吐槽CRA，一帮稀里糊涂，学艺不精的

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Have your parent ever done the tax return in 2011? If they've done, CRA should decide if your parent is eligible to be a financially dependent based on their 2011 family income.

In short, how much have they earned in 2011?

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作者: ttr

过了65也可以CLAIM 305呀，305没有年龄限制；我是我老妈CLAIM 315，我老爸CLAIM 305（我老爸没有CLAIM 315)，不冲突啊。

This doesn't sounds right.
Your claimed your dad immigrant status, your didn't claim your mum immigrant status. Was your mum a visitor to you in 2011?

Your claimed your dad lived with your in 2011, you didn't claim your mum lived with you together by your description. Sounds like your mum lived outside of Canada in 2011?

A. Why did you claim your mum 315 since she is either not immigrant or not lived in Canada with you in 2011?

B. your dependent parent's income is family income, not only your dady or only your mumy's individual income. You have to provide their family income in 2011 to CRA, did you? If you parent stayed with you together in 2011, you should have their tax return. But it doesn't sound like the case by your description.

C. If your mumy lived in China in 2011, you might have to provide her income tax return in China together with your dady's income tax return in Canada as a family income, did you? But again, if you do provide both of their income tax return in China and Canada, how can you claim 315 for your mum while your mum stayed in China in 2011?

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作者: ttr

他们都是移民，移民STATUS都CLAIM了；我父母都是加拿大永久居民，现在都在加拿大和我居住在一起；2011年他们也分别进行了报税

Ok, that clear out many confusions. Now the thing should be simple, did you do the tax return for them in 2011? How much was your parent family income in 2011?

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作者: ttr

交了啊，他们在2011年分别都报税了，他们2个全年收入一共5000加币不到

That might be it. Looks like $4000 is over the threshold. I am not sure the threshold, but gut feeling is $3500 around. Better check with accountant or call CRA to figure out the income threshold. Good luck.

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Then, citizenship might be a hidden factor?
I have two google search result enlist Canadian citizenship is one of the factor. I know it's not indicated in CRA website.
http://voices.yahoo.com/faq-claiming...57.html?cat=17