Medical Expenses

[Ingrideye]

If my net income is $21,608 and I claim $4,740 in medical expenses (cataract surgery), why is there no impact to the final tax balance owing?

[Gaetan]

Hi Ingrideye,

 

By default, the program determines the last date of medical expenses as being December 31st of the tax year.

If you wish to modify that date, please follow this procedure :

1- In the "Left side menu on the Interview tab", select "Medical, disability, caregiver".

2- On the screen on your right, select the line "Last date of medical expenses".

3- On the page that appears, enter the last date as follows: DD-MM-YYYY.

4- If you change the last date of medical expenses in your file, you must also specify the last date of medical expenses for all family members.

5- Enter a brief description of the medical expenses in the first field indicating DD-MM-YYYY. Enter the amount in the field with a dollar sign.

For more information on medical expenses, visit the following links:

For the CRA:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/medical/

For Revenu Québec:

http://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/citoyen/declaration/produire/comment/aideligne/ligne381.aspx