No it's not usual but it does happen. This depends on whether or not you owe any tax. There are a lot of other possibilities, but the reason is likely that you don't need the either of those credits. If you owed taxes and had charitable donations, tuition or public transit passes, those credits would reduce your taxes owed until they were reduced to $ 0.00. ... View more

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One of the worst answers you can give is 'It depends'. I'm going to assume you are a single person who is 'young'. How old you were on December 31st, 2014 matters. Whether or not you have dependants in 2014 matters. If you are single and 19 or older with no children and you haven't filed, do it. It's free on the TurboTax website (http://turbotax.intuit.ca/personal-tax-software/online-tax-software.jsp) and you will get GST payments - depending on your province of residence you might get additional credits (payments) You don't have to sign forms and apply in a traditional sense. Filing your taxes is considered an application to receive these tax credits. If you are over 18 or you are a parent, things get complicated: The simple answer is, yes you should still file your taxes The people reading your question have no way of knowing your situation so anything more complicated is guesswork. [WARNING] Don't give anyone personal information that might identify you. ... View more

The Public Transit tax credit is what is known as a non-refundable. This means that if you are not taxable, that is you have no taxes owing, then this credit won't increase your refund. Very similar to the way tuition works. I'm not sure if this is the case with you, but it would explain what you are seeing. I checked the calc for the Public Transit tax credit and it worked for me. ... View more

We don't have enough information to properly answer your question. We need to know your marital status for the year as well as some other information. If you would rather not provide this information, you can answer some questions on the CRA website and this will answer your question for you. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/ncm-tx/rtrn/cmpltng/ddctns/lns300-350/305/lgbl-eng.html ... View more