Family & everyday life
Benefits, care costs and tax credits for family life, from child care to medical expenses and support for older relatives.
Family & everyday life
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Valérie's appointment was 68 kilometres away. The return trip mattered differently.
Check one-way distance, access to local care and travel records before adding medical mileage, meals or accommodation to a claim.
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Bernard asks for the care breakdown before using the annual total
Separate care wages from other residence charges and compare the permitted medical-expense and disability-credit combinations.
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The job changed. The drug coverage had its own dates.
Check group-insurance dates, RAMQ enrolment and exemptions before calculating a Quebec drug-plan premium on the tax return.
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Moving in together can change the CRA file before a wedding
Use the tax definition and effective date for marriage, common-law status or separation, and report the change on time.
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Farah reads the dates on her son's DTC approval
Check the child benefit connection, the July-to-June payment year and which earlier years the CRA reviews automatically.
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George's medical receipts may qualify for another Ontario credit
Start with the calculated medical-expense amount, then apply the Ontario credit's age, income and refund rules.
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