The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) is an important credit that has long been available to Type 1 diabetics if they spend more than an average of 14 hours per week performing life sustaining therapy. Until May 2017, 80% of diabetics who supplied a letter from their physician confirming that they meet the criteria were approved …
For months, the Minister of National Revenue has been denying diabetics’ applications for the Disability Tax Credit, even when their doctors have certified that they are eligible under the law. Despite repeatedly claiming that the process had not changed, today the government announced that it would revert to using the pre-May 2017 interpretation of Life …
November 21, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, ON – Pat Kelly, Conservative Shadow Minister for National Revenue and Member of Parliament for Calgary Rocky Ridge, today issued the following statement in response to the Auditor General’s report which found that the Canada Revenue Agency is failing to provide timely and accurate information to Canadians: “Today, …
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November 6, 2017 Mr. Speaker, for 150 years, our Parliament has been a reflection of Canada and Canadians. It is more than a building. It is the embodiment of our national character, its virtues and vices, its strengths and its weaknesses. It has been burned to the ground and been built back up stone by …
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One might not have thought it possible, but the Liberals have found a new way to nickel and dime Canadian taxpayers to fund their out of control spending. A CRA official confirmed via an email to the Globe and Mail that they will start taxing employee discounts. This new tax will hurt some of the …
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