• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Injured Workers Online

Injured Workers Online

Working Together for Justice

  • Blog
  • Sign Up
  • About
  • Twitter
Working Together for Justice
  • Workers’ Compensation
    • History
    • Law Reform
    • Workers’ compensation bills
    • Chronic Pain Victory
    • Research and Education
    • Bancroft Institute
    • Meredith Conference: “No-Half Measures”
    • RAACWI
  • Issues
    • Appeals
    • Benefits
    • Experience Rating
    • Funding
    • Mental Health
    • Poverty
    • Return to Work
    • Stigma and surveillance
    • Universal Coverage
  • Community
    • Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG)
    • Workers’ Comp Is a Right campaign
    • Injured Worker Groups
    • IW Speakers School
    • Injured Workers’ Stories
    • Organizing and Action
    • Arts & social justice
  • Events
    • Calendar View
    • RSI Awareness Day
    • Day of Mourning
    • Justice Bike Ride
    • Injured Workers Day
    • December demo
    • Labour Day – a workers’ festival
  • Media
    • In the News
    • Press Releases
    • Fact Sheets
    • Headlines on workers’ compensation
    • Videos
  • Resources
    • Law and Policy Submissions
    • Reports, Articles & Papers
    • Practical guides & booklets
    • IWHP Bulletins
    • Library
    • Find Legal Help
    • Links
Home / Blog / Finance / Community support with income tax preparation

Community support with income tax preparation

March 28, 2016

The deadline for most who are reporting 2015 personal income is fast approaching – April 30, 2106. Injured workers who need free help to file their income tax returns might wish to contact one of the many Volunteer Tax Preparation Clinics available throughout Ontario for persons with low incomes or disabilities.

Why file a return?

Even if you had no or minimal income and/or are not required by law to file a tax return this year, it may be to your advantage if you qualify for certain benefits or tax credits. (Check the Ontario  and federal government websites for a full list and updates following the recent budgets).

For example, you need to file a return in order to:

  • Claim a tax refund for tax withheld from your income
  • Claim the GST or HST (sales tax) credit, and other available tax credits such as those for family, medical, disability, seniors’ property tax expenses
  • Carry forward an unused portion of tuition and education amounts or carry over a non-capital loss from previous years to apply against other years
  • Become eligible for benefits such as Ontario’s Child Benefit or Guaranteed Annual Income System (GAINS) payments
  • Renew automatically the Guaranteed Income Supplement or allowance benefits under the federal old age security program

Filed Under: Finance, Injured workers

Primary Sidebar

Latest Tweets

Injuredworkersonline Follow

IWO_org
Injuredworkersonline @iwo_org ·
6 Aug

As a result of workers' rights advocates more occupational illnesses are being recognized and compensated ... https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/new-column-suggested-for-miners-memorial-5652626 via @ElliotLakeToday

Reply on Twitter 1555705962832576512 Retweet on Twitter 1555705962832576512 2 Like on Twitter 1555705962832576512 2 Twitter 1555705962832576512
Retweet on Twitter Injuredworkersonline Retweeted
ONIWG @oniwg ·
5 Aug

Join injured workers as we gather with the @OFLabour and all worker's to welcome MPPs back to the legislature and demand immediate action on some of today's most important issues. https://mailchi.mp/6578b461128c/june1stinjuredworkersdayspreadtheword-13506115

Reply on Twitter 1555575137168130048 Retweet on Twitter 1555575137168130048 14 Like on Twitter 1555575137168130048 24 Twitter 1555575137168130048
Injuredworkersonline @iwo_org ·
5 Aug

A stressful liability | Canadian HR Reporter https://www.hrreporter.com/opinion/employment-law/a-stressful-liability/368741

Reply on Twitter 1555704323421642752 Retweet on Twitter 1555704323421642752 Like on Twitter 1555704323421642752 Twitter 1555704323421642752
Load More...

Footer

Stay connected – get our blog updates
Copyright © 2022 Injured Workers Online
  • Accessibility
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

The information in this website is for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for legal advice. For legal advice, see Find legal help