Change in marital status

The marital status is determined by the answer to the question "Did your marital status change in 2019'' in the ''Identification'' section of the program.

In order to indicate a change in marital status, please follow these steps:

1. Under the "Left side menu to the Interview tab", select the item "Identification".
2. On the page that appears to the right, answer "Change" to the question "Did your marital status change in 2019?" and click "Next" at the bottom of the page.
3. Return to the ''Left side menu to the Interview tab'' and select the item ''Marital status change'' and in the page that appears, in the line ''Change in your marital status changed in 2019'' in the dropdown menu to your right choose the option that suit you, and subsequently fill the page.
4. If you were separated in the tax year you must complete the page
"Information about your ex-spouse" under the "Ex-spouse" option of the "Left side menu on the Interview tab". Questions with a red asterisk are mandatory.

However, if you wish to claim an amount on line 30300 "Spouse or common-law partner amount" of the Federal return, you must enter the net income on line 23600 of the federal return of your ex- spouse's. If you do not want to claim this credit, then enter an amount greater than the base amount for the period you were together.

5. However, if you have a new partner, answer the question on the page "Type of information you wish to provide about your spouse''.

We recommend that you choose "Complete Information" The program optimizes the tax return for you and your spouse together. By treating the family as a unit, the program can:
* optimize transfers between spouses to minimize the total tax payable for the family;
* ensure that tax credits based on the family are claimed to the extent possible;
* prevent common errors and omissions such as duplicate claims, unfair transfers and incomplete information about your spouse.

6. However, if you want to prepare your two returns separately, select "Net income only" A new page entitled "Spouse - Basic information" is added to the "Left side menu to the Interview tab" where you can enter basic information only. Some transfers will not be possible, because the program will not have all the required information.

NOTE: You got your divorce in the taxation year. However, you were already separated, and the government had been informed in previous years. To perform an update of your application to the government, please do the following:

1. In the "Left side menu on the Interview tab", on the left side of the screen under "Identification", on the line "Marital Status on December 31, 2019", enter "Divorced" in the drop-down menu to the right.
2. To the question "Did your marital status change in 2019?", answer "No change" from the drop-down menu.

By performing this procedure, the "Marital status change" will not be generated by the program.

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