With regard to the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), broken down by fiscal year from 2015-16 to 2023-24: (a) what is the total number of people that applied to claim the DTC, broken down by basic activities of daily living (BADL); (b) what is the total number and percentage of approved DTC claims, broken down by BADL; (c) what is value of DTC claims broken down by BADL; (d) what is the number and percentage of new applications processed and accepted, broken down by BADL, and how many of those approved (i) had eligibility for the DTC for five years or more, (ii) expired after a certain number of years; (e) what is the number and percentage of new applications processed and rejected, broken down by BADL; (f) what was, or is, the total budget for all OTC-related operations; (g) what was, or is, the total employee count for all OTC-related operations, and what is the number of medical practitioners working on the DTC; (h) how many days, on average, did the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) take to assign a DTC application for review from the time of filing by the applicant; (i) how many days, on average, did the CRA take to mail (electronic or otherwise) a notice of determination related to a DTC application; (j) how many letters or correspondences did CRA send to the relevant medical practitioners asking for more information related to DTC applications received; (k) how many DTC applicants that were rejected or denied (i) requested a review of their application, (ii) challenged the CRA's decision by filing an income tax objection, (iii) moved beyond the CRA to an appeal filed to the Tax Court of Canada; (I) how long does the CRA take to review an application as noted in (k), (i) how many of those reviews resulted in an application being accepted; and (m) does the CRA have a dedicated telephone or TTY line for DTC applications, and (i) if so, how many calls has it received, (ii) if not, why not?
In the House of Commons on June 19th, 2024. See this statement in context.