5006-TCA (Front)
Protected B when completed
2025
Schedule ON479-A
Ontario Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) Tax Credit
Complete Form T778, Child Care Expenses Deduction for 2025, and enter the
amount claimed on line 21400 of your return before completing this form.
To find out if you are eligible for this tax credit, go to canada.ca/on-tax-
info.
Complete and attach a copy of this schedule to your paper return.
An eligible child can be any of the following:
- your or your spouse's or common-law partner's child
- a child whose net income was $16,129 or less and who was dependent upon you
or your spouse or common-law partner
The child must have been under 16 years of age at some time in the year;
however, the age limit does not apply if the child had a physical or mental
impairment and was dependent upon you or your spouse or common-law partner at
any time during the year.
For each eligible child, there may be one or more supporting persons.
A supporting person is a person (other than you) who meets all of the
following conditions:
- They were a resident of Ontario at the end of 2025
- They lived with you at any time in 2025 and at any time in the first 60
days of 2026, and were any of the following:
-- the eligible child's parent
-- your spouse or common-law partner, if you are the parent of the eligible
child
-- an individual claiming an amount for the eligible child on line 30425,
30400, 30450, or 30500 of their return
No supporting person for any eligible children
If none of the eligible children has a supporting person, calculate your
adjusted income and enter it on line 4 of column 1.
One supporting person for all eligible children
If there is only one supporting person and all of the eligible children have
the same supporting person:
- Calculate your adjusted income and enter it on line 4 of column 1
- Calculate the adjusted income of the supporting person and enter it on line
4 of column 2
Two or more supporting persons for all eligible children
If there are two or more supporting persons and all of the eligible children
have the same supporting persons:
- Calculate your adjusted income and enter it on line 4 of column 1
- Calculate the adjusted income of each supporting person on a separate sheet
and enter the total of their adjusted incomes on line 4 of column 2 (leave
lines 1 to 3 of column 2 blank)
Different supporting persons for each eligible child
If there is one or more supporting persons and the eligible children do not
have the same supporting person(s):
- Calculate your adjusted income and enter it on line 4 of column 1
- Calculate the adjusted income of each supporting person. For each eligible
child, calculate the total of the adjusted incomes of all supporting persons
for that child on a separate sheet. Enter the highest sum on line 4 of column
2 (leave lines 1 to 3 of column 2 blank)
5006-TCA (Back)
Family adjusted income calculation for the tax credit
*** Transcriber's Note: In print, the following table is set-up as 2 columns.
Column 1 You; Column 2 Supporting person(s). ***
Line 1: Net income from line 23600 of the return (or the amount you would have
entered if the instructions on line 23600 said "if negative, show in
brackets")
Column 1 You ^
Column 2 Supporting person(s) ^
Line 2: Child care expenses deduction from line 21400 of the return
Column 1 You ^
Column 2 Supporting person(s) Line 63045 ^
Line 3: Social benefits repayment from line 23500 of the return
Column 1 You ^
Column 2 Supporting person(s) ^
Line 4: Add lines 1 to 3 (if negative, enter "0"). Adjusted income
Column 1 You = ^
Column 2 Supporting person(s) Line 63047 = ^
Line 5: Add the amounts from line 4 of columns 1 and 2. Family adjusted
income ^
Line 6: Enter your child care expenses deduction from line 21400 of your
return. ^
Line 7: If your family adjusted income on line 5 is "0", enter 75%. If not,
enter the tax credit rate that applies to your family adjusted income from
the table below. % ^
Line 8: Line 6 multiplied by the percentage from line 7 Enter this amount on
line 63050 of your Form ON479. = ^
Family adjusted income and Tax credit rate
more than $0 but not more than $20,000: 75%
more than $20,000 but not more than $22,500: 73%
more than $22,500 but not more than $25,000: 71%
more than $25,000 but not more than $27,500: 69%
more than $27,500 but not more than $30,000: 67%
more than $30,000 but not more than $32,500: 65%
more than $32,500 but not more than $35,000: 63%
more than $35,000 but not more than $37,500: 61%
more than $37,500 but not more than $40,000: 59%
more than $40,000 but not more than $45,000: 57%
more than $45,000 but not more than $50,000: 55%
more than $50,000 but not more than $55,000: 53%
more than $55,000 but not more than $60,000: 51%
more than $60,000 but not more than $63,600: 49%
more than $63,600 but not more than $67,200: 47%
more than $67,200 but not more than $70,800: 45%
more than $70,800 but not more than $74,400: 43%
more than $74,400 but not more than $78,000: 41%
more than $78,000 but not more than $81,600: 39%
more than $81,600 but not more than $85,200: 37%
more than $85,200 but not more than $88,800: 35%
more than $88,800 but not more than $92,400: 33%
more than $92,400 but not more than $96,000: 31%
more than $96,000 but not more than $99,600: 29%
more than $99,600 but not more than $103,200: 27%
more than $103,200 but not more than $106,800: 25%
more than $106,800 but not more than $110,400: 23%
more than $110,400 but not more than $114,000: 21%
more than $114,000 but not more than $117,600: 19%
more than $117,600 but not more than $121,200: 17%
more than $121,200 but not more than $124,800: 15%
more than $124,800 but not more than $128,400: 13%
more than $128,400 but not more than $132,000: 11%
more than $132,000 but not more than $136,500: 9%
more than $135,600 but not more than $139,200: 7%
more than $139,200 but not more than $142,800: 5%
more than $142,800 but not more than $146,400: 3%
more than $146,400 but not more than $150,000: 1%
more than $150,000: 0%
See the privacy notice on your return.
