Fill Out CRA Form TD1NT Online

What is Form TD1NT used for

The Northwest Territories levies its own personal income tax, and the TD1NT captures the territorial credits you expect to claim so your payer can set withholding correctly. The territory's basic personal amount is comparatively generous, which helps offset northern living costs through lighter payroll deductions.

Keep in mind that the substantial northern residents deductions for people living in prescribed zones are federal, claimed through the federal TD1 and your annual return rather than on the TD1NT. The territorial form deals strictly with NWT credits.

Who fills out Form TD1NT

New employees whose province or territory of employment is the Northwest Territories complete the TD1NT, as do new pension recipients living in the territory, anyone whose entitlements change mid-year, and anyone asking for additional tax to be withheld. Fly-in fly-out workers should verify their territory of employment with payroll, because that determines whether the TD1NT or another jurisdiction's form governs their wages.

If your only claim is the basic personal amount and nothing has changed, your employer can apply the default without a new form.

How to fill out Form TD1NT

Take the current year's version, since the amounts are indexed annually, and work down the page:

• Line 1: the Northwest Territories basic personal amount shown on the current year's form.
• Line 2: the age amount if you will be 65 or older at year end, subject to the income threshold on the form.
• Line 3: the pension income amount for eligible pension or annuity income.
• Line 4: tuition amounts for eligible enrolment during the year, per the form's calculation.
• Line 5: the disability amount if you are eligible for the disability tax credit.
• Lines 6 and 7: the spouse or common-law partner amount and the amount for an eligible dependant, income-tested as described.
• Line 8: the caregiver amount for an infirm dependant age 18 or older.
• Lines 9 and 10: amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner or from a dependant.
• Total line: add everything, sign, and date. Page 2 offers the multiple employer checkbox, the exemption for income below the total claim, and the field for extra withholding.

When to give it to your employer or payer

Submit the TD1NT to your employer or pension payer alongside the federal TD1 when you start, and file an updated copy within seven days of any change in your entitlements. It remains in the payer's records rather than going to the CRA.

Concurrent jobs in the territory follow the standard rule: claim your amounts on one form, and mark the other with the more than one employer box and a zero total claim.