• TPZ-1029.MD.9-V – Application for Advance Payments for Occasional Services

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Application for Advance Payments for Occasional Services

Tax Credit for Home-Support Services for Seniors

You can claim the tax credit for home-support services for seniors in two ways:

• by applying for advance payments using either this form or the Apply for Advance Payments of the Tax Credit for Home-Support Services for Seniors online service at revenuquebec.ca; or

• by completing Schedule J when filing your income tax return.

If you apply for advance payments, we will send you an RL-19 slip showing the total amount of advance payments that you received in the year. You must report this amount in your income tax return. You must also complete Schedule J of your return to calculate the exact amount of the tax credit to which you are entitled for the year.

Important

Regardless of the way you choose to claim the tax credit, the amount to which you are entitled is the same.

For more information, visit our website.

You can also reach us at:

• 418 266-1016 in the Québec City area;

• 514 940-1481 in the Montréal area; or

• 1 855 291-6467 (toll-free) elsewhere in Québec.

Are you entitled to receive advance payments of the tax credit?

To be entitled to receive advance payments of the tax credit, you must meet all of the following conditions:

• You must be 70 or older.

• You must live in Québec.

• You must agree to have your advance payments deposited directly in your bank account.

• You must submit your application no later than December 1 of the current year.

We may deny your application for advance payments if you or your spouse received advanced payments for a previous year and, at the time your application is received, you have not filed an income tax return for the previous year.

Likewise, we can withhold or suspend advance payments if we learn that you have not filed an income tax return for a previous year during which you received advance payments.

What if both you and your spouse are entitled to the tax credit?

If you have a spouse and you are both entitled to the tax credit, only one of you will receive the advance payments to which you are entitled as a couple.

If you and your spouse live in the same dwelling, you must file a single form.

If your spouse does not live in the same dwelling as you, you must each file a separate form.

We process applications received from each member of a couple as if they were part of one file. We will communicate with the member of the couple who receives the advance payments of the tax credit.

Is this the right form for you?

This is the right form for you if you are applying for advance payments of the tax credit with respect to expenses for home-support services that you receive one or more times a year. The expenses must not be related to services included in your rent or in your condominium fees. The types of eligible services are listed on pages 4 and 5.

If you are a tenant and would like to apply for advance payments based on your rent or on services included in your rent, you must file form TPZ-1029.MD.7-V, Application for Advance Payments Based on Rent and Services Included in Rent: Tax Credit for Home-Support Services for Seniors.

If you live in a condominium apartment that you own and would like to apply for advance payments for services included in your condominium fees, you must file form TPZ-1029.MD.8-V, Application for Advance Payments for Services Included in Condominium Fees: Tax Credit for Home-Support Services for Seniors.

Call us to get a form or print the form you need from our website.

Completing the form

Lines 16 and 24

It is important that you check the appropriate box on lines 16 and 24. If you or your spouse is a dependent senior (see the definition on page 5), you may be entitled to a greater amount. We might ask you to provide us with a document from a physician or a specialized nurse practitioner certifying that you are a dependent senior. Use form TPZ-1029.MD.A-V, Certification of Dependent Senior Status: Tax Credit for Home-Support Services for Seniors.

Lines 40, 45 and 60

You need the invoices that you received from the different service providers because you must enter their names and telephone numbers on the form and indicate the types of services you received. You must complete a copy of the form for each service provider.

Types of eligible services

01 Personal care services

Personal care services include only those related to personal hygiene (for example, help with bathing), dressing, eating and drinking, personal mobility and transfers in the home for an individual who, because of his or her health, is unable to perform these activities on his or her own.

Hairdressing, manicure and pedicure services are eligible services only if they are provided by a personal care attendant in your home at the same time as other personal care services.

02 Meal preparation and delivery services

Meal preparation and delivery services include:

• assistance in preparing meals in your dwelling; and

• meal preparation and delivery by a non-profit community organization (such as Meals on Wheels).

Meal services do not include the cost of food or meals delivered by a restaurant.

Note

03 Supervision and support services

Supervision and support services can include:

• non-specialized supervision on a nightly or 24-hour basis and personal support services (such as companion sitting);

• person-focused remote monitoring services, including an emergency call service activated by a bracelet or pendant, remote measuring of physiological parameters or remote supervision of the taking of medication (person-focused remote monitoring services do not include the cost of renting or acquiring such a device);

• GPS tracking services associated with the use of a GPS tracking device such as a transmitter placed in a watch, cellular phone or shoe (GPS tracking services do not include the costs of renting or acquiring such a device).

Note

04 Civic support services

Civic support services enable an individual to fulfill his or her duties or civic obligations. They include:

• help going to vote;

• assistance in filling out forms, including applications for advance payments of the tax credit for home-support services for seniors (but not including other tax forms, such as the income tax return); and

• budget management.

Civic support services do not include services governed by a professional order subject to the Professional Code and rendered by a member of that order.

Note

05 Nursing services

Nursing services include the care provided by:

• a nurse; or

• a nursing assistant.

