Governing Ourselves informs members of legal and regulatory matters affecting the profession. This section provides updates on licensing and qualification requirements, notification of Council resolutions and reports from various Council committees, including reports on accreditation and discipline matters.
Deduct your membership fee
Don’t forget to claim professional fees on your tax return
Don’t forget to claim your 2010 College membership fee on your income tax form. But don’t send Ottawa a paper receipt. The federal government doesn’t want it.
Report the amount on line 212 – annual union, professional or like dues. The General Income Tax and Benefit Guide specifies that receipts for dues should not be included with tax returns, whether you file by mail or electronically, so you don’t need to send a receipt.
However, with an account in the private Members’ Area of the College web site, you can check your membership-fee payment record and print your own receipt for this or previous years whenever you need one. The College will also print and mail receipts upon request when you call Client Services at 416-961-8800 or toll-free in Ontario, 1-888-534-2222.
If you haven’t yet created your private account in the Members’ Area and follow the directions. The process takes less than two minutes.
Tax receipts are posted to individual member accounts each year when the annual fee is paid.
