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Generally, you can claim part or all of the eligible amount of your gifts, up to the limit of 75% of your net income for the year. You may be able to increase this limit if you give capital property (including depreciable property). For more details, see Calculating your increased donation limit.

As a rule, at the federal level, your credit will be 15 percent of the first $200 of donations and 29 percent of your additional donations. The credit can reach under certain rules 33 percent if you are in the highest tax bracket.

You have until midnight on December 31 to make a charitable donation and save on your 2023 taxes. Show your local love this holiday season and also do a little something nice for yourself.

In any one tax year, you can claim: donations you made by December 31 of that year. any unclaimed donations you made in the previous five years. any unclaimed donations your spouse or common-law partner made during the year or in the last five years.

Report it on your electronic federal and provincial tax return or on schedule 9 of paper tax returns. Generally, at the federal level, you are credited 15% of the first $200 of donations and 29% of additional donations above the first $200.

If you're claiming charitable donations under $200, the federal tax credit rate is 15%, meaning, if you're claiming $200 in charitable donations, you'll receive a refund of $30. If you're claiming more than $200, anything over your initial $200 is at a tax rate of 29%.

Religious and charitable organizations typically fall under section 501(c)(3) and can receive tax-deductible donations. Not every section allows these deductions. For instance, social welfare and civic organizations registered under section 501(c)(4) don't qualify.

You do not have to claim all of the donations you made in the year they were made. When you donate over $200, you are automatically eligible to carry them forward and claim them on your tax return for any of the next five years.