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Estimate donation credit

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Give to causes you care about, and understand the tax credit.

Support a cause you care about and see how an eligible gift could lower the tax you owe. Estimate your donation credit, then visit a charity’s own website to give.

Estimate a donation credit

No account needed; calculations stay on your device.

01 / Donation credit calculator

See what a donation could mean at tax time.

Estimate the credit that could lower the tax you owe. The calculation stays in your browser, and no account is required.

Charitable donation tax credit

Estimate your donation credit

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Have your eligible donation amount and estimated income ready. This calculates the credit before checking how much tax you owe. Quebec is not supported.

Net income sets the ordinary 75% donation limit. Taxable income determines eligibility for the highest credit rate. Taxable income is net income minus deductions such as losses carried forward, so it is the same or lower; a T4’s Box 14 is not either of these figures. Use the eligible amount on your receipt, including other eligible gifts you plan to claim this year. Already-claimed gifts cannot be claimed again.

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Potential non-refundable credit

$159.58

You give the full $500.00. The credit can lower the income tax you owe, but not below zero.

  • Federal 73%
  • Provincial or territorial 27%
Eligible amount included this year
$500.00
Federal credit
$116.00
Provincial or territorial credit
$43.58

Actual savings depend on your federal and provincial tax payable. Ontario surtax effects, alternative minimum tax, special gifts and carryforward optimization are excluded here.

Methodology and sources Compare with estimated tax payable

02 / How giving and tax fit

How a gift and its tax claim fit together

How donation credits work
The full gift reaches the charity.Your eligible donation goes through the charity’s own channel.
A receipt supports a separate claim.A possible non-refundable credit reduces tax owing. It does not automatically create a refund.

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04 / Learn

Guides to donation credits and receipts

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Understand the credit

How donation tax credits work

Federal and provincial components, supported years and the limits on usable savings.

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Before you claim

Eligible gifts and receipts

Check the recipient, the eligible amount and the records you need.

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Before you give

Check a charity

Use official sources to understand the organization and its donation destination.

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Giving

Find a Canadian charity to support

Read what each charity does and what donations fund, then give on its own website. We check every profile against the CRA’s records first.

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