Out of province rent tax question

[dealstime]

I was in quebec for sometime last year and the rest spent in ontario. Now while applying for tax how do I show the rent that I paid while in quebec? (I do not have any tax forms from my old landlord).

[dutchca]

As for the rent - I believe if you were resident of ON on Dec 31, you lose the benefit of rent paid outside ON for your "Ontario" tax credit. You have to file a provincial return for the Province that you were resident in on Dec 31.

Ontario tax credit is not that big of a deal - you won't get much back, if anything from 6 weeks of rent. I would forget about it, especially if you have no receipts.

You may want to look into filing a PQ return if you paid any PQ income tax - they have a totally different income tax system than ON.

[sockboy]

You can only do your taxes in one provence. So you can only claim credits in one provence. You have to do your taxes where you were a resident on Dec 1st, I think, not the 31st.

[dealstime]

thanks for the replies guys.