Disability Tax Credit · Canada
Get your Disability Tax Credit application prepared properly, the first time
We prepare documentation and organize your evidence so your medical practitioner can accurately complete the application. One flat fee, stated before you start.
Not a percentage of your refund. Most firms in this market charge between 23% and 25% of whatever the CRA pays you. See what the others charge.
Their bar cannot be drawn, because the amount is not known until the CRA decides. That is the difference.
Start the free self-checkOr see the free routes first
You can also do all of this yourself at no cost. The free routes are listed below.
Walking
Your medical practitioner. Not us, and not you.
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What you receive
Five things, and we will tell you exactly what each one is
A structured functional assessment
How your impairment actually affects your daily life: how long things take, how often, what help you need, and what a bad day looks like. This is what the CRA assesses. It is not a list of diagnoses.
A practitioner briefing document
Your situation organized against the categories the CRA actually uses, so your practitioner can complete Part B accurately whether they apply online or on paper.
Guidance on Part A
Including whether to name a supporting family member. The credit is non-refundable, so with little or no tax payable it is worth nothing unless a supporting relative is named. Easy to get wrong, awkward to fix later.
A printable T2201 package
If your practitioner prefers paper.
Support until it is submitted
Questions, revisions after your practitioner’s feedback, and help if something stalls.
How it works
Three steps, and your practitioner has the final say
- You complete the self-check. It asks about function, not diagnosis, because that is how the CRA decides. It runs in your browser and sends us nothing unless you choose to send it.
- We build the briefing document from what you described, organized against the CRA’s assessment categories, and come back to you with anything that needs filling out.
- You take it to your practitioner. They read it, form their own view, and complete and certify Part B if they agree with it.
Step three is theirs, not ours. Part B may only be completed by a medical practitioner, and the CRA will not process an application where the applicant filled it in themselves. Your practitioner certifies what they believe to be true. If they read our document and disagree with it, they should say so, and nothing we produce is intended to lead them anywhere.
What this is not
Four things we cannot do for you
We do not determine whether you qualify
The CRA decides, based on what your practitioner certifies. Anyone telling you in advance that you qualify is guessing.
We do not give medical opinion
We are not clinicians and we do not assess, diagnose, or advise on your health.
We do not guarantee approval
No one can, and a guarantee should make you suspicious rather than reassured.
We are not the CRA, and not connected to it
We are an independent private service.
Before you pay us anything
The free options, in full
Every one of these is real, and we would rather you knew about them before you spent anything. What they have in common is that the describing is still yours to do, and the waiting is yours too.
- The CRA, directly The CRA answers Disability Tax Credit questions by phone at 1-800-959-8281, and publishes the full eligibility criteria and application steps at no cost. This is the general individual tax enquiries line, not a dedicated DTC line.
- Access DTC (Disability Alliance BC) Free, step-by-step support through Disability Tax Credit applications, renewals, denials and appeals. They also run a fund that helps cover the fee a medical practitioner may charge. British Columbia residents. By appointment. A national affiliate, Disability Alliance Canada, also operates.
- Free tax clinics (CVITP) Volunteers file income tax returns at no cost, which is the step where an approved Disability Tax Credit is actually claimed, including adjustments to earlier years. Modest income and a simple tax situation. Volunteers file returns; they do not complete Form T2201.
Fit
Who this is for, and who it isn’t
This is probably worth it if
- You have a practitioner who knows you, and you want to give them something organized rather than a blank form in a ten-minute appointment.
- You have tried to describe your situation on the form and found that the words did not come out right.
- You were denied before and do not know what was missing. Start here instead.
- Your practitioner is hesitant about the form. Start here instead.
- You would rather pay a known amount than a share of an unknown refund.
You probably do not need us if
- Free help is available to you and you can wait for it. Access DTC in British Columbia does the same work at no cost, and does more than we do, including appeals.
- You have no practitioner at all. We cannot supply one, and without a practitioner willing to certify Part B there is no application. That is the first problem to solve, not this.
- You are comfortable with the CRA’s own guidance. It is free, it is thorough, and plenty of people apply successfully without help of any kind.
- You want someone to handle the CRA on your behalf. We prepare documents. Firms that manage the whole file and represent you through objections exist, and they charge a percentage for it.
Start here
Start with the self-check
It is free, it asks about function rather than diagnosis, and it runs in your browser. At the end you get an organized summary you can take to your practitioner whether or not you ever work with us.
Nothing on this page is legal, medical, or tax advice.