Tax Filing

The DSU tax clinic is now closed for the 2024 season. Check back next year for 2025 dates!

At the free tax clinic, volunteers will assist with tax preparation, tax advice, and assistance with filing simple taxes. Volunteers will also be available to answer questions about the tax system and provide support and guidance throughout the process.

Please bring a valid photo ID, Social Insurance number (or Individual Tax Number), all necessary tax documents (such as T4 if you were employed, T2202A if you had classes in 2022), and any other relevant financial information.

To be eligible for the free tax clinic, individuals and couples must have simple tax returns, with modest income that does not include capital gain, bankruptcy, or foreign income (full list available on the DSU Tax Preparation website).

If you have any questions about the free tax clinic, please contact us at accountingclub@thedsu.ca

The DSU is not responsible or liable for any tax filing issues that arise when you are completing and filing your own taxes or when using any of the programs listed above.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible for the tax clinic, individuals must have a modest income and a simple tax situation. Modest income is defined according to the following chart:
In general, a tax situation is simple if an individual has no income or if their income comes from these sources:
- Modest Employment Income
- Pension
- Benefits, such as the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, disability insurance, employment insurance, and social assistance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs)
- Scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, or grants
- Interest (under $1,000)

The Clinic will NOT complete returns for the following:
- Self-employment income or employment expenses
- Business income and expenses
- Rental income and expenses
- Interest income over $1,000
- Capital gains or losses
- Bankruptcy in the tax year or the year before (if the return has not yet been filed)
- Deceased person
- Foreign property (T1135)
- Foreign income

Preparation Checklist
If you have any of the following documents in electronic form, please bring them with you to the clinic on a laptop or USB Flash Drive. Please consider the privacy of your environment before printing. You may not require all of these items. It is your responsibility to bring all applicable tax documents for your appointment.
- One piece of government ID.
- Laptop or USB Flash Drive.
- Notice of Assessment (NOA) from the previous tax year, if applicable.
- Tuition amounts to carry forward, if applicable. This can be found on your NOA.
- Social Insurance Number (SIN) OR Individual Tax Number (ITN).
- T4 tax form, if applicable.
- T4A tax form, if applicable.
- T5 tax form, if applicable.
- T2202A Tuition and Education Amounts Certificate.
- Tax receipts from charitable donations.

The DSU tax clinic is now closed for the 2024 season. Check back next year for 2025 dates!

Students can file their taxes free with UFile.

To be eligible You must:
- be a resident of Canada
- have tuition fees and have attended school for at least one month during the tax year being prepared
- be designated as the FAMILY HEAD (the primary member of the family) for purposes of your tax file in UFile.

For information got to http://www.ufile.ca/tips-and-tools/file-for-free#students