Cambridge, Opening March 11th
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Ottawa, Opening March 18th
VISIT YOUR NEW DONATION DROP SPOTS:
Cambridge Opening March 11, 2017
1111 Franklin Blvd. @ Bishop St.
Ottawa Opening March 18, 2017
2405 St. Laurent Blvd. Unit G
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Saturday 9AM – 5PM
We’re in the business of doing good.
By donating your items, you’re helping support the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.
The Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy (OFCP) is a non-profit, charitable organization that strives to address the needs of people with cerebral palsy in the province of Ontario.
We welcome your gently used items such as:
- Clothing: men, women, kids and infants
- Shoes and accessories
- Bed and bath items
- Books, DVDs, CDs, software
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Need a hand doing your taxes?
Tax time is coming, and you may be eligible for help with your taxes through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP)! If you have a modest income and a simple tax situation, volunteers in your community can help you prepare your tax return, free of charge.
The CVITP is a community-based program supported by the Canada Revenue Agency that has been helping Canadians do their taxes for the last 46 years. Last year, nearly 2,400 community organizations and more than 15,000 volunteers filed almost 750,000 tax returns on behalf of eligible individuals. Through the dedication of these volunteers, thousands of Canadians met their tax obligations and received tax credits and benefits they were eligible for. These free tax preparation clinics are generally offered from mid-February to the end of April each year, with some organizations offering clinics year-round.
We can help you
The CVITP is available to anyone with a modest income and a simple tax situation, including:
- Indigenous peoples;
- social assistance recipients;
- newcomers to Canada;
- persons with disabilities;
- homeless persons or housing shelter residents;
- seniors; and students.
CVITP volunteers do not prepare tax returns for those with complex tax situations, such as:
returns for deceased persons;
- individuals who file for bankruptcy;
- self-employed individuals;
- individuals who report capital gains or losses;
- individuals who report employment expenses; or
- individuals who report business or rental income and expenses.
Learn more
To learn more about the Need a hand campaign, or to find a free tax preparation clinic in your area, go tocra.gc.ca/volunteer or watch this video.
What’s new for the 2017 tax-filing season
This tax-filing season, many important changes and improvements were made to services, benefits, and credits for Canadians. Here's what you need to know:
New and improved benefits and credits
New services
- Express NOA – This new service delivers an instant assessment result message and provides a notice of assessment directly into the certified tax software the next day. To use the service, you must be registered for online mail and file electronically using a certified tax software.
- Account alerts – As a fraud prevention measure, this new service notifies you by email when an address has changed, banking information for direct deposit has changed, or if mail sent to you by the Canada Revenue Agency was returned. You may register for this service through My Account or MyCRA mobile app.
- Link between My Account and My Service Canada Account – You can now access these two accounts through a single sign-in session.
- MyBenefits CRA mobile app – You can use the CRA's new web-based mobile app to securely view your next benefit payment dates and amounts, the status of your CCB application, update your marital status, and change information about children in your care.
Enhanced services
- Online mail – This service provides you with the option to sign up to receive certain CRA correspondence in your secure CRA My Account instead of by paper mail. Throughout 2016 additional types of correspondence were added to the online mail service, including benefit notices and slips, and instalment reminders.
- Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) – The CVITP helps Canadians with modest income and a simple tax situation by preparing their tax returns free of charge. This year, we are recruiting more organizations and volunteers to help expand the program in more communities. Now more Canadians than ever can receive help to do their taxes and ensure they are receiving the credits and benefits they are eligible for.
- Auto-fill my return – Enhancements to this service include extended log-in sessions so you can stay logged into the service for a longer period than before, more tax slips, and the use of the service for previous-year returns.
- MyCRA mobile app – The MyCRA mobile app now allows you to update your marital status and sign up for account alerts.
Other changes
- Income splitting tax credit – The family tax cut has been eliminated for the 2016 year and future tax years. However, if you are receiving a pension, you may be able to split your eligible pension incomewith your spouse or common-law partner to reduce your taxes.
- Children’s fitness tax credit – For 2016, the maximum eligible fees in the year is reduced from $1,000 to $500, but the additional amount of $500 for children eligible for the disability tax credit has not changed. Therefore the maximum credit is reduced to $75 ($150 for a child eligible for the disability tax credit).
- Children’s arts tax credit – For 2016, the maximum eligible fees in the year is reduced from $500 to $250, but the additional amount of $500 for children eligible for the disability tax credit will not change. Therefore the maximum credit is reduced to $37.50 ($112.50 for a child eligible for the disability tax credit).
- Home accessibility tax credit (HATC) – For 2016 and subsequent tax years, you can claim a non-refundable tax credit for eligible expenses incurred for work performed or goods acquired for a qualifying renovation of an eligible dwelling of a qualifying individual.
- Reporting the sale of your principal residence – Starting with the 2016 tax year, you are required to report basic information (date of acquisition, proceeds of disposition (e.g. sale) and address) on your tax return when you sell your principal residence to claim the full principal residence exemption. You do not have to pay tax on any capital gain when you sell your house if it was your principal residence for all the years you owned it and you did not use any part of it to earn income.
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How you can help the OFCP
You can play an important role in helping the OFCP by either making a financial contribution to our organization and help support our programs and services, or contact our Free Home Collection Service where we will pick up your used clothing and gently used household goods.
Here are some of the ways you can HELP Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.
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