C-212
First Session, Fortieth Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-212
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (in-home care of relatives)
first reading, November 21, 2008
NOTE
3rd Session, 40th Parliament
This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 40th Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the Second Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Stoffer
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Income Tax Act to allow a taxpayer with a live-in relative who is 65 years of age or older, or who has a mental or physical infirmity, to receive a personal tax credit equivalent to the subsidy normally provided by the Government of Canada to a long-term care facility with respect to such a relative.
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1st Session, 40th Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
house of commons of canada
BILL C-212
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (in-home care of relatives)
R.S., c.1 (5th Supp.)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The portion of paragraph 118(1)(c.1) of the Income Tax Act after subparagraph (iii) is replaced by the following:
the amount that is equal to the amount that the long-term care facility closest to the self-contained domestic establishment would have received from the Government of Canada with respect to the particular person had that person been a resident of the facility,
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