Receive a 60% Rebate on your eligible post-secondary tuition fees
Start saving with the Manitoba Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate
By providing post-secondary graduates with a 60% income tax rebate on their eligible tuition fees, theTuition Fee Income Tax Rebate helps recent graduates like you pay for your education while living and working here in Manitoba.
Make your claim on your income tax return!
If you graduated with a degree, diploma or certificate from a post-secondary institution recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency on or after January 1, 2007 and now work and pay taxes in Manitoba, you can benefit from the Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate. It doesn’t matter if your post-secondary training took place in Manitoba or elsewhere.
This tuition rebate is claimed on the personal income tax return on Form MB428 – Manitoba Tax after completing form T1005. Both forms are located at the Canada Revenue Agency website as follows:
MB428 - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/5007-c/5007-c-09e.pdf
T1005 - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t1005/README.html
Eligible tuition is tuition that qualifies for the existing non-refundable tuition tax credit under federal rules. All eligible tuition should be reported on form T1005. The annual rebate will be the lesser of 1) 10% of the total tuition 2) Manitoba tax payable and 3) $2,500.
When filing your tax return it is not necessary to submit any documentation. However proof of tuition payment (T2202A slip or other proof) plus a copy of your degree, diploma or certificate should be available if the Canada Revenue Agency asks to see these documents.
If you graduated in a previous year (after 2006 and prior to this tax year), and you paid Manitoba tax in those years, and you did not previously claim this tuition rebate, you may decide to amend your prior year returns. Keep in mind that, if you choose this course of action, you will need to establish your prior year income tax claims before claiming your tuition rebate for the current tax year. Your other option is to begin your claim in the current tax year.
Contact the Manitoba Tax Assistance Office for more information on your income tax claim.
How it works
You are entitled to receive a 60% income tax rebate on your eligible tuition fees to a maximum of $25,000. You can claim your rebate over as little as six years or as long as twenty years.
Here are some examples of what this rebate could mean to you:
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Sample Tuition Fees
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60% Rebate
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$40,000
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$24,000
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$25,000
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$15,000
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$ 5,000
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$ 3,000
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For More Information
To find out more about how Manitoba's Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate can help you put money in your pocket as you put down roots in Manitoba, please call the Manitoba Tax Assistance Office at 948-2115 or toll-free 1-800-782-0771.
