File Your Taxes
Boost your income by filing your taxes
If you are living with low income and have a simple tax situation, you can file your income tax for free, year-round.
Why is filing taxes important? Residents living with low income or no income can access benefits through tax filing. Watch a video to learn more about how filing taxes can help to boost your income.
Find a local clinic where your income taxes will be prepared and e-filed by a certified community volunteer.
Find a local income tax clinic
Find out if you are eligible to use a free tax clinic |
Single and family size income limits
Note: Organizations can modify the total family income based on the local economic environment, the population they serve, and their resources. Community organizations may also establish additional criteria. When is a tax situation simple? A tax situation is considered simple if an individual has no income or if their income comes from:
When is a tax situation not simple? A tax situation is not simple when an individual:
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Income and benefits programs available through filing income tax |
In Ontario, there are 41 income and benefits programs that can only be accessed by filing income tax. These include benefits like:
These benefits can increase annual income and are only available if taxes are filed every year. |
Are you interested in learning how to do your own taxes?
Supported Self-Filing Tax Program
Have you ever been interested in learning how to do your own taxes? With our Supported Self-Filing program, we can support you through learning to do and file your own taxes using free tax filing software. Learn more below:
What is Supported Self-Filing? |
Supported self-filing tax preparation is a pilot program to assist people, who have simple tax situations and modest incomes, to prepare and file their own tax return. Please see the "Find out if you are eligible to use a free tax clinic" tab above for eligibility details. This is a free service for those who want to learn how to do their own taxes. Interested people are connected to a volunteer, an experienced tax preparer, who has done many low-income tax returns and the volunteer will help to guide people to prepare and file their own tax return. Our Supported Self-Filing model is currently offered as a virtual option (phone/online) until COVID restrictions relax enough to offer an in-person option. |
Who is Supported Self-Filing for? |
To be successful, you must be comfortable with technology, have an email address and access to a computer with internet. You are eligible if you have modest income and a basic tax situation – no business, deceased or bankruptcy returns. Please see the "Find out if you are eligible to use a free tax clinic" tab above for eligibility details. |
Ready to try Supported Self-Filing? |
Email livingwithlowincome@durham.ca or call 1-888-341-8612. We will contact you and get you started filing your own taxes. |
Find more information about filing your own taxes independently
You can find information and resources about filing your taxes yourself from the Government of Canada, including information about ways to file your taxes and links to certified tax software online.
Register for a free webinar at Upcoming events - Canada.ca.
Missed a webinar or can’t make the broadcast? Past webinar recordings are posted on Outreach materials to print and share - Canada.ca. Past webinar topics have included scam awareness, the disability tax credit, and more.
Learn about your taxes is an online learning tool to help people understand how the Canadian tax system works. This resource seeks to demystify taxes, empowering individuals by teaching them how to do their personal taxes, and to increase awareness of available benefits and credits.
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Find a local income tax clinic
Al-Ikram Foundation103 - 97 King Avenue East, Newcastle - offering service in English, Punjabi and Urdu
For more information and to make an appointment
DTA Tax ClinicAjax location serving seniors
For more information and to make an appointment, please email dtataxclinic@gmail.com. CADJPro Tax ClinicAjax location
For more information or to book an appointment:
Business Tax CanadaOshawa location - 2SLGBTQI+ friendly, Indigenous, seniors, youth
To book an appointment:
Canadian Community Income Tax ClinicPickering location
To book an appointment, please call 647-572-4620 during office hours, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., or email familyasrar@yahoo.ca. Durham Region Housing Services (DRLHC)Drop off/Pick-Up Tax ClinicDrop off/pick-up service offered to Durham Regional Local Housing Corporation (DRLHC) tenants only. Call 905-666-6222, ext. 2458 to arrange this service. Note: To qualify for DRLHC tax clinics, you must live at one of the following DRLHC locations: Ajax/Pickering
Bowmanville
Oshawa
North House2B Elgin Park Drive, Uxbridge
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Ontario Works Locations - Year-RoundThe Income, Employment and Homelessness Supports Division (IEHSD) can provide tax filing for Ontario Works (OW) recipients. Tax filing is provided through Drop Off Tax Clinic Services only. Ontario Works clients can contact the following staff at their OW office for more information. Ajax Office Contact Agata Humphries: Call 905-428-7400 extension. 6606 or email agata.humphries@durham.ca for tax filing packages and information. Oshawa Office Contact Kelly Spurs: Call 905-436-6747 extension. 5208 or email kelly.spurs@durham.ca for tax filing packages and information. Whitby Office Contact: Chantel Keates - Call 1-905-668-7711 x2722 or email Chantel.Keates@durham.ca for tax filing packages and information. Whitby Tax Clinic - Miller's Tax and Accounting ServicesWhitby location
To book an appointment, call 416-220-7447 or email millertaxservices@outlook.com
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