The Canadian Federation of Students and UFile.ca, Canada's online tax preparation Web site, have joined together to provide FREE online tax preparation and filing for all Canadian post-secondary students.
To be eligible for this special offer...
You must be a resident of Canada, have tuition fees and
have attended school for at least one month during tax year 2008. You must
also be designated as the FAMILY HEAD (the primary member
of the family) for purposes of your tax file in UFile.
To take advantage of this offer...
Log in to a new
or existing UFile account for tax year 2008.
Enter your tuition fees and months at school and click
NEXT . (For help on how to enter tuition fees, click here) In the QuiKClik Navigator on the left of the UFile screen, locate the "Interview Setup". Check the box "Tuition, education, student loans" once checked, click NEXT . "Tuition, education, student loans" will now appear on the QuikClik Navigator. Select this and enter your tuition amounts and months at school. Click NEXT to save your entries.
Locate the "Special offer" form in UFile's
QuikClik Navigator. (You may need to scroll down the screen.)
Enter the following Canadian Federation of Students
"Free for Students" special offer code:
FAY1493
Click NEXT.
Enter the rest of your tax information and then you can
print or NETFILE your return whenever you are ready -- free
of charge!
Here are instructions for tuition:
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you can transfer tuition credits to your parents or grandparents, you may prefer to have your tax return completed together with theirs. Tuition credits that are not used or transferred to a supporting person in the current year will be carried forward by UFile for future use by the student.