Tuition Tax Receipts

Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts

Many courses and programs offered by UBC Continuing Studies qualify for non-refundable tax credits and education amounts. If a course meets certain educational criteria (as outlined below), a T2202A tax certificate should be available for download from your online account profile by late-February of the next calendar year. An email notification will be sent to eligible students in February. A T2202A (Tuition and Education Amounts Certificate) can be used as an offical statement for income tax purposes.

Below is an outline of eligible tuition fees and education amounts, please ensure you claim your eligible tuition fees, education amounts, and textbook amounts. For full details, refer to the Canada Revenue Agency website: www.cra.gc.ca.

For more information, view our tax receipt FAQs.

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Eligible Tuition Fees

You can claim the course fees for courses taken in the calendar year. To qualify, the fees must be more than $100 for the year.

Eligible tuition fees include:

• admission fees;
• examination fees;
• application fees (but only if the student later enrolls in the institution);
• charges for a certificate, diploma, or degree;
• mandatory computer service fees;
• academic fees.

You cannot claim the following as tuition fees:

• fees paid or reimbursed by your employer, or an employer of one of your parents, where the amount is not included in your or your parent's income;
• fees paid by a federal, provincial, or territorial job training program, where the amount is not included in your income;
• students' association fees;
• medical expenses;
• transportation and parking;
• meals and lodging;
• goods of lasting value that you will keep, such as a computer, microscope, uniform, or an academic gown;
• initiation or entrance fees to a professional organization; or
• cost of books (other than books that are included in the total fees for a correspondence course); however, you may be entitled to the textbook amount (see Textbook Amounts below).

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Eligible Education Amounts

You can claim only one education amount for each month: the full-time amount or the part-time amount.

You can claim a full-time education for each whole or part month in the calendar year in which you were enrolled in a qualifying educational program at UBC Continuing Studies if the following applies:

• you were enrolled full-time;
• you attended only part-time and you can claim the disability amount; or
• you attended only part-time due to a certified mental or physical impairment, but you do not qualify for the disability amount.

You can claim a part-time education amount of each whole or part month in the year that you were enrolled in a specified educational program at a designated educational institution.

You cannot claim the education amount if you:

• received a grant or were reimbursed for the cost of your courses from your employer or another person, with whom you deal at arm's length;
• received a benefit as part of a program (such as free meals and lodging); or
• received an allowance for a program such as a training allowance.

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Textbook Amounts

You are eligible to claim this amount only if you are entitled to claim the education amount. Refer to Schedule 11 in your personal income tax return for specific textbook amounts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a designated educational institution?

The University of British Columbia is a designated educational institution.

2. What is a qualifying Full-Time educational program?

This is a program that:

• lasts at least 3 consecutive weeks; and
• requires a minimum of 10 hours of instruction or work each week (not including study time).

3. What is a specified Part-Time educational program?

This is a program that:

• lasts at least 3 consecutive weeks; and
• requires that each student spend not less than 12 hours in the month on courses in the program.

Instruction or work includes lectures, practical training, and laboratory work.

4. How do I know when T2202A is ready for download?

Students who have enrolled in an eligible course/program will be receiving a notice that their T2202A tax certificate will be available for download from their online account profile by late-February of the next calendar year. If you do not receive this notification, please contact the program unit responsible for your program to confirm your contact information.

5. How do I download and print my T2202A from my student profile?

I have a UBC Continuing Studies Online Registration System Account.

• Go to the Login page.
• Enter your email address and password and then click "Login".
• After logging in, hover over your name (near the top right of the screen) to view the sub-menu and choose “My Reports”.
• On the "My Reports" page, click "T2202A Tax Receipts".
• The default tax year should be 2011. Click "View Report". A new window will open to display the certificate in pdf*. Clicking "View Report" the first time will create an original T2202A certificate. If you return to your online account later and click "View Report" again, it will generate a T2202A marked as duplicate.
• If you forgot your password, please use the password recovery process to reset your password. You will be asked to provide the answer to the security question before you can complete this process.

I don’t know or do not have a UBC Continuing Studies Online Registration System Account.

• Contact us at 604.822.9620 Monday to Friday 8:30am-4pm or email tax.inquiry@cstudies.ubc.ca to create/reset your password and/or security question.
• After receiving your temporary password, please go to the Login page.
• Enter your email address and temporary password and then click "Login".
• After logging in, please reset your password. To do so, hover over your name (near the top right of the screen) to view the sub-menu and choose “Edit Profile”.
• Open the “Login” section, enter your new password twice as indicated and click “Submit”. You are now logged in.
• To view and print your T2202A certificate, hover over your name (near the top right of the screen) to view the sub-menu and choose “My Reports”.
• On the "My Reports" page, click "T2202A Tax Receipts".
• The default tax year should be 2011. Click "View Report". A new window will open to display the certificate as a pdf* file. Clicking "View Report" the first time will create an original T2202A certificate. If you return to your online account later and click "View Report" again, it will generate a T2202A marked as duplicate.

* Note: You will need Adobe® Acrobat Reader to view the pdf document. Download the free reader.

6. I still have unanswered questions.

Please 604.822.9620 Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm or email tax.inquiry@cstudies.ubc.ca.