twinkle05 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Did anyone submit their $10 200 UBC deposit and decided not to go to UBC? What did you do about the deposit? I emailed UBC as to whether it can be converted into a "donation" for the faculty. But their response was that it can't be done. This is what they said "It is due to the fact that according to Canada Revenue law, a “deposit” is forfeited if the student pays and then doesn’t enrol in classes, and thus the payment is not tax deductable. " I'm wondering if anyone got a different response from the dental faculty? Or if you pursued other option of getting some of the money back? THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllSmiles Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I sent you a pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalPush Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Did anyone submit their $10 200 UBC deposit and decided not to go to UBC? What did you do about the deposit? I emailed UBC as to whether it can be converted into a "donation" for the faculty. But their response was that it can't be done. This is what they said "It is due to the fact that according to Canada Revenue law, a “deposit” is forfeited if the student pays and then doesn’t enrol in classes, and thus the payment is not tax deductable. " I'm wondering if anyone got a different response from the dental faculty? Or if you pursued other option of getting some of the money back? THANKS! Yeah, my friend and I were wondering the same thing. Has anybody tried asking for atleast some money back? I thought the payment was tax deductible? any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 OUCH. thats a ton of money down the drain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllSmiles Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I already tried asking for a little bit back...no luck....since it is clearly stated in 3 places (this is what they told me) that no refunds are given back. I still don't understand why they can't give us a receipt back which can be used as a donation receipt for tax deductions...it's not like they have to give any of the money back to us, just typing up a piece of paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkle05 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I don't know why they're not helping us. I even got an income tax receipt for the $200 UBC application fee. The application fee's not even going towards our tuition. While our deposit is clearly going towards our tuition -- how is it that we can't get a tax receipt for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky222 Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Yeah I'm not sure if I should even bother applying to UBC anymore. There's some schools closer to home that I'd much rather attend, but it's one of the first schools to come back with a decision meaning you're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place about if you should confirm a seat or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjaejai Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Sorry guys, but I heard that the "forfeited" deposits go towards dental students bursary program since we are exampt from UBC bursary programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezura Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 they're ticked off you guys didn't choose them haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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