DISABILITY TAX CREDIT
You might have heard by word of mouth or by ads on TV or in newspapers that claim they can ‘get’ you $40K in back taxes through a special disability tax credit. It’s TRUE!
This is a non-refundable tax credit that can give you a bigger tax refund (but only if you pay taxes).
Not only can you claim this Credit for yourself, but you can also claim it for a relative (whether they live with you or not*) who is disabled and dependent on you, and who is your or your spouse’s child, grandchild, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew.
Some examples of qualifying disabilities are:
- Angina
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Asperger’s syndrome
- Ataxia (Cerebellar Dysfunction)
- Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
- Autism
- Behçet’s disease
- Bi-polar disorder (mood disorder)
- Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
- Bulimia nervosa
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Chromosome Abnormality
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- Chronic pain Disorder
- Colitis
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Cri-du-Chat syndrome (Deletion 5p Syndrome)
- Crohn’s disease (Regional Enteritis)
- De Vivo Disease (GLUT1 deficiency syndrome)
- Dementia
- Depression (Clinical
- Major
- Unipolar)
- Developmentally Delayed (DD)
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Down Syndrome
- Dressing (can’t dress or takes significantly longer)
- Dysgraphia
- Elimination (bowel or bladder functions)
- Epilepsy
- Feeding (can’t feed themselves or takes significantly longer)
- Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
- Fibromyalgia (FM)
- Gambling Addiction
- Gender identity disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
- Glaucoma
- Global Developmental Delay (GDD)
- Hearing Disorder (unable to hear or takes significantly longer)
- Hepatitis C
- Huntington’s disease
- Hypermobility syndrome
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypotonia
- Infantile Spasms (Infant Epilepsy)
- Irritable Bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Learning Disabilities (Special needs)
- Mania
- Mental illness
- Mental Retardation
- Microcephaly
- Migraines
- Mild Intellectual disability (MID)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Myotonic Myopathy
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
- Osteoarthritis
- Panic Disorder
- Parkinson’s disease
- Personality disorder
- Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)
- Psychotic
- Quadriplegic
- Retinoschisis
- Schizophrenia
- Scoliosis
- Seizure Disorder
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep disorder
- Speech disorder (unable to speak or takes significantly longer)
- Specific developmental disorder (SDD)
- Stroke
- Substance Abuse
- Tic disorder
- Tourette syndrome
- Tumor
- Vision (Blind in BOTH eyes 20/200 20 degrees field of vision)
- Walking (can’t walk 100 metres or takes significantly longer)
However, the firms that complete these forms for you are scam artists and they will charge you anywhere from $5K to $7K by taking a huge percentage of your returns. You do not need a special firm to do this for you. Check out CRA’s link here to find out more!
To apply for the DTC, please visit Eric Duncan’s office (Cornwall’s MP) or if you are not in Cornwall, your local MP’s office. They will help you with the process.
