Calculation chart for instalment payments for 2021
If you are an individual, use this chart to calculate your estimated net tax owing and to determine your total instalment
amount due.
What you need – To fill out this chart, use the information on your 2020 notice of assessment, notice of reassessment or
income tax and benefit return, or use your estimated income, deductions, and credits for 2021, depending on the option you
decide to use. Then, enter the amounts that correspond to the lines in the chart.
For more information about instalment payments and the calculation options available to you, go
to canada.ca/taxes-instalments
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Residence and main source of income
1. Do you live in Quebec?
Yes No
2. Will your main source of income in 2021 be self-employment income from farming or fishing?
Yes No
Income information
Payable
Dollars only
1
Net federal tax (line 42000)
$
2
Social benefits repayment (line 42200)
+
$
3Provincial or territorial tax (line 42800)
+
$
4
Yukon First Nations tax (line 43200)
+
$
5
Total payable (add lines 1 to 4)
=
$
Credits
Dollars only
6Total income tax deducted (line 43700) (Quebec residents use line 43900)
$
7Refundable abatements (line 44000 plus line 44100)
+
$
8Climate action incentive (line 45110)
+
$
9Refundable medical expense supplement (line 45200)
+
$
10
Canada workers benefit (line 45300)
+
$
11
Canada training credit (line 45350)
+
$
12Refund of investment tax credit (line 45400)
+
$
13Part XII.2 trust tax credit (line 45600)
+
$
14Eligible educator school supply tax credit (line 46800 and line 46900)
+
$
15Canadian journalism labour tax credit (line 47555)
+
$
16Provincial or territorial credits (line 47900)
+
$
17Yukon business carbon price rebate (line 63855 of Form YT479)
$
18
Total credits (calculate lines 6 to 17)
=
$
19
Net tax owing (line 5 minus line 18)
=
$
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CPP and EI payable on self-employment and other earnings
Your Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions and/or employment insurance (EI) premiums payable are not used to calculate
the amount of net tax owing. However, they must be added when calculating your total instalment amount due (line 18 and
line 19).
Dollars only
20
Canada Pension Plan contributions payable on self-employment and other
earnings (line 42100)
+
$
21
Employment insurance premiums payable on self-employment and other eligible
earnings (line 42120)
+
$
22
Total amount due (add lines 19 to 21)
=
$
Instalment payments (if you are not a farmer or a fisher)
Instalment payments to be made on the following dates (line 22 divided by 4):
March 15, 2021 June 15, 2021 September 15, 2021 December 15, 2021
Instalment reminder for September and December 2021
If your reminder only states instalment payments for September and December 2021, you will need to make two payments for
the whole year on the following dates: 75% of the total (line 22 multiplied by 75%) on September 15 and 25% (line 22
multiplied by 25%) on December 15.
September 15, 2021 December 15, 2021
Farmers and fishers
If you are a farmer or a fisher, you only have to make one instalment payment (line 22 multiplied by 66%):
December 31, 2021
Interest and penalty charges
If you received an instalment reminder and you are required to pay instalments but do not make the proper payments, you may
have interest and penalty charges.
Do not send us this calculation chart or any income tax and benefit return you may have filled out to make
your estimates. Keep them for your records.
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If your net tax owing (line 19) is $3,000 or less ($1,800 or less if you live in Quebec),
you do not have to pay tax by instalments in 2021.
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