{"id":1068,"date":"2015-10-08T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T13:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themedemos.webmandesign.eu\/polyclinic\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2021-01-13T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T19:00:20","slug":"pharmacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/patients-and-visitors\/visitor-services\/pharmacy\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID 19 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have one or more symptoms of COVID-19 or think you may have been exposed to the virus, take the Ministry of Health\u2019s self-assessment to find out if you should get tested.<\/p>\n<p>The self-assessment is also available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/autoevaluation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cot-external-link cot-open-new-window\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/cot\/img\/icon-link-external.svg\" alt=\"Opens in new window\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About COVID 19 and Tax<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2080 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/canstockphoto80736397-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/canstockphoto80736397-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/canstockphoto80736397-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/canstockphoto80736397-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/canstockphoto80736397-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/canstockphoto80736397.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After six years in the works, COVID-19 has further delayed implementation of new rules limiting what third-party companies can charge to help people access the disability tax credit, and a Nova Scotia doctor and two national organizations are calling for federal officials to finally act.<\/p>\n<p>But the CRA said it still doesn&#8217;t know when the proposed Disability Tax Credit Promoters Restrictions Regulations, which stem from federal legislation passed in 2014, will be ready and will come into force.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this time, the Canada Revenue Agency is unable to confirm when priorities will shift back to non-COVID-related matters,&#8221; CRA spokesperson Dany Morin said in an email to CBC.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-9\"><\/section>\n<p>More than a million Canadians receive the disability tax credit,\u00a0which can be worth thousands of dollars and is designed to help people who have mental and physical impairments that are &#8221;severe and prolonged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of companies in Canada that offer to help people with disabilities apply for the credit. If they are successful, the companies charge fees of between 15 and 40 per cent of the credit.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, the CRA sought feedback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/tax-credits-disabilities-cra-proposed-regulation-1.5172419\">on a proposal to slash\u00a0what it called &#8220;excessive&#8221; fees<\/a>\u00a0and bring them down\u00a0to a $100 charge for an application to determine eligibility, another $100 to actually apply and then $100 for each year the credit is retroactive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nPrescription instructions brain sugar wearables bruise psychology infectious desease.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/patients-and-visitors\/visitor-services\/pharmacy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;COVID 19 Update&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/patients-and-visitors\/visitor-services\/pharmacy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;COVID 19 Update&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1239,"parent":1051,"menu_order":33,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/with-sidebar.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068\/revisions\/2081"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revenuecanadadisability.ca\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}