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TD1NS
2021 Nova Scotia
Personal Tax Credits Return
Read page 2 before filling out this form. Your employer or payer will use this form to determine the amount of your provincial tax deductions.
Fill out this form based on the best estimate of your circumstances.
Last name
First name and initial(s) Date of birth (YYYY/MM/DD)
Employee number
Address Postal code
For non-residents only –
Country of permanent residence
Social insurance number
1. Basic personal amount – Every person employed in Nova Scotia and every pensioner residing in Nova Scotia can claim the basic
personal amount. If your taxable income from all sources for the year will be $25,000 or less enter $11,481, comprising the basic
amount of $8,481 and the additional amount of $3,000, and if it is more than $75,000 enter $8,481. If your taxable income will be
between $25,000 and $75,000 and you want to calculate a partial claim for the $3,000 additional amount, get Form TD1NS-WS,
Worksheet for the 2021 Nova Scotia Personal Tax Credits Return, and fill in the appropriate section. If you will have more than one
employer or payer at the same time in 2021, see "More than one employer or payer at the same time" on page 2.
2. Age amount – If you will be 65 or older on December 31, 2021, and your net income from all sources will be $30,828 or less, enter
$4,141. If your net income for the year will be between $30,828 and $58,435 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form
TD1NS-WS, Worksheet for the 2021 Nova Scotia Personal Tax Credits Return, and fill in the appropriate section.
2.1 Age amount supplement – If you will be 65 or older on December 31, 2021, and your taxable income from all sources will be
$25,000 or less, enter $1,465. If your taxable income for the year will be between $25,000 and $75,000 you can calculate a
supplement claim. To calculate the claim get Form TD1NS-WS, and fill in the appropriate section.
3. Pension income amount – If you will receive regular pension payments from a pension plan or fund (excluding Canada
Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan, Old Age Security, or Guaranteed Income Supplement payments), enter $1,173, or your
estimated annual pension income, whichever is less.
4. Tuition and education amounts (full time and part time) – If you are a student enrolled at a university, college, or educational
institution certified by Employment and Social Development Canada, and you will pay more than $100 per institution in tuition fees, fill
in this section. If you are enrolled full time, or if you have a mental or physical disability and are enrolled part time, enter the total of the
tuition fees you will pay, plus $200 for each month that you will be enrolled. If you are enrolled part time and do not have a mental or
physical disability, enter the total of the tuition fees you will pay, plus $60 for each month that you will be enrolled part time.
5. Disability amount – If you will claim the disability amount on your income tax and benefit return by using Form T2201, Disability
Tax Credit Certificate, enter $7,341.
6. Spouse or common-law partner amount – If you are supporting your spouse or common-law partner who lives with you, and
their net income for the year will be $848 or less, enter $8,481. If their net income for the year will be between $848 and $9,329 and
you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form TD1NS-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
6.1. Spouse or common-law partner supplement – If you are supporting your spouse or common-law partner who lives with you,
and your taxable income from all sources will be $25,000 or less, enter $3,000 less their net income. If your taxable income from all
sources will be between $25,000 and $75,000 and your spouse or common-law partner’s net income will be under $3,000, you can
calculate a supplement claim. To calculate the claim, get Form TD1NS-WS, and fill in the appropriate section.
7. Amount for an eligible dependant – If you do not have a spouse or common-law partner and you support a dependent relative
who lives with you and whose net income for the year will be $848 or less, enter $8,481. If their net income for the year will be between
$848 and $9,329 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form TD1NS-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
7.1. Amount for an eligible dependant supplement – If you do not have a spouse or common-law partner and you support a
dependant relative who lives with you, and your taxable income from all sources will be $25,000 or less, enter $3,000 less their net
income. If your taxable income from all sources will be between $25,000 and $75,000 and your eligible dependant’s net income will be
under $3,000, you can calculate a supplement claim. To calculate the claim, get Form TD1NS-WS, and fill in the appropriate section.
8. Caregiver amount – If you are taking care of a dependant who lives with you, whose net income for the year will be $13,677
or less, and who is either your or your spouse's or common-law partner's:
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parent or grandparent (aged 65 or older); or
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relative (aged 18 or older) who is dependent on you because of an infirmity, enter $4,898.
If the dependant's net income for the year will be between $13,677 and $18,575 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get
Form TD1NS-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
9. Amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older – If you are supporting an infirm dependant aged 18 or older who is your or your
spouse's or common-law partner's relative, who lives in Canada, and whose net income for the year will be $5,683 or less, enter
$2,798. You cannot claim an amount for a dependant you claimed on line 8. If the dependant's net income for the year will be
between $5,683 and $8,481 and you want to calculate a partial claim, get Form TD1NS-WS and fill in the appropriate section.
10. Amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner – If your spouse or common-law partner will not use all of
their age amount, pension income amount, tuition and education amounts, or disability amount on their income tax and benefit return,
enter the unused amount.
11. Amounts transferred from a dependant – If your dependant will not use all of their disability amount on their income tax and
benefit return, enter the unused amount. If your or your spouse's or common-law partner's dependent child or grandchild will not use all
of their tuition and education amounts on their income tax and benefit return, enter the unused amount.
12. TOTAL CLAIM AMOUNT – Add lines 1 to 11.
Your employer or payer will use this amount to determine the amount of your provincial tax deductions.
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