Disability Tax Credit

• COVID-19 disability benefit, even if approved, would ‘miss all kinds of people’

  Many Canadians will disabilities who should receive emergency aid likely won't get it, advocates say.

  Money

  Jun 13, 2020
  
• Canadians with lifelong disabilities can lose disability tax credit

  Robert Morley, who has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, just lost access to the federal disability tax credit even though his condition didn't change.

  Money

  Feb 8, 2020
  
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• The disability tax credit was an explosive issue for the Liberals. Will the next government fix it?

  Experts and health advocates are "disappointed" in what they've heard about the disability tax credit in the election campaign.

  Politics

  Oct 17, 2019
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• N.B. veterans fight to receive disability tax credit

  Last June, a Senate committee studying the disability tax credit said the program needed to be overhauled and that less than 40 per cent of people living with disabilities are approved.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2019
• Keep your receipts! And other back-to-school tax tips for parents

  As your kids head back to school, the Canada Revenue Agency is reminding parents that there’s ways to save money – in the form of tax rebates.

  Sep 18, 2018
• Canada’s disability tax credit program needs major overhaul, Senate committee urges

  A Senate committee tasked with studying the disability tax credit and a disabilities savings plan says the two programs need to be overhauled and is urging the government to do more to help people living with a disability.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2018
• The CRA makes it so hard to get the disability tax credit, many don’t even try

  Applying for the credit is such a headache, some doctors are reportedly refusing to do it, according to a new study by the University of Calgary.

  Money

  Jan 11, 2018
• 5 things you can do by year end that could trim your tax bill in 2018

  It pays to plan ahead.

  Money

  Dec 20, 2017
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• Peter Watts: Denial of disability tax credit to diabetics causes ‘furor’

  Kimberley Hansen, director of federal affairs for Diabetes Canada, comments on a recent Canada Revenue Agency directive regarding the disability tax credit.

  Dec 10, 2017
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• CRA to review denied disability tax credit claims for diabetics

  Disability advocates and opposition parties have been excoriating the agency for weeks over the fact that many Canadians with Type 1 diabetes have suddenly found themselves ineligible to claim the disability tax credit, even though they've previously qualified for it.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2017