Income Tax Clinic

Brella offers free tax clinics in South Surrey for eligible older adults with modest income and simple tax situations from March 4 to April 30 each year. The program is offered through Canada Revenue Agency’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP). If you need assistance with filing your income tax return, please call for more information. Registration is required.

For more information please contact our Income Tax Registration Line at
604-531-9400 ext. 214

Please read the information below carefully for our program eligibility.

Program eligibility:

  • You are over age 55

  • Your income is under $35,000 for a single person or under $45,000 for a couple

  • Your investment income is under $1,000

  • You have a simple tax situation.

Your tax situation is NOT simple and we cannot assist if:

  • Your income exceeds the amounts mentioned above

  • You have foreign income (other than US social security)

  • You are self-employed or have employment expenses

  • You have business or rental income and expenses

  • You have capital gains or losses

  • You have filed for bankruptcy in the year that we are filing

  • You are completing a tax return for a deceased person

  • We deem your tax situation to be beyond our skill level.