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Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit

Government of Canada - Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

Applies to: All of Canada

If you hire an apprentice, you could receive a tax credit equal to 10% of their salary. The maximum credit is $2,000 per year. You must hire an apprentice who is:

In a trade listed under the Red Seal Trades or approved by the Minister of Finance
In the first two years of an apprenticeship program registered with a federal, provincial or territorial government
Working towards getting a certificate or licence in that trade

You don't have enough taxes payable to deduct all of the tax credit? Any unused credit may be carried back three years or carried forward twenty years.

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