My wife did not live with me all of last year and I have dependants under the age of 18. I am not claiming the spousal amount and we are still married.
This is additional information I received for Line 305. I am only one claiming credit. I bold what applies to me. I am getting conflicting information the past two weeks on what I can or cannot do and Turbotax is preventing me from claiming.
This tax credit cannot be claimed if
Note that the Canada Revenue Agency information on line 305 (link below) says the credit cannot be claimed if "someone else in your household is claiming this tax credit - only one claim is allowed per household". However, the Income Tax Act doesn't seem to support this statement.
You may claim this credit if, at any time in the year:
you supported a dependant, and lived with the dependant in a home that you maintained, andand if, at that time (when the above conditions are true), the dependant is
except in the case of your child, resident in Canada,your parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption, andSo the main cause of the problem is the fact that marital status has not changed. You could file as separated. You would then need to mail in the return as you cannot make changes to name, address, SIN or marital status. However, you cannot claim if:
1.You are paying child support
2.Someone else is making the same claim.
CRA does slip matching. If they find both spouses claiming the children, they will disallow both and it will take some time to get it sorted out. Spousal support is taxable and deductible. Child support is neither.
So the main cause of the problem is the fact that marital status has not changed. You could file as separated. You would then need to mail in the return as you cannot make changes to name, address, SIN or marital status. However, you cannot claim if:
1.You are paying child support
2.Someone else is making the same claim.
CRA does slip matching. If they find both spouses claiming the children, they will disallow both and it will take some time to get it sorted out. Spousal support is taxable and deductible. Child support is neither.
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