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Bill C-212

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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

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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