Tax Clinic 

Need help filing your taxes? SAMRU offers a free tax clinic where trained student volunteers complete and file tax returns at no charge!

SAMRU’s free tax clinic program is over for 2024 but will return in 2025. If you are looking for a free tax service, you can visit the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program’s website, or email us at tax@samru.ca.

SAMRU’s free tax clinic program will operate from March 4th to April 30th, 2024. We will be providing appointments in either an online or in-person format. Online appointments will take place via Google Meet while in-person appointments will be held in Room Z307, located on the 3rd floor of Wyckham House.

Please note that our volunteers can assist with filing simple tax returns for students, however, we are not professional accountants and therefore cannot provide tax advice. If you have any questions about our program, please contact us at tax@samru.ca.

Even if you do not have any income, you are still encouraged to file a tax return as you may be eligible for various benefits or credits. 

Students are asked to come prepared to their appointments with all their required tax forms and receipts. You can find a list of the required tax forms and documents by clicking here.

Download Documentation Checklist

Tax Clinic 

Need help filing your taxes? SAMRU offers a free tax clinic where trained student volunteers complete and file tax returns for other students at no charge!

SAMRU’s free tax clinic program will operate from March 6th to April 28th, 2023. March appointments will be offered in either an online or in-person format, from April 3 to 6 there will be in-person and online appointments, while from 11 to the 28  of April appointments will be online only. All in-person appointments will take place in Room Z 307, on the 3rd floor in Wyckham House.

Please be advised this service includes filing simple tax returns for students. We are not professional accountants and are not trained to offer tax advice.

If you have questions about our program, please email us at tax@samru.ca

Even if you do not have any income, you are still encouraged to file a tax return as you may be eligible for various benefits or credits. Students are asked to come prepared to their appointments with all their required tax forms and receipts.

Download Documentation Checklist
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Volunteer for the 2024 Tax Clinic

Want to help fellow students and gain experience for your resume? Sign up to be a volunteer! All volunteers must meet CRA guidelines and attend a mandatory training session.

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Eligible clients for this service must meet the following criteria:

  • Individuals with an income of less than $35,000
  • Married/common-law couples with a combined income of with less than $45,000
  • Have a simple tax situation

In general, your tax situation is simple if you have no income or if your income comes from any of these sources:

  • employment
  • pension
  • benefits such as the Canada Pension Plan, disability insurance, employment insurance, and social assistance
  • registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs)
  • scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, or grants
  • interest (under $1,000)

Your tax situation is not simple if you:

  • are self-employed or have employment expenses
  • have business or rental income and expenses
  • have capital gains or losses
  • own foreign property or have foreign income
  • filed for bankruptcy in the tax year (or the year before, if that return has not yet been filed)
  • are completing a tax return for a deceased person
  • own foreign property

Please contact the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) if you need more information about missing information.

Information about your personal client file, and/or instructions on obtaining your notice of assessment. We cannot contact CRA on your behalf due to sensitivity issues with regards to client confidentiality. We also cannot answer complex tax questions. If you need more information or have questions about your personal tax situation, please contact the CRA’s hotline at 1-800-959-8281 or visit them online at canada.ca/taxes. You can also log in to your CRA My Account.

Volunteers are not employees or volunteers of the Canada Revenue Agency. The SAMRU Tax Clinic is provided by a partnership between the Students’ Association of Mount Royal University and the Canada Revenue Agency’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

Tax Clinic Booking Calendar

If you do not receive a booking confirmation email, please check your junk/spam folder. If you have questions, please email tax@samru.ca.  

Tax Clinic Booking Calendar

This year's tax clinic will be virtual. You will be sent a Google Meet invite after you have booked your appointment in our booking calendar. If you have questions, please email tax@samru.ca. 

If you do not receive a booking confirmation email, please check your junk/spam folder.