J1 Visa, Foreign tax credit question

[jamesmaxor]

I worked as a Student J1 Visa for a few months last year. I already filed my US taxes. I have a Canadian tax question.

I have enough tuition credits to offset all the taxes before using the foreign credit, leaving me with a foreign credit that might not have any use in the future. I was looking for any information on credit ordering and could not find anything on foreign credits.

Does anyone have any knowledge on this subject?

[Steven]

Foreign credits in what respect?

If you've worked in the US then you can claim a foreign tax credit on T2209 and T2036, but that's to do with your job, not your tuition.

[agnelson]

Just as a note on this issue, if you have sufficient foreign TAX credits to reduce your Cdn income tax to zero, you can carryforward the TUITION credits to a future year(since they are for your education) . Since foreign tax credit cannot be carried forward, it would be wisest to use these first, and use tuition afterwards.