BC Training Tax Credit (employers)

You can claim a refundable tax credit if you are a taxable corporation with a permanent establishment in the province and you paid salary and wages before January 1, 2025, to an employee who was registered in a prescribed program administered through SkilledTradesBC.

Deadline not available

30% of

Tax Credit, Hiring

All Sectors

Indigenous

For Profit

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

The province offers a credit to employers based on the salary and wages paid to an apprentice:

the basic tax credit for apprentices in the first 24 months of a non-Red Seal program (20%, maximum $4,000)
the completion tax credit when an apprentice completes level three or four of either a Red Seal program or a non-Red Seal program (15%, maximum $2,500/$3,000)
the enhanced tax credit for apprentices who are individuals registered under the Indian Act or who qualify for the disability amount on their income tax and benefit return (all levels of both Red Seal and non-Red Seal programs) (5.5% maximum $1,000, 30% maximum $6,000, or 22.5% maximum $3,750/$4,500)