Taxes
Credits, slips and the once-a-year conversation with the Canada Revenue Agency.
The senior tax credits one spouse can hand to the other
The age amount, the pension income amount and the disability amount can move across the kitchen table on line 32600. Why that matters when one partner has little tax to pay.
Approval for the DTC is a tax matter, but it is also the key to an RDSP, the Canada Disability Benefit and several other programs. How eligibility is decided.
Slips, notices of assessment, benefit payments and the bank account on file. A ten-minute annual check, and the scams that imitate it.