Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit

Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Automatic if eligible

Effort

Ongoing — credit app

Can you get this?

✓Employer hires an eligible apprentice

✓Apprentice in first two years of contract

✓Contract registered with federal, provincial, or territorial government

✓Trade must be a Red Seal prescribed trade

✓Employment must be after May 1, 2006

Your real odds

This is a tax credit, and if you meet the criteria, you get it.

There is no application pool or selection committee. Eligibility is determined when you file your tax return, so your odds come down entirely to whether your hire qualifies under the rules.

What it takes

Hire an eligible apprentice in a Red Seal trade in their first two yearsOngoing — credit applies from the date of employment

Track eligible salaries and wages paid to the apprenticeThroughout the tax year

File Form T2038(IND) with your individual income tax return on line 41200At tax filing time

Worth knowing

Any unused credit can be carried back 3 years or carried forward 20 years, so a low-income year won't cost you the benefit. If you share an apprentice with a related employer, coordinate who claims the $2,000 limit, because only one employer can take it.

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