Line 46900 – Eligible educator school supply tax credit
If you were an eligible educator, you can claim up to $1,000 of eligible supplies expenses.
Eligible educator
You are considered an eligible educator if, at any time during the 2023 tax year, both of the following conditions are met:
- You were employed in Canada as a teacher or an early childhood educator at an elementary or secondary school, or a regulated child care facility
- You held a teaching certificate, licence, permit or diploma, or a certificate or diploma in early childhood education, which was valid and recognized in the province or territory in which you were employed
Eligible supplies expenses
An eligible supplies expense is the amount that you paid in 2023 for teaching supplies that meet all of the following conditions:
- You bought the teaching supplies for teaching or facilitating students’ learning
- The teaching supplies were directly consumed or used in the performance of the duties of the eligible educator's employment
- You were not entitled to a reimbursement, allowance or any other form of assistance for the expense (unless the amount is included in the calculation of your income from any tax year and is not deductible in the calculation of your taxable income)
- The eligible teaching supplies expense was not deducted from any person’s income for any year or included in calculating a deduction from any person’s tax payable for any year
Teaching supplies are consumable supplies and prescribed durable goods.
Durable goods are:
- books, games and puzzles
- containers (such as plastic boxes or banker boxes)
- educational support software
- calculators (including graphing calculators)
- external data storage devices
- web cams, microphones and headphones
- multimedia projectors
- wireless pointer devices
- electronic educational toys
- digital timers
- speakers
- video streaming devices
- printers
- laptop, desktop and tablet computers, provided that none of these items are made available to the eligible educator by their employer for use outside of the classroom
Notes
Disposable masks that are not supplied by your school are considered consumable supplies if students are required to wear them in your classroom and all of the conditions above have been met.
The CRA may ask you later to provide a written certificate from your employer or a delegated official of the employer (such as the principal of the school or the manager of the child care facility) attesting to the eligibility of your expenses for the year.
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