I believe one of my children fits the criteria for disability status.
This could mean that I, and my family could nearly zero our taxes.
He was diagnosed with his learning disability in 1995, but the cause of the disability (we believe)was in 1992 during open heart surgery.
I was told that I could request a re-assessment of our taxes to the diagnoses, or to the cause of the disability date.
I should get a refund this year, of about 3000 bux. I figure it should be near that for each year going back to 92 or 95…a fair amount no matter how far we go back.
Have you any disability tax stories to share? Are you an expert?
I need your help
I’ve been receiving the Disability Tax Credit for my son for 9 years now. I didn’t know about it until he was about 4 and I was able to claim retroactively.
Unless there is some big change, you need to have the doc’s fill out the forms stating when the disability came into effect. In my case it was at birth, so it was easy and also its not a disability that is going to improve.
The tax credit has risen this year to 10,000 where in past year it was about 4,000. Make sure when you are doing your taxes, you take the new credit.
With the old one, I usually received about 3-4,000 back. Boyo’s disability is considered severe so its likely a bit different, but just call the feds and they will give you the accurate info. Your tax return takes longer to process too which is a pain in the arse.
JimmyNipples; I have dealt with Rev Canada on two fronts when it came to disability. The first was with a child who was deaf. Much later with a husband who had MSA (similar to Parkinsons). The child issue was fairly easy as she was deaf and it was obvious she was handicapped. Still a letter from doctor and audiologist to confirm was needed. The latter was much tougher. It took almost a year and a half of fighting with them to get them to agree my husband was indeed disabled, even with the doctor and neurologist letters. They finally gave in when I printed info from the internet about the illness and offered to put him in a wheelchair and bring him to their office to provide any additional proof they would need. They decided at this point he was indeed handicapped (this came about 7 months before he died). The big thing is to have medical certification (every doctor in Canada has the necessary paperwork, I work for a doctor so I see a lot of these forms) and preferably get an accountant to do the filing for you, so nothing is missed. Good Luck with it.
Thanks for the help guys. I realise they need tax payers, to pay taxes, but it’s going to cost us a fair amount just to keep him busy. It’s going to be a bit of a fight I think.
Our boy has ADHD, as well as some other brain dysfunctions and learning disabilites.
Although ADHD isn’t reason enough (IMHO) to claim a disability, his other problems are worthy of exemption.
Don’t ever think that something isn’t worth exemption. You may find as your son gets older that he has more needs which can be financially frustrating. Leg braces cost us 1300.00 and we didn’t know at the time that we had options where it would be partially paid for. Thank god for grandparents. As time goes on, you’ll get a better handle on what exactly your son may need.
Don’t forget to check out your provincial offices for a section called Handicapped Children’s Services, in Social Services. You will likely qualify for some benefits there as well.
Feel free to email me. Been there, done that and it can be a very frustrating process.