Page 1 of the T1 General form

Go to page 1 of our Simplified T1 General. Fill in the information about you and your spouse or partner (if you have one). If you don't know the information about your spouse or partner, don't worry. You are just practicing when you fill in this form. Of course, if you were really filling out a tax return, you would have to get this information too.

If you are not comfortable putting personal information on a form like this in class, you can use the information about Jennifer (or James) Brown in the box on the next page instead. You can also use this information to practice filling out other pages of the T1 General and Schedule 1.

After you have filled in all the personal information, there is a section on the form that asks if this information may be passed to Elections Canada. This information is used to make up the lists of voters for elections. (Enumerators used to come to your house every time there was an election. They don't do this now.) If you don't give permission here but do want to vote, you will be responsible for letting Elections Canada know. It is more convenient to give your permission here, but it is your choice. Put a check mark in either the Yes or No box.

The next question is about the GST/HST credit. If you believe you qualify to get the GST credit, check the Yes box. If you're wondering what HST means, it stands for Harmonized Sales Tax. In Ontario, the GST (which is a federal tax) and the PST (a provincial tax) are shown separately when you buy something. In some other provinces, the two taxes are combined, or harmonized. Ontario has an 8% PST tax and an 7% GST. If we had an HST instead, it would be 15%, combining the 8% and the 7% taxes.

This is all you have to fill in on page 1. As you can see, page 1 of our simplified form is quite straightforward. Page 1 of the real form is also straightforward, as you will see when we look at it later.