry all or part of this amount to line 34

 

3. Calculating the credit

 

Line 33 - All or part of the amount from line 14

Line 34 - All or part of the amount from line 31

 

The tax credit for charitable donations and other gifts in line 40 is computed automatically based on amount entered in line 33 and/or line 34.

B. Additional tax credit for a large cultural donation

A large cultural donation is a monetary donation the eligible amount of which is at least $5,000 to the donees as specified in page 60 of the guide .

 

If you claimed a tax credit for charitable donations and other gifts (Part A) for a monetary donation of at least $5,000 you made in one or more instalments to an eligible donee as specified in page 60 of the guide, you can also claim the additional tax credit for a large cultural donation. However, if you already claimed this in 2013, 2014 or 2015, you cannot enter an amount on line 41 and claim the amount again in 2016.

 

Line 411 - Enter the registration number or business number of the donee which will show on the receipt issued by the donee.

Line 41 - Eligible amount of the donation made in 2016 (minimum $5,000; maximum $25,000)

Line 43 - Eligible amount of a donation made in 2013, 2014 or 2015 that you can carry forward to 2016

 

Based on the amount entered in line 41 and 43 the software computes the amount line 50 which is the additional tax credit for a large cultural donation.

C. Tax credit for cultural patronage

You cannot claim the tax credit for charitable donations and other gifts in Part A or the additional tax credit for a large cultural donation in Part B for any donation you enter in Part C.

 

Box 511 - Registration number (or business number) of the donee (shown on the receipt issued by the donee)

Box 512 - Registration number of the promise of donation (if applicable)

Box 513 - Eligible amount of a patronage donation made in 2013, 2014 or 2015 that you can carry forward to 2016

Line 51 - Eligible amount of a patronage donation made in 2016 (at least $25,000 if made pursuant to a registered promise of donation; otherwise at least $250,000 [see the guide]) plus the amount from line 513

Line 59 - Tax credit for cultural patronage

D. Tax credit for donations and gifts

Line 60 - Amount from line 40 flows in here.

Line 61 - All or part of the amount from line 50

Line 62 - All or part of the amount from line 59

Line 63 - Tax credit for donations and gifts

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