Do you know about the personal tax credits and how to claim the DTC? THat's not the same as claiming CPP Disability or Persons with a Disability (PWD) from the province for social assistance. It's also not the same as claiming the 25% ICBC rate reduction for disability.
The first thing you need to know is that each gov't program has it's own definition for what is a disability. Start by assuming that none of them are the same and you'll be on solid ground.
Over the past 8 years I've been researching, writing, collecting useful information and speaking / presenting, doing webinars on personal tax credits. The useful links you'll find below are what I compiled today when someone called me from up north in BC to ask how to claim for the incremental cost of building a house to accommodate someone with a disability. Did you know that if you're a landlord, or an employer, that there are also special, advantageous rules about claiming expenses for renovating for accommodation in the workplace or accommodations?
I'm available to consult on this topic, and to make presentations, or host a webinar for your group online. You could be anywhere in Canada. I've done teleconferences and webinars for groups from here in Tsawwassen for groups all the way over in St. John Nfld. I understand that today they are under 48" of snow so they may not be digging out for a few days, but you know what, if you're stuck inside anyway, connect with me and we can connect a bunch of you via online meeting and learn about tax while the snow is up over the door and windows and you can't get out. (My mom used to talk about how that happened where she grew up south of Swift Current)
And if you just want to do some winter reading, have at it, here's the list of links and believe me, under each link, there's more links... and under those, more links. You could be at this for weeks until it's warm enough to get out to garden again.
http://www.taxdetective.ca/links.html
Do you support someone who has a disability?
http://www.taxdetective.ca/articles/article/1482041/20629.htm (this is the article on renovations that I did for Shell Bussey's radio show where he had me call in as a guest)
I am in the middle of presenting a four part series on using Quicken to manage your finances and keep track of your investments. You can purchase the first two in the series already, and the next two are live on Wednesdays at 1 pm Pacific Time via www.ipbc.ca or purchase the recording after here:
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