Meaning of private health services plan [1988 and subsequent taxation years]NO: IT-339R2 DATE: AUGUST 8, 1989
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Contributions made by an employer to or under a private health services plan on behalf of an employee are excluded from the employee's income from an office or employment by virtue of subparagraph 6(1)(a)(i). On the other hand,
an amount paid by an employee as a premium, contribution or other consideration to a private health services plan qualifies as a medical expense for purposes of the medical expense tax credit by virtue of paragraph 118.2(2)(q). The amounts so paid must be for one or more of
(a) the employee
(b) the employee's spouse and
(c) any member of the employee's household with whom the employee is connected by blood relationship, marriage or adoption.
For further comments on the medical expense tax credit see the current version of IT-519 -------->
Medical Expense and Disability Tax Credits and Attendant Care Expense Deduction IT-519R2 (Consolidated)
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Summary:
The medical expense tax credit, the disability tax credit and the attendant care expense deduction all provide tax relief for individuals. The medical expense tax credit applies to individuals who have sustained significant medical expenses for themselves or certain of their dependants...
An individual may claim a non-refundable tax credit for medical expenses (referred to in this bulletin as the "medical expense tax credit") when calculating Part I tax payable. The amount of the medical expense tax credit is determined by multiplying the lowest personal tax rate percentage (17% in 1997) by the amount of qualifying medical expenses in excess of certain minimum amounts.
¶ 3. For purposes of the medical expense and disability tax credits under sections 118.2 and 118.3, subsection 118.4(2) provides that a reference to a medical practitioner, dentist, pharmacist, nurse or optometrist means a person who is authorized to practice as such according to the following laws:
(a) for a service rendered to an individual, the laws of the jurisdiction in which the service is rendered;
(b) for a certificate issued for an individual, the laws of the jurisdiction in which the individual resides or of a province; and
(c) for a prescription issued to an individual, the laws of the jurisdiction in which the individual resides, of a province or of the jurisdiction in which the prescription is filled.
Medical practitioners authorized to practice in accordance with the above laws can include (depending on the applicable province or jurisdiction, as the case may be) the following:
(i) an osteopath;
(ii) a chiropractor;
(iii) a naturopath;
(iv) a therapeutist (or therapist);
(v) a physiotherapist;
(vi) a chiropodist (or podiatrist);
(vii) a Christian Science practitioner;
(viii) a psychoanalyst who is a member of the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis or a member of the Quebec Association of Jungian Psychoanalysts;
(ix) a psychologist;
(x) a qualified speech-language pathologist or audiologist such as, for example, a person who is certified as such by The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) or a provincial affiliate of that organization;
(xi) an occupational therapist who is a member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists;
(xii) an acupuncturist;
(xiii) a dietician; and
(xiv) a dental hygienist.
Additionally, a "nurse" includes a practical nurse whose full-time occupation is nursing as well as a Christian Science nurse authorized to practice according to the relevant laws referred to in subsection 118.4(2)....
Qualifying Medical Expenses
¶ 18. Subsection 118.2(2) describes in detail the types of medical expenses that may qualify for the medical expense tax credit. Some of these expenses are described in the following paragraphs.
Payments to medical practitioners, hospitals, etc.
¶ 19. Paragraph 118.2(2)(a) allows an individual to include, as a qualifying medical expense, an amount paid to a medical practitioner (see ¶ 3 above), dentist or nurse or a public or licensed private hospital for medical or dental services provided to the patient (for the meaning of "patient," see ¶ 12 above)...
Одним словом, из вышеуказанного похоже выходит, что:
1. Все страховые взносы в частную мед. страховку НЕ являются налогооблагаемыми и
2. Всё что человек потратил на лечение он может
вычесть из подоходного налога (там есть специальная формула и ограничения - смотрите налоговую брошюру). Таковыми расходами наверняка считаются также и траты когда рабочий доплатил (20 процентов от стоимости лечения или сколько там), а остальное заплатил работодатель - разумеется тут можно вычесть через налоговую формулу только то, что заплатил сам рабочий. Если у кого-то были серьезные медицинские траты в прошедшем году, имеет смысл позвонить налоговикам и всё выяснить. Самим тут можно ошибиться в сторону или переплаты, или недоплаты.