To encourage home support, the government offers a tax credit for various autonomy-enhancing equipment.
Here are the conditions required to qualify for these tax credits.
- You resided in Quebec on December 31 of last year;
- You were 70 or older on December 31 of last year.
This tax credit is equal to 20% of the total of the following expenses:
- The purchase, rental, and installation costs of eligible items (however, the first $500 are not eligible).
- The costs of stay in a transitional functional recovery unit.
These expenses must have been paid by you or your spouse.
Eligible Items
Firstly, these expenses must have been paid during the year for which you file your tax return for the purchase or rental, including installation, of one of the following items:
- a stairlift to help you mechanically ascend or descend stairs;
- a person-centered remote monitoring device (for example, an emergency call device [“panic button”], remote measurement of various physiological parameters, or remote monitoring of medication intake);
- a GPS tracking device for a person;
- an item to help you sit on or get up from a toilet bowl;
- an item to help you get into or out of a bathtub or shower; such as the Aquatec seat.
- a walk-in bathtub or a walk-in shower;
- a hospital bed.
Note that the item purchased or rented must be used in your principal place of residence
