Tax returns for resident international students

[deepg82]

My brother in law an International student and has no world income. Can he use any of the Turbotax products?

Would he have to pro-rate or is it just a straight forward return like citizens?

[TurboTaxTerry]

Does the International Student have a SIN (temporary) or Taxpayer Identification Number issued to them? When did they enter Canada? Do they have personal income prior to entering Canada?

[deepg82]

They have a temp SIN (starting with a 9). He arrived in August (think it was August 23). He doesn't have income prior to coming or now

[deepg82]

So I'm assuming I can use any Turbotax product?

[TurboTaxTerry]

Turbo Tax can certainly be used to prepare a Tax Return for qualifying International Student.

[TurboTaxTerry · Accepted solution]

He will need to determine his Residency Status for tax purposes.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/internationalstudents/

If he earns income in Canada it will need to be reported on a tax return, without World Wide income there will not be a need to Pro-rate Non-refundable tax credits.

He may also qualify for the GST/HST personal rebate and should consider form RC151.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/gf/rc151/README.html