Hello, I live in BC.
My wife was student in 2016. She didn't have any income. I paid 19K for her university program. We want to file our taxes for 2016.
It is her first time filing tax in Canada as she she came to Canada in mid 2015 and we didn't file 2015 tax for her.
Now the question is, how much of her tuition and fees I can use (aka transfer?!) ? Can I use the whole 19k amount ? Or is it 5K ? or is it 10k ? (5k for federal + 5k provincial)?
(You may think that I didn't search for this on Google before asking. I did. But today, I went to see a tax specialist as I wasn't sure, and he was 100% sure that I can use (transfer from my wife) the whole 19k amount. Is this true ?)
My wife was student in 2016. She didn't have any income. I paid 19K for her university program. We want to file our taxes for 2016.
It is her first time filing tax in Canada as she she came to Canada in mid 2015 and we didn't file 2015 tax for her.
Now the question is, how much of her tuition and fees I can use (aka transfer?!) ? Can I use the whole 19k amount ? Or is it 5K ? or is it 10k ? (5k for federal + 5k provincial)?
(You may think that I didn't search for this on Google before asking. I did. But today, I went to see a tax specialist as I wasn't sure, and he was 100% sure that I can use (transfer from my wife) the whole 19k amount. Is this true ?)