Completing your tax return

You can claim the caregiver amount for more than one eligible dependant.

To calculate your claim, complete the chart for line 315 on the federal worksheet for each eligible dependant. Enter, on line 315 of Schedule 1, Federal Tax, the total amount claimed for all your dependants.

Complete the appropriate part of Schedule 5, Details of Dependant, giving the information on each dependant, and attach it to your paper return.

Claims made by more than one person - If you and another person support the same dependant, you can split the claim for that dependant. However, the total of your claim and the other person's claim cannot be more than the maximum amount allowed for that dependant.

If anyone (including you) can claim this amount for a dependant, no one can claim an amount on line 306 for that dependant. If anyone other than you claims an amount on line 305 for a dependant, you cannot claim an amount on line 315 for that dependant.

Forms and publications

• General Income Tax and Benefit Package for 2011 - Guide, Returns, Schedules
• Guide RC4064, Medical and Disability-Related Information