Income Tax Act — I-3.3 118.041
at can be used independently of the qualifying renovation; (b) that is the cost of annual, recurring or routine repair or maintenance; (c) to acquire a household appliance; (d) to acquire an electronic home-entertainment device; (e) that is the cost of housekeeping, security monitoring, gardening, outdoor maintenance or similar services; (f) for financing costs in respect of the qualifying renovation; (g) made or incurred primarily for the purpose of increasing or maintaining the value of the eligible dwelling; (h) made or incurred for the purpose of gaining or producing income from a business or property; (i) in respect of goods or services provided by a person not dealing at arm’s length with the qualifying individual or the eligible individual, unless the person is registered for the purposes of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act ; (j) to the extent that the outlay or expense can reasonably be considered to have been reimbursed, otherwise than as assistance from the federal or a provincial government including a grant, subsidy, forgivable loan or a deduction from tax; or (k) that is included in computing a deduction under section 118.2 for any taxpayer for any taxation year. ( dépense admissible ) qualifying individual , in respect of a taxation year, means an individual (a) who has attained the age of 65 years before the end of the taxation year; or (b) in respect of whom an amount is deductible, or would be deductible if this Act were read without reference to paragraph 118.3(1)(c), under section 118.3 in computing a taxpayer’s tax payable under this Part for the taxation year. ( particulier déterminé ) qualifying renovation means a renovation or alteration of an eligible dwelling of a qualifying individual or an eligible individual in respect of a qualifying individual that (a) is of an enduring nature and integral to the eligible dwelling; and (b) is undertaken to (i) enable the qualifying individual to gain access to, or to be mobile or functional within, the eligible dwelling, or (ii) reduce the risk of harm to the qualifying individual within the eligible dwelling or in gaining access to the dwelling. ( travaux de rénovation admissibles ) Qualifying expenditure rules (2) For the purpose of this section, (a) a qualifying expenditure in respect of an eligible dwelling of a particular individual — who is a qualifying individual or an eligible individual in respect of a qualifying individual — includes an outlay or expense made or incurred by a cooperative housing corporation, a condominium corporation (or, for civil law, a syndicate of co-owners) or a similar entity (in this paragraph referred to as the “corporation”), in respect of a property that is owned, administered or managed by that corporation and that includes the eligible dwelling, to the extent of the share of that outlay or expense that is reasonably attributable to the eligible dwelling, if (i) the outlay or expense would be a qualifying expenditure of the corporation if the corporation were an individual and the property were an eligible dwelling of that individual, and (ii) the corporation has notified, in writing, either the particular individual or, if the particular individual is an eligible individual in respect of a qualifying individual, the qualifying individual, of the share of the outlay or expense that is attributable to the eligible dwelling; and (b) a qualifying expenditure in respect of an eligible dwelling of a particular individual — who is a qualifying individual or an eligible individual in respect of a qualifying individual — includes an outlay or expense made or incurred by a trust, in respect of a property owned by the trust that includes the eligible dwelling, to the extent of the share of that outlay or expense that is reasonably attributable to the eligible dwelling, having regard to the amount of the outlays or expenses made or incurred in respect of the eligible dwelling (including, for this purpose, common areas relevant to more than