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Schedule 6

Schedule 6 records claims for the Working Income Tax Benefit.

To open Schedule 6, double-click on the form named "S6 - Working Income" in the Form Manager.

This form can be broken down into several sections:

Taxpayer Information

Check the appropriate boxes. Note that some of the boxes may automatically be set based on the information in your return.

If the returns are linked, the following questions will be automatically recorded. Otherwise, they must be recorded manually.

• Check if the taxpayer was in prison for at least 90 days or more

  Open the form named "Electronic Filing Workchart" and check the box labeled "Check if the taxpayer was confined to prison for 90 days or more during the year", under the section "Prisoner Status".

• If your spouse passed away during the year, check this box if their date of death was between July 1st and December 31st.

  Open the Identification form, search for "T1_D", then double-click on the form named "Identification" in the Form Manager.  

  On page 2, enter the appropriate date in the field labeled "If your marital status changed in 2012, enter the date of change". Note that the taxpayer's marital status must be reported as Widowed.

Step 1 - Calculating your working income and family net income

Enter any appropriate amounts related to spousal income in the fields provided. Note if the returns are linked, this information will be automatically forwarded from their return.

Check if you are claiming the basic WITB. If the TaxTron software determines it will be advantageous to claim WITB, it may automatically make such a claim.

Step 2 - Calculating your basic WITB

There is no information reported directly in this step.

Step 3 - Calculating your WITB Disability Supplement

There is no information reported directly in this step.

Reporting Information

The results from this Schedule forward to line 453 of the T1 General.