eer eee Hi O GREN O RNR bt me ee aN LS 1 QUESTION: Who claims the Page 30, F ebruary 4, 1979 - -Sunday News TAX. TS Child Tax Credit? ANSWER: For a married couple, usually the mother claims the credit since she is the one who received the Family Allowance in 1978. A single parent (mother or father with legal custody) who received family allowance in December 1978 - one who is widowed, single, separated, divorced or not legally married - will be the one to apply. QUESTION: I am a mother with three children who are entitled to the Child Tax Credit. How do I apply for the credit? -ANSWER: You will have to complete and file an income tax return if you wish to - apply for the credit. If you filed an income tax return last year, you will receive a “personalized” return in the mail. A name and address area of the income tax return. If you did not file a return last year, you can pick up an income tax return booklet at any post office. For assistance in claiming the Child Tax Credit, read the instruction sheet at- tached to Schedule 10 i“Child Tax Credit for 1978”) semt to. you by Health and Welfare, Canada. In ad- aitsin there is a fact sheet and an “Hew to Apply for the Child Taa Credit” available at your District Office of Revenue Canada, Taxation. When you apply for the credit remember to include: a) a Copy of your TFA! information — slip (‘Statement of Family Allowances”) “personalized” , return has a pre-printed . identification label’ in the ° illustrated guide — . by a copy. of Schedule 10: (“Child Tax Credit for 1978) c) a completed income tax return. QUESTION: I have a four- . year old son—for whom I. received Family Allowance in 1978. I understand I may: apply for a Child Tax Credit. What amount will I receive?. ANSWER: If you family -income is less than $18,000 you will receive the full $200 credit. The $200 credit for each eligible child will be reduced gradually as your family income exceeds $18,000. ern , Family income means the combined “net income” of you and your spouse. Your net income is the income you arrive at on line 41 of . your tax return - before you deduct... any personal exemptions. If you were married in 1978, only that part of your spouse's income after the marriage counts. If you are widowed, “single, séparated, divorced or not legally married on Dec 31, 1978, only your own net income is required. . QUESTION: Are ali dependent children eligible for the Child Tax Credit? ANSWER: No. Generally an eligible child is one born in 1961 or later for whom you received, or were eligible to receive, family allowance in December 1978. The number of children for whom you can claim the credit is usually shown in box (F) of your 1978 TFA! information slip you received from Health and Welfare, Canada. 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