Rent for Student residence - OntarioIf you were a student who lived in a designated Ontario university, college, or private school residence, you may claim $25 as your occupancy cost for the part of the year you lived in such a residence.
To find out if your residence is designated, contact your residence administrator or the Ontario Ministry of Finance at the following link:https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-finance
For more information on this subject, you can also consult the following link:
To claim this credit, please follow the steps below:
1- On the "Left side menu of the Interview tab", select "Ontario tax and credits".
2- On the page on your right, choose "ON-BEN - Application for 2022 Ontario Trillium Benefit..." as well as "ON-BEN - Declaration for designated student residence".
3- On the page "Application for X~TAX_YEAR_PLUS_1~X Ontario Trillium Benefit...", for the line "Applying for the X~TAX_YEAR_PLUS_1~X Ont. energy and property tax credit (ON-BEN L.6118)" in the drop-down menu, select "Yes".
4- On the page "Property tax credit/Residence credit", enter the relevant information.
The program will report the information on the "ON-BEN - Energy/property credit" form.
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