Charitable donations optimizer gives wrong result for low income widow
Hi, I'm doing my mother in law's taxes.
She has a very modest income, CPP, OAS, a few GICs. With her medical expenses claimed, her Federal tax payable is zero. Her only tax payable is the Ontario health premium.
When I run the charitable donation optimizer it suggests claiming all donations this year. However, if I change it to carry all the donations forward to next year, I get the same refund.
So, I realize this may be an unusual case, but it seems like the optimizer is not doing it's job in this case.
Charitable donations optimizer gives wrong result for low income widow
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