06 Housekeeping services

Housekeeping services include:

• housekeeping (sweeping, dusting or cleaning) of living areas;

• maintaining appliances (cleaning an oven or a refrigerator);

• cleaning rugs and upholstered furniture (sofas and chairs); and

• cleaning air ducts, if they do not have to be dismantled.

Housekeeping services do not include the cost of cleaning products.

If you rent an apartment, only the upkeep of your apartment entitles you to the tax credit. The upkeep of common areas is not included.

If you rent a room, you can claim the tax credit for housekeeping in your room and the common areas (your living areas). Living areas include the living room, bathroom, kitchen, dining room and any hallways and other spaces you need to use to get to these areas.

Note

07 Laundry services

Laundry services include the care of your clothing, household linens (curtains) or bedding by a household service worker in your home.

Laundry services do not include services offered by a business that supplies dry cleaning, laundering, pressing or other related services, nor do they include the cost of cleaning products.

Note

08 Maintenance work outside the dwelling

Maintenance work outside the dwelling includes seasonal maintenance work, such as:

• cleaning the outside of the dwelling, windows and eavestroughs and chimney sweeping;

• pool, spa and tennis court maintenance (including pool opening and closure);

• lawn care (fertilization, watering and mowing);

• hedge trimming and plant-bed and garden maintenance;

• tree pruning (excluding felling);

• raking leaves;

• installing and removing a portable shelter (not shelter storage); and

• snow removal, upkeep of parking lots and sidewalks and the application of an asphalt coating.

The cost of materials, products and any other property used in the work is not an eligible expense for the purposes of the tax credit.

Note

09 Supplying of everyday necessities

These services include:

• the delivery of groceries; and

• the delivery of prescription drugs.

The cost of the delivered items is not an eligible expense for the purposes of the tax credit.

Note

10 Other services

If you paid for any services not included in the above list and you believe such services are eligible services, check box 10 on line 60 and specify the type(s) of services.

Line 62

Up to three amounts can be entered on line 62. If you made more than three payments (for which you are claiming the tax credit) to a single service provider, you can add these payments. Enter the total amount of the payments in one of the boxes, as well as the date of the last payment included in the total amount. This way, you will avoid having to complete several applications. Note that a payment may involve more than one type of service.

If your spouse lives with you, you can claim your occasional expenses as well as those of your spouse.

Definitions

Dependent senior

A person who:

• depends and will continue to permanently depend, for a prolonged and indefinite period, on other people for most of his or her needs and personal care, that is, personal hygiene, dressing, eating, drinking and moving around inside the home (personal mobility and transfers); or

• needs constant supervision because of a severe mental disorder characterized by an irreversible breakdown in thought activity.

If neither of the above-mentioned situations applies to you, you are not considered a dependent senior.

Spouse

A person who:

• is married to you;

• is living in a civil union with you; or

• is your de facto spouse. A de facto spouse is a person who has been living in a conjugal relationship with you for at least 12 consecutive months (if you were separated for less than 90 days, the 12-month period is considered not to have been interrupted).

Receiving the amounts to which you are entitled

The amounts to which you are entitled will be deposited directly in your bank account. You must be registered for direct deposit in order to receive the amounts.

You can register for direct deposit or change your banking information by:

• using the online services on our website;

• enclosing with this form a voided cheque bearing your name and social insurance number (the cheque must be from an account that you hold at a financial institution that has an establishment in Canada); or

• completing a Request for Direct Deposit (form LM-3-V). Call us to get a copy of the form or print it our website.

Be sure to notify us if you change your bank account.

How is the tax credit calculated?

The maximum tax credit is 35% of all eligible expenses. If you are not a dependent senior, the limit on the amount of eligible expenses is $19,500 per year, for a maximum yearly tax credit of $6,825 (35% of $19,500). For a dependent senior, the limit on the amount of eligible expenses is $25,500, for a maximum yearly tax credit of $8,925.

The tax credit is reduced by 3% of the portion of annual family income over $59,385 (amount for 2020, indexed annually). However, the tax credit is not reduced for a dependent senior or for a couple in which one of the individuals is a dependent senior.

Appointing someone you trust to represent you

You can appoint a person, such as a friend or family member, to represent you when you need to deal with us by filing a power of attorney concerning your advance payments of the tax credit. By doing so, you allow the person to consult the documents containing the information required to handle your applications for advance payments, and you allow us to communicate that information to him or her. Moreover, the person will be able to make changes to the information or documents in your file that concern your advance payments.

To grant power of attorney for advance payments, complete form MR-69. MD-V, Power of Attorney for Advance Payments: Tax Credit for Home-Support Services for Seniors, or form MR-69-V, Authorization to Communicate Information or Power of Attorney. Note that with form MR-69.MD-V, you can request to have all correspondence regarding your advance payments of the tax credit sent directly to the person appointed as your representative. This option is not available in form MR-69-V. Call us to request a form or print the form you need from our website.

Sending the form

Enclose a copy of your invoices and the following document(s) with your form, as required:

• a voided cheque or form LM-3-V, if you are not registered for direct deposit;

• form MR-69.MD-V or MR-69-V, if you wish to appoint someone to represent you.

Send your duly completed and signed form, along with the required documents, to: