{"id":1016,"date":"2016-01-05T00:40:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T00:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qpps.ca\/newsletter\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2016-01-12T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:14:08","slug":"january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qpps.ca\/newsletter\/january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"january-month-winter-penguins\"<\/a>It’s registration time! The January general meeting will be your opportunity for current families to register children for the 2016\/2017 preschool year. Bring your $100 deposit fee\u00a0if you are registering a child for next year.<\/p>\n

The executive would like your very quick and valuable feedback on the class and family photo shoot that Notting Hill Photography provided for us last month.<\/p>\n

It is a very small 6 question survey that should take no longer than 30 seconds plus additional feedback response writing time.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/W9LY9GC<\/a><\/p>\n

All answers are completely anonymous unless you identify yourself for follow up conversation and detailed feedback would be most appreciated so that we can improve it for next year.<\/p>\n

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2016 Important Tax Information<\/h2>\n

Did you know you can claim your preschool fees on your tax return? The person with the lower net income may claim preschool tuition as childcare provided that they have\u00a0earned income. CRA’s current stance on this (per Income Tax folio S1-F3-C1) is that payments made to an educational institution for a child under the compulsory school age (e.g., preschool) are generally considered child care rather than education, unless facts indicate otherwise. As such, preschool tuition would generally qualify (unless facts indicate otherwise).<\/p>\n

If the lower income spouse does not have any earned income, or any income at all, then tuition can be applied to the arts credit by the higher income spouse. Also, if the preschool tuition paid exceeds the childcare deduction limit for the individual, you can apply the excess, up to $500, to the child arts amount. Here is a link to describe what a prescribed program is and criteria to be claimed for the child arts amount:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/ndvdls\/tpcs\/ncm-tx\/rtrn\/cmpltng\/ddctns\/lns360-390\/370\/prgrm-eng.html<\/a><\/p>\n

QPPS meets the required criteria of a prescribed program, so you can claim tuition fees under the arts credit.<\/p>\n

If you have further questions or would like a receipt for tax purposes please send an email to\u00a0qpps.receipts@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"artorg\"<\/a>Tips for Getting Organized this January<\/h2>\n

I stumbled upon a blog with some great advice (how can you tell I was searching for January resolutions?). Here are some helpful tips if getting organized is part of your new year resolutions (in all honesty – not sure my resolution will last long enough to pull these off – but good luck to you!)<\/p>\n