Should you put union dues under the "fees subject to taxes or under the "fees not subject to taxes" list?

[TurboTaxSusan · Accepted solution]

Fees subject to taxes are annual union or professional dues that included GST/HST or QST. Fees not subject to taxes did not include GST/HST or QST. You would have to look the receipt provided to you to see if sales tax was included or not. You can also confirm with the organization you paid the dues to.

If you had your dues already included on a T4 slips (box 44), then you only need to enter them on the T4 and nowhere else. Putting them on the “Union or Professional Membership Fees” as well would cause the amount to double.