The Ontario Jobs Training Tax Credit (OJTTC) is a temporary credit for tax years 2021 and 2022 to help workers retrain, improve their skills, or prepare for a career shift. If you qualify for the credit, you can claim 50% of your eligible expenses on your personal income tax return, up to a maximum of $2,000.
The eligibility requirements are the same as those for the federal Canada Training Credit. To claim the OJTTC, you must meet all of the following conditions:
- Your Canada training credit limit for the year is more than zero. Find your limit on your latest notice of assessment or reassessment
- You were an Ontario resident at the end of the year
- You were between 26 and 65 years old at the end of the year
- Fees were paid either to an eligible institution for courses you took during the year or to certain bodies for an occupational, trade, or professional exam
- The fees are also eligible for the tuition tax credit
To claim this refundable credit in TurboTax, follow the steps below:
Instructions for TurboTax Online
- Select Find and enter students.
- Select Students from the list of results, then select Go.
- On Your Student Profile, select the checkbox for Tuition fees on a receipt, T2202, or TL11, then select Continue.
- On the Let’s get you some tax breaks for going to school! screen, enter your fee details, then select Done with Tuition Fees.
- Select Done with Tuition Fees again.
- Enter your Canada training credit limit, then select Continue.
- Answer Yes to the question Do you want to claim the Canada Training Credit?, then select Continue.
- Your provincial credit amount appears next to Jobs Training Tax Credit on your Student Summary.
Instructions for TurboTax Desktop
- Select Find and enter students.
- Select Students from the list of results, then select Go.
- On Your student profile, select the checkbox for Tuition fees on a receipt, T2202, or TL11, then select Continue.
- On the Let’s get you some tax breaks for going to school! screen:
- If you have T2202 or TL11 slips, select Enter T2202 to enter them, then select Done with T2202 as you finish each screen.
- If you don’t have any slips, enter your fee details in the provided box(es).
- Select Done With Tuition.
- Enter your Canada training credit limit, answer Yes to the question, then select Continue.
- To see your credit amount, select PROVINCIAL from the menu, then select Ontario, and then Provincial tax summary.
- Your provincial credit amount appears next to Ontario jobs training tax credit.
