Page 2 of the T1 General form

Now you are ready to go to page 2 of our Simplified T1 General form.

At the top of the page, there is a question for you to answer. You are asked if you owned foreign property worth more than $100,000. You should put a check mark in the Yes or No box. If you are asked a Yes/No question, don't ignore it. Put a check mark in the box that applies to you.

The next section is where you enter your total income. You won't have to fill in all the lines on page 2, so let's take a look and see just which ones will interest you.

How many of the items listed here apply to you? Give the line number or numbers. _______________

Which line do you use to enter how much you earned if you were working, even if it was only part-time? _____

Circle the number on the form. Which lines do you use if you receive a government pension? ______
Circle the number on the form.

Which line do you use if you receive Ontario Works payments?____
Circle this number on the form.

If you have lost your job, there are two lines where you might have to enter something.

If you were laid off, which line might you enter something on? _____
If you were hurt on the job, which line might you enter something on? ____

Circle these two line numbers on the form.

If you are working, you will need your T4 to fill in this section. Let's look at a T4 slip first to see just what information it gives you. On the next page, we have printed a T4 slip for Jennifer Brown. You may have used her information to fill out page 1 of our simplified T1 General in the previous section.

Jennifer works at Walmart. Her income tax is deducted from her pay cheque. She also makes CPP and EI payments. This is information she will use when she fills out her T1 General.

Turn to Jennifer's T4 on the next page and use it to answer the following questions.

Find Box 14. How much money did Jennifer earn at Walmart? ______

Find Box 16. How much money did Jennifer contribute to CPP? _____

Find Box 18. How much money did Jennifer contribute to EI? ______

Find Box 22. How much money has been deducted for income tax? ____________

You need the T4 information when you fill out your tax forms. You use the T4 to enter information about your total income, your net income and your taxable income. Boxes 14, 16, 18 and 22 are the ones most people use for their total income, but you might use other boxes too.

When you have completed this page, turn to page 3 of our simplified return.