Don’t Forget! Claim Your Children’s Art and Fitness Tax Credits!
This post is sponsored by kbs+p, the advertising agency for the Canada Revenue Agency. I’m splitting the proceeds with a reader to help spread the word about these awesome tax credits. See below for details. CONTEST CLOSED
You KNOW this is getting a tax credit!
I was about to charge a flight to my credit card last week when I realized the date. The beginning of March means registration for all spring and summer programs. I cheaped out and decided not to do any camps (because child care is only useful if ALL of your kids can go. That’s right baby Mary, I’m looking at you.) But I still had to shell out for swimming times two and t-ball for one. (And that’s it. I’m really trying to streamline the extracurriculars.) Better hold off on my vacation planning for another pay period or two!
Spring also means tax season. For some of you more conventionally employed people that often means a nice little rebate cheque is coming your way. For us, enough of our income is freelance now that tax time is a massive headache and potential heartache. We’re just not sure how much we’ll end up owing. Yikes.
Imagine my delight, then, to be reminded that kiddie extra curriculars + taxes = savings. The Canada Revenue Agency wants us all to remember to claim our kids’ recreation fees for a tax credit of up to $75 per child with the Children’s Art Tax Credit and the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit. Thank you, CRA!
Please click through the links above to see what you can claim. Really, almost anything you enroll your kid in will qualify. Soccer? Check! Piano? Check! Swimming, bowling, karate? Check, check, check. Drama, painting, nature camp? Checkerama. Go carting? Well, no.
And after you do that, please be so kind as to let me know which activities you’ll be claiming this year in the comments for a chance to WIN CASH MONEY*!
*By cash money I mean a $50 Visa gift card. Pretty much almost as good.
How it works:
CONTEST IS CLOSED, THANK YOU. CONGRATS TO ALYSSA.
- Leave a comment telling me what you’ll be claiming for the Children’s Art and Fitness Credits this year.
- Tweet and/or share on Facebook the following for one extra entry and make sure you leave another comment telling me you did so:
I’m getting a Children’s Art and Fitness Tax Credit AND a chance to #win a $50 Visa gift card at http://playgroundconfidential.com/?p=2551 (Canada only). - Maximum 2 entries per person.
- Contest closes Friday, March 23 at midnight.
- Canada only.
I’ll draw a winner using random.org and contact the winner via email. If I don’t hear a reply within one week, I’ll draw another winner.
Comments
Themocracy
We’re claiming sportsball and swimming lessons!
Tweeted it @alivey
Just piano lessons for us – I don’t think Science camp applies. (please do correct me if I’m wrong, because it would be great if I was…)
I put my three girls in whitby taekwondo …awesome excercise ….great for self asteem and also stranger danger.I will be claiming that on my taxes :)
We’re claiming swimming, but I think that’s it this year. Thanks for the reminder though, Rebecca, ’cause I had kinda forgotten that! And, about to fb link. So, 2 entries for me! :)
I just saw that it needs to be another comment if I link to you. So, here’s my comment! *now* that’s 2 entries for me. :)
I like cash money. We’ll be claiming last year’s swimming lessons.
And I tweeted it. https://twitter.com/#!/emma_willer/status/178161075794083840
Swimming and gymnastics. Not sure if cooking classes and/ or cadets would apply. At cadets Alexander makes woodworking projects.
Posted on Facebook
Posted on Facebook
Gymnastics and swimming. :). Do I win???? Lol
Ju jitsu and swimming
I will be claiming baseball for my eldest.
Most of their extra curriculars have been 0 charge, so i guess i’m lucky…
and i’m also thrilled to know that there is now the Arts included!
shared on facebook…for the extra entry!
I will be claiming my daughters music classes
Tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/jennallen80/status/178722708811546625
We are claiming for hockey
brendawitherspoon at hotmail dot com
http://www.facebook.com/brenda.witherspoonbedard/posts/319250294797890
brendawitherspoon at hotmail dot com
Guitar, bass, shakespeare camp and acting classes.
Gymnastics, Skating, Swimming and Music.
Swimming lessons, soccer and going to submit the receipt for science club too…won’t know unless we try!! :)
we are claiming hockey and gym
We will be claiming soccer lessons!
swimming and dance
I tweeted it too.
Mamas of the babies enrolled in 80sbabies can claim too!
piano.
We’ll be claiming my son’s swimming lessons.
Where do I start? We’ll be claiming gymnastics, swimming, skating, clay sculpture and diving.
Gymnastics and swimming classes
Tweeted
we will be claiming soccer
thanks
flower_child_23(at)hotmail(dot)com
tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/flower_child_23/status/182883176321003520
flower_child_23(at)hotmail(dot)com
We’re claiming Swimming, Soccer, Gymnastics, Nature Camp and Sportplay Camp.