Student Tax Information (2024 Calendar Year)

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Trinity Western University issues tax forms to students for income tax purposes. These forms are your records of eligible tuition & fees paid during the calendar year and any financial awards income received from the University during calendar year.

**Please note the following Full time thresholds for student tax receipting purposes:

Undergraduate - student is enrolled in 9 credit hours or greater per semester
Graduate - all students enrolled in a Graduate, Seminary or Doctoral Program are considered to be Full Time

How to Obtain Your Tax Forms ↓

T2202 and T4A - For Canadian, US and International students, forms will be available on the campus portal on February 28 2025.

1098T - For students with US citizenship, if your address on your student profile is within North America, the US 1098T tuition form will be mailed out by January 31 2025. For those with an international or campus address, you will receive an email requesting you to drop by the Service Hub in the Student Life Office to pick up the form or provide a North American mailing address.

Please note: If you didn't take any classes in 2024, you won't get a tax receipt for 2024. Any deposits made to the university are put towards your tuition and will be put on the tax form the year that you start taking classes.

CLICK HERE to view your tax forms.

If you do not know your TWU Name and Password, CLICK HERE to reset your password.
You can update or add your SIN number on your student profile by clicking HERE.

TWU’s Finance department can assist in confirming or correcting the accuracy of your information slips. Please submit any questions HERE. We will respond to you as soon as possible.

Frequently Asked Questions↓

I’ve updated my SIN number in the system but it’s not visible in the tax form.

Once you update your SIN/SSN using this link: https://www1.twu.ca/profile it should reflect on your tax forms almost immediately. If it doesn’t do this, file a ticket with the Service Hub

Am I supposed to file taxes? I work on campus.

Please review this link for who should file taxes in Canada: Should I File Taxes in Canada?

What is the process of filing tax returns as an international student?

This link should help you with answering your basic Income Tax questions: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/income-tax/personal-income-tax.html Otherwise, you can find an outside vendor to help you file your income taxes.

My address was written wrongly on my tax form. It is my home country address while I provided my current address in Canada on the website. Would you please fix them?

You should be able to update your address using this link: https://www1.twu.ca/profile it should reflect on your tax forms almost immediately. If it doesn’t do this, file a ticket with the Service Hub

Hello, I noticed a difference between the amount I paid for tuition and the amount on my tax form. Could you please explain the reason?

Please file a ticket with the Service Hub, and we’ll be happy to review and resolve this issue for you.

I paid a deposit of CAD $10,000 and later canceled my studies, but I can’t find any tax form. I made the deposit in 2022 and canceled my studies in 2023. I need a tax form for my tax return.

Tax receipts are only issued for tuition paid toward registered courses taken in a given calendar year. In this case, since no courses were attended in 2023 due to the cancellation, no tax receipt is provided. The applicable amount of your deposit will be refunded to you as part of the cancellation process.

I didn’t take any courses in 2024, but I paid a CAD $18,000 deposit in 2023. Shouldn’t I receive a 2024 tax form for this payment? Please refer to my attached LOA. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Deposits or payments are applied to your tuition costs for the year in which you begin taking courses. If you haven’t taken any courses in 2024, your payments will be credited to the year you start attending courses, and a tax receipt will be issued for that year.

An Explanation of Different Types of Tax Forms ↓

T2202 (all students) - The T2202 reports all eligible tuition and fees paid and the number of months a student is enrolled in a qualifying education program. It does not provide assurance that the student is eligible for related tuition credits or a scholarship income exemption.

T4A (all students) - The T4A reports all financial awards received, such as scholarships / bursaries / awards / grants (e.g., Provost award, Torch award, experiential learning grants).

1098T (U.S. Students only) – Reports both eligible tuition & fees paid as well as financial awards.

General governmental guidance regarding student income taxes:

(CANADIAN) Tax Information for Students | (AMERICAN) Tax Information for Students

How Tax Forms at TWU Are Prepared ↓

TWU prepares tax forms on a comprehensive / gross basis. This means that all transactions are reported without regard to an individual student’s circumstance as to whether they are eligible to use any/all of the tuition credits reported. Comprehensive transactions are also reported on the T4A without regard as to applicability of inclusion/exclusion of that income for an individual’s tax filing purposes according to their individual circumstances.

SIN / SSN – Governmental taxation authorities require students to provide their SIN / SSN number to educational institutions for the issuance of tax receipts. You can update your SIN number on your student profile by clicking HERE.

If you have provided your SIN after your tax forms have already been made available to you, you will have to wait up to one business day to see the updated information reflected on your tax forms.

Application fees – Application fees may be eligible for a tax credit but have not been reported on your T2202 since it is normally paid before you have a student account established. Maintain your receipt or proof of payment if you are eligible to claim this fee.

Important Note: These tax forms, and the amounts reported on them, do not provide assurance that the student is eligible to claim any amounts reported on the receipt, for personal tax filing or other purposes. Each student is responsible for determining their own eligibility to claim credits and to report applicable income, based on their own circumstances. If guidance is necessary for your income tax filing regarding what amounts from your tax form can be used, please contact a qualified accountant / tax preparer accordingly. Trinity Western University is not able to provide advice on the use of your tax receipt.

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Tue 1/23/24 5:39 PM

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Mon 11/18/24 4:14 PM

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