On November 14th, our community partner Plan Institute, in partnership with Tamarack Institute, will be hosting the third of the seven-part IMPACT-Ability Webinar Series. The topic will be Setting the Table for Allies, Adversaries, and Strangers, featuring guest Ben Ben Weinlick, founder of Think Jar Collective. He will be discussing how to foster dialogue and forge relationships […]
On September 15, 2016, CLO launched the Inspiring Possibilities Estate Planning Guide: A Tax, Benefits, Trusts, and Wills Toolkit for Ontarians with Disabilities. The 112 page digital guide provides valuable information for individuals with a disability and their families on estate and Henson trust planning, the Ontario Disability Supports Program, the disability tax credit, and […]
The PBO recently released an interactive online tool that estimates the financial impact on families as a result of some of the changes to the tax system that were introduced by the government in Budget 2016. Some of these changes included under Bill C-2 include the following: Changes to personal tax rates; Replacement of the […]
On October 24th, Plan Institute, in partnership with Tamarack Institute, will be launching an exciting free Webinar Series with Al Etmanski and Vickie Cammack based on Al’s bestselling book IMPACT: Six Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation. The book chronicles more than fifty stories of impact: impact that transforms, that lasts, and that disrupts the […]
The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman (Ombudsman) released a report on February 25, 2016 in response to complaints from taxpayers regarding ineffective communications from the CRA with respect to reapplication requirements for the disability tax credit (DTC). To be specific, taxpayers were under the belief that the DTC, once approved, remained in effect indefinitely and they would […]
In February, the Government of Canada released a report on its estimates of the cost of federal tax expenditures to administer tax benefit programs (based on its most recent data from 2013). In particular, the report estimates the cost of tax expenditures for disability related credits and benefits available to individuals (cost is generally the […]
In October, 2015, the BC government released a guide on how to start and manage a registered disability savings plan (RDSP). Developed by the RDSP Action group, the guide is a great source of information for an individual looking to start and then manage a RDSP. The guide provides an easy to follow step-by-step instructions […]