Introduction to Canadian Taxes - Information Session with the Canada Revenue Agency

As of Thursday, February 15, this session is now full. Those registering will be placed on the waitlist at this time.

Filing taxes can be intimidating. This one-hour information session with the Canada Revenue Agency’s BC Outreach team will provide a basic, general overview of the Canadian tax system and some of the benefits and credits to which you may be entitled as you prepare to file your tax return. Some of these benefits and credits may include:

• The Canada child benefit;
• Goods and services tax/Harmonized Sales Tax credit; and/or
• Disability tax credit.

Please note that this session is designed to be a basic introductory overview of Canadian taxes and may not address postdoc-specific issues.

Registration

As of Thursday, February 15, this session is now full. Those registering will be placed on the waitlist at this time.

Registration in this session is required and is now open.Those successfully registered will receive a registration confirmation within one week of the session date.

NO-SHOW PENALTY: If you register and do not attend or cancel after 3pm on the day before the event, it may affect your eligibility to join future events. To avoid this no-show penalty, please cancel by at least 3pm the day before the event by e-mailing postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca.

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email postdoctoral.fellows@ubc.ca in advance of the event.

This session will be held online via Zoom.

PDFO EVENT COMMUNITY AGREEMENT

The PDFO has created a community agreement for our events in order to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment in which all event attendees feel safe and supported.

By participating in a PDFO event, we commit ourselves to:

• Treating one another with kindness, courtesy and respect in all interactions;
• Engaging in gracious, active listening and valuing others’ opinions;
• Not dominating discussions so that others can share during the session;
• Ensuring that any potentially confidential or sensitive information shared as part of the session is not shared outside of the session;
• Actively participating in the session; and
• In online sessions, when possible and if comfortable sharing audio and/or video to create a greater sense of community and participation.

• if comfortable sharing audio and/or video to create a greater sense of community and participation.