Line 23600 - Net income

Line 23600 - Net income

Your net income is used to calculate your federal and provincial or territorial non-refundable tax credits.

The CRA also uses your net income (and your spouse's or common-law partner's net income) to calculate amounts such as the Canada child benefit, GST/HST credit, social benefits repayment and certain other credits.

Enter your spouse's or common-law partner's net income on page 1 of your return under "Information about your spouse or common-law partner" if this applies to you. Report your spouse's or common-law partner's net income even if it is zero.

If the amount that you calculate for line 23600 of your return is negative, you may have a non-capital loss. Complete Form T1A, Request for Loss Carryback, to calculate your loss and any amount that you may want to carry back to your 2021, 2022 or 2023 returns.

Completing your return

Claim on line 23600 of your return the result of:

• line 15000, minus

• total of lines 20700 to 23500

If the result is negative, enter "0" but make a note of the negative amount in case you are instructed to use it later to calculate the refundable medical expense supplement (line 45200) or Canada workers benefit (line 45300).

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