You may be able to jointly elect with your spouse or common-law partner to split the following eligible pension income when preparing your taxes.
You may split also split your Canada Pension however you must call Services Canada at 1-800-277-9914 to do this. Splitting the Canada Pension isn’t always beneficial so please contact us first for advice.
Important: If one spouse moves to Residential Care it may be beneficial to revise your previous tax returns to not split income in order to lower the monthly Residential Care fees..