Income Tax Act — I-3.3 122.7
ividual’s eligible spouse, if applicable, for the taxation year as if the Act were read without reference to paragraph 81(1)(a) and subsection 81(4). Receipt of social assistance (1.2) For the purposes of applying the definitions eligible dependant and eligible individual in subsection (1) for a taxation year, an individual shall not fail to qualify as a parent (within the meaning assigned by section 252) of another individual solely because of the receipt of a social assistance amount that is payable under a program of the Government of Canada, the government of a province or an Indigenous governing body (as defined in section 2 of the Children’s Special Allowances Act ) for the benefit of the other individual, unless the amount is a special allowance under the Children’s Special Allowances Act in respect of the other individual in the taxation year. Secondary earner exemption (1.3) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), (a) if an eligible individual had an eligible spouse for a taxation year and the working income for the year of the eligible individual was less than the working income for the year of the eligible spouse, the eligible individual’s adjusted net income for the year is deemed to be the amount, if any, by which the eligible individual’s adjusted net income for the year (determined without reference to this subsection) exceeds the lesser of (i) the eligible individual’s working income for the year, and (ii) $14,000; and (b) if an eligible individual had an eligible spouse for a taxation year and the working income for the year of the eligible individual was greater than or equal to the working income for the year of the eligible spouse, the eligible spouse’s adjusted net income for the year is deemed to be the amount, if any, by which the eligible spouse’s adjusted net income for the year (determined without reference to this subsection) exceeds the lesser of (i) the eligible spouse’s working income for the year, and (ii) $14,000. Deemed payment on account of tax (2) Subject to subsection (5), an eligible individual for a taxation year who files a return of income for the taxation year is deemed to have paid, at the end of the taxation year, on account of tax payable under this Part for the taxation year, an amount equal to the amount, if any, determined by the formula A - B where A is (a) if the individual had neither an eligible spouse nor an eligible dependant, for the taxation year, the lesser of $1,395 and 27% of the amount, if any, by which the individual’s working income for the taxation year exceeds $3,000, and (b) if the individual had an eligible spouse or an eligible dependant, for the taxation year, the lesser of $2,403 and 27% of the amount, if any, by which the total of the working incomes of the individual and, if applicable, of the eligible spouse, for the taxation year, exceeds $3,000; and B is (a) if the individual had neither an eligible spouse nor an eligible dependant, for the taxation year, 15% of the amount, if any, by which the adjusted net income of the individual for the taxation year exceeds $22,944, and (b) if the individual had an eligible spouse or an eligible dependant, for the taxation year, 15% of the amount, if any, by which the total of the adjusted net incomes of the individual and, if applicable, of the eligible spouse, for the taxation year, exceeds $26,177. Deemed payment on account of tax — disability supplement (3) An eligible individual for a taxation year who files a return of income for the taxation year and who may deduct an amount under subsection 118.3(1) in computing tax payable under this Part for the taxation year is deemed to have paid, at the end of the taxation year, on account of tax payable under this Part for the taxation year, an amount equal to the amount, if any, determined by the formula C - D where C is the lesser of $720 and 27% of the amount, if any, by which the individual’s working income for the taxation year exceeds $1,150; and D is (a) if t