Food Bank tax credit for farmers - OntarioYou can claim the community food program donation tax credit for farmers if all of the following apply:
1. You were a resident of Ontario at the end of the year.
2. You or your spouse or common-law partner was a farmer.
3. You made a qualifying donation to an eligible community food program in the year.
4. You claimed the qualifying donation on line 34900 of your federal Schedule 9 and on line 34 of your form ON428 as a charitable donation or gift for the year.
A qualifying donation is a donation of one or more agricultural products produced in Ontario and donated to an eligible community food program in Ontario.
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To enter this additional credit, do the following:
1. On the "Left-side menu on the Interview tab", select the "Interview setup".
2. On the page that appears to the right, go to the "Common Tax Deductions" group, check the box for "Donations and federal political contributions" and click "Next".
3. Return to the "Left-side menu on the Interview tab" and select the "Donations / political contributions".
4. On the right page, click the plus sign "+" icon to the right of the line "Community food program donation tax credit for farmers (Ontario resident)".
5. On the page that appears, enter the relevant information.
However, if you want to share donations between spouses, you need to follow this small procedure.
1. Return to the "Donations / political contributions", on the screen on your right, scroll down to the "Sharing and optimization" group, and click the plus sign "+" icon located to the right of the line "Sharing donations between spouses and optimization of donations".
2. On the page that appears, choose the option that corresponds to your situation.
Your federal credit will be carried over by the program on line 34900 of Schedule 9 of the federal return and on line 34 of form ON428.
The Community food program donation tax credit for farmers will be carried over by the program on line 79 of form ON428.
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