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what child and family benefits you may be able to get and how much your payments may be.</p> <p>You may be entitled to one or more of the following payments:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/canada-child-benefit-overview.html">Canada child benefit</a> (including related <a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs.html">provincial and territorial programs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/goods-services-tax-harmonized-sales-tax-gst-hst-credit.html">Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax credit</a> (including related <a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs.html">provincial and territorial programs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/canada-workers-benefit.html">Advanced Canada workers benefit</a></li> <li><a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/cai-payment.html">Canada Carbon Rebate </a></li> <li><a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs/province-ontario.html#shptg">Ontario senior homeowners' property tax grant</a></li> <li><a href="/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/provincial-territorial-programs/province-ontario.html#tb">Ontario trillium benefit</a> (includes the Ontario sales tax credit, Ontario energy and property tax credit, and Northern Ontario energy credit)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="mwsbodytext text parbase section"> <h2>Information about your children</h2> <p>You will be asked to enter the name and date of birth of each child in your care under the age of 19. The calculator will determine the current age of each child and will give you an estimated payment amount for the full benefit year, even if your child鈥檚 age changes during the year.</p> <p>For example, if your child is 17 when you use the calculator, you will get an estimated payment amount for the Canada child benefit (CCB) for all 12 months of the benefit year, even if your child turns 18 during that year. The benefit year is from July of one year to June of the next year.</p> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="">The <strong>actual</strong> amount of CCB you may get depends on the number of eligible children you have in your care at the beginning of each month. For example, if your child turns 18 in October, you will get your last CCB payment for that child in October, and you will not get a payment in November.</span></p> </div> <div class="mwsbodytext text parbase section"> <h2 dir="LTR"><strong>Types of income</strong></h2> <p>You will be asked to enter all of your and your spouse鈥檚 or common-law partner鈥檚 income.</p> <h3>Net income</h3> <p>Amount from line 23600</p> </div> <div class="mwsbodytext text parbase section"> <h3 dir="LTR"><strong>Working income</strong></h3> <p dir="LTR">Include <strong>all</strong> of the following types of income when you enter an amount for working income:</p> <ul> <li>Employment income (line 10100)</li> <li>Other employment income (line 10400)</li> <li>Other income (line 13000)</li> <li>Net business income (line 13500)</li> <li>Net professional income (line 13700)</li> <li>Net commission income (line 13900)</li> <li>Net farming income (line 14100)</li> <li>Net fishing income (line 14300)</li> <li>Canada/Quebec pension plan disability benefits (line 15200)</li> <li>Employment insurance benefits (box 17 on T4E slip)</li> <li>Exempt income of Canadian Indians</li> </ul> </div> <div class="mwsbodytext text parbase section"> <h3><strong>World income</strong></h3> <p>You may have foreign income to report if you or your spouse or common-law partner immigrated or returned to Canada during the year. You need to convert it to Canadian. Income earned outside Canada is determined the same way as net income in Canada. 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