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EXCERPTS
Winners:
- Families with children under age 18 get tax credit worth $310
per child.
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- Families/students: $4,000 annual RESP limit eliminated.
- Quebec gets almost $2.3-billion increase in transfer payments
next fiscal year.
Losers:
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- Early learning. The budget offers $250 million a year to
provinces that agree to create child-care spaces. The per capita
funding is well short of the $1.2 billion promised in each of
the next three years by the former Liberal government.
EXAMPLES
A two-income family with two kids, earning a combined income of
$80,000:
This family stands to save $620 because of the child tax credit
of $310 per child.
They will also be eligible for an extra $100 annual grant on a
registered education savings plan contribution of $2,000 or
more.
A one-income family with two kids, with an income of $50,000:
This family will see an extra $829.
They will be eligible for a $310 child tax credit for each
child, as well as $209 from an increase in the basic personal
amount credited for the lower-income spouse.
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A single Canadian supporting a dependent and earning $20,000:
This Canadian will save $334.
The person will receive $125 through the worker income tax
benefit, in addition to a $209 increase in the basic personal
amount credited for the dependent.