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Receive a 60% Rebate on your eligible post-secondary tuition fees

Start saving with the Manitoba Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate
By providing post-secondary graduates with a 60% income tax rebate on their eligible tuition fees, theTuition Fee Income Tax Rebate helps recent graduates like you pay for your education while living and working here in Manitoba.

Make your first claim on this year's income tax return!
If you graduated with a degree, diploma or certificate from a postsecondary institution recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency on or after January 1, 2007 and now work and pay taxes in Manitoba, you can benefit from the Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate. It doesn’t matter if your post-secondary training took place in Manitoba or elsewhere. You can make your first claim on your 2007 income tax return.

How it works
You are entitled to receive a 60% income tax rebate on your eligible tuition fees to a maximum of $25,000. You can claim your rebate over as little as six years or as long as twenty years.

Here are some examples of what this rebate could mean to you:

 
Tuition Fees*
60% Rebate
Arts
$11,315
$  6,789
MBA
$34,380
$20,628
Electrician
$13,880
$  8,328
Law
$38,651
$23,191
Medicine
$32,774
$19,664
Engineering
$26,375
$15,825
Nursing
$18,693
$11,216
Computer Analyst/Programmer
$  8.208
$  4,925
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
$  7,381
$  4,429
Transport Driver Training
$  6,200
$  3,720
Dentistry
$45,972
$25,000 (maximum)
Pharmacy
$25,164
$15,098
*Net of total tuition plus additional eligible fees minus 10% Manitoba tuition reduction
Source: 2008/2009  tuition fees for the University of Manitoba, Red River College, Province of MB and Free Eagle Driver Training Ltd.

                                                

For More Information
To find out more about how Manitoba's Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate can help you put money in your pocket as you put down roots in Manitoba, please call the Manitoba Tax Assistance Office at 948-2115 or toll-free 1-800-782-0771.

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