Manitoba - Advance tuition fee income tax
rebate
Effective January 1, 2018, this tax credit has been
eliminated.
If you live in Manitoba and attend a post-secondary institution,
you are eligible to receive a 5 % tax credit advance on your
tuition fees while you are still going to school.
There is an annual credit cap of $ 500, and a lifetime cap of $
5,000 under the advance. Amounts claimed as an advance will reduce
the Manitoba tuition fee income tax rebate earned following
graduation.
To claim this advance, please follow the steps below:
1- On the "Left side menu on the Interview
tab", select "Manitoba tax and
credits".
2- On the right-hand side of the page, scroll down to the
"Tuition Fee" group and choose the option
"Manitoba tuition fee income tax rebate (T1005) and
Manitoba advance tuition fee income tax rebate (MB479)"and
enter information relevant to your situation.
3- On the page you selected, go to the line "Select the
applicable situation" and choose from the drop-down menu
on your right "Advance tuition fee income tax
rebate" and on the line "Eligible tuition fees
relating to a school term that ended after November 30, 2010 (MB479
L.6145)" and enter the tuition fees paid in 2019.
The program will carry over the tax refund amount on
line 6145 of Form MB479.
ID: 20191218150904NI.xml
Webpage: KPA380-20191218150904NI.htm
