Line 368 - Home renovation expenses

You can claim an amount for eligible expenses incurred for work performed or goods acquired after January 27, 2009, and before February 1, 2010, under an agreement entered into after January 27, 2009, related to an eligible dwelling. The amount can only be claimed on your 2009 tax return and applies to the total eligible expenses of more than $1,000, but not more than $10,000.

For more information, go to Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC).

Note
If an eligible expense qualifies also as a medical expense, you can claim both the medical expenses and the HRTC for that expenditure.

Completing your tax return

Complete Schedule 12, Home Renovations Expenses, to calculate your claim and attach it to your paper return. On line 368 of your Schedule 1, Federal Tax, enter the amount from line 7 of the completed Schedule 12.

Receipts - If you are filing a paper return, do not include your receipts, but keep them in case we ask to see them. If you are filing electronically, keep all of your documents.

For more information about acceptable supporting documentation, go to How to claim your HRTC.

Forms and publications

• General Income Tax and Benefit Package for 2009 - Guide, Returns, Schedules
• Pamphlet RC4509, Investing in a home: Programs available to help you

Related topics

• Line 330 - Medical expenses for self, spouse or common-law partner, and your dependent children born in 1992 or later
• Line 331 - Allowable amount of medical expenses for other dependants
• Homeowners