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{
    "time": "2009-11-25 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Massimo Pacetti",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1755897\" data-originallang=\"en\">Okay. Now, just to clarify the confusion, there are three types of credits or deductions. You have a deduction that's similar to an RRSP or the northern tax deduction, which is a direct deduction against your gross. So you have a deduction of $3,000, let's say, and then you have what is called a non-refundable tax credit, which would be, as examples, your basic deduction and your deductions for medical expenses, charities, and disability. That would be $3,000 times 17% and that would be a non-refundable tax credit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1755898\" data-originallang=\"en\">Then, on the last page of your tax return, you have a tax credit. For example, in Quebec, we have the Quebec tax abatement, but there's not very much there. The political tax credit is a tax credit. That would be direct money off your taxes payable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1755899\" data-originallang=\"en\"> What are we looking at here? Is it a deduction, a non-refundable tax credit, or a tax credit?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1755897\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tr\u00e8s bien. Maintenant, en vue voir plus clair dans toute cette confusion, je pr\u00e9cise qu'il existe trois types de cr\u00e9dits ou de d\u00e9ductions. Il existe une d\u00e9duction semblable \u00e0 celle pr\u00e9vue pour les REER \u2014 comme la d\u00e9duction fiscale pour les r\u00e9sidents du Nord \u2014 qui permet de d\u00e9falquer directement de ses revenus bruts un certain montant d'argent. Donc, supposons que vous ayez droit \u00e0 une d\u00e9duction de 3 000 $, mettons, et que vous pouvez aussi vous pr\u00e9valoir de ce qu'on appelle un cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t non remboursable \u2014 par exemple, la d\u00e9duction personnelle de base et vos d\u00e9ductions pour les frais m\u00e9dicaux, les dons de bienfaisance et l'incapacit\u00e9. Donc, vous multiplez $3 000 par 17 p. 100, ce qui vous donne le montant du cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t non remboursable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1755898\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ensuite, \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re page de votre d\u00e9claration d'imp\u00f4t, vous pouvez inscrire le cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t. Par exemple, au Qu\u00e9bec, nous avons l'abattement fiscal, mais cela ne repr\u00e9sente pas une tr\u00e8s grosse somme. Il y a \u00e9galement le cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t pour contributions politiques. Ces montants sont d\u00e9falqu\u00e9s directement du montant des imp\u00f4ts exigibles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1755899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mais de quoi s'agit-il ici? Est-ce une d\u00e9duction, est-ce un cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t non remboursable ou est-ce un simple cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/40-2/65/massimo-pacetti-14/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/massimo-pacetti/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3654/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2973844",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/40-2/65/",
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}