1029.8.61.1. In this division,“dependant” of an eligible individual, at any time, means a person who is dependent on the eligible individual if, at that time, that person is, in respect of the eligible individual, a child or any other person related to the eligible individual by blood, marriage or adoption who ordinarily lives with the eligible individual;
“dependent person” at a particular time means a person who, at that time, according to a written certificate from a physician within the meaning of section 752.0.18, depends and will continue to permanently depend, for a prolonged and indefinite period, on other people for most of the person’s needs and personal care relating to hygiene, dressing, eating and mobility or transfers, or who needs constant supervision because of a severe mental disorder characterized by an irreversible breakdown in thought activity;
“dwelling unit” of an eligible individual means a self-contained domestic establishment or a room that is leased or subleased by the eligible individual or the eligible individual’s spouse and that is the eligible individual’s principal place of residence, other than(a) a self-contained domestic establishment or a room situated in a public network facility;
(b) a room situated in a hotel establishment or rooming house, that is leased or subleased by the eligible individual or the eligible individual’s spouse for a period of less than 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a room situated in a self-contained domestic establishment maintained by a person, or by the person’s spouse, who is the owner, lessee or sublessee of the self-contained domestic establishment and who, in respect of the eligible individual occupying the room, is deemed to have paid an amount on account of tax payable under section 1029.8.61.64 for the taxation year in which an eligible service is rendered or to be rendered in respect of the eligible individual;
“eligible expense” made by an eligible individual in a taxation year means, subject to section 1029.8.61.2, the portion of an amount paid in the year by the eligible individual or by the person who is the eligible individual’s spouse at the time of the payment, that may reasonably be attributed to an eligible service rendered or to be rendered in respect of the eligible individual after the eligible individual has attained the age of 70 years, and that corresponds(a) in the case of a service rendered or to be rendered by an employee of an eligible individual, to the aggregate ofi. the salary or wages of the employee in respect of the service,
ii. each of the amounts payable in respect of the employee in relation to the salary or wages referred to in subparagraph i under any of(2) section 34 of the Act respecting the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (chapter R-5), (3) section 52 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9), or (4) section 68 of the Employment Insurance Act (Statutes of Canada, 1996, chapter 23), and
iii. the expenses paid for a payroll processing service for the payment of the salary or wages referred to in subparagraph i; or
(b) in the case of a service rendered or to be rendered by a person, other than a person who is an employee of the eligible individual, or a partnership, each of which referred to in this division as the “service provider”, to the amount that is the cost of the service, including, where applicable, the goods and services tax or the Québec sales tax in respect of the service;
“eligible individual” for a taxation year means an individual, other than a trust, who, at the end of 31 December of the year, is resident in Québec and has attained the age of 70 years;
“eligible rent” for a dwelling unit for a particular month means an amount that is equal to the lesser of the rent attributable to the particular month and specified in the lease of the dwelling unit or, in the case of an oral lease, in the written document that must be given to the lessee, to which is added, if applicable, the additional rent attributable to that month and specified in the schedule to the lease of the dwelling unit—taking into account, if the lease was renewed, the changes made to the rent for the dwelling unit and, if applicable, the changes made to the additional rent—and the amount paid or payable by the lessee, for the particular month, as rent for the dwelling unit;
“eligible service” in respect of an eligible individual means a home support service that is(a) a personal support service that is a service described in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.61.3, rendered or to be rendered in Québec to the eligible individual by a person or a service provider who is noti. the spouse of the eligible individual,
ii. a dependant of the eligible individual, or
iii. a person, or the spouse of that person, who is deemed, in respect of the eligible individual, to have paid an amount on account of the person’s or spouse’s tax payable under section 1029.8.61.64 or 1029.8.61.85 for the taxation year in which the service is rendered or is to be rendered to the eligible individual; or
(b) a maintenance or supply service that is a service described in the second paragraph of section 1029.8.61.3, rendered or to be rendered in Québec by a person or a service provider who is neither the eligible individual’s spouse nor a dependant of the eligible individual, in respect of a residential unit or dwelling unit of the eligible individual, or of land on which the unit is situated;
“eligible spouse” of an individual for a taxation year means the person who is the individual’s eligible spouse for the year within the meaning of sections 776.41.1 to 776.41.4;
“family income” of an individual for a taxation year means the aggregate of the income of the individual for the year and the income, for the year, of the person who is the individual’s eligible spouse for the year;
“public network facility” means any of the following immovables:(a) a facility maintained by a public institution or a private institution which is party to an agreement under the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) that operates a hospital centre, a residential and long-term care centre or a rehabilitation centre to which that Act applies; (b) a facility maintained by a hospital centre or a reception centre that is a public institution for the purposes of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) or that entered into a contract or an agreement in accordance with section 176 or 177 of that Act; or (c) a building or residential facility where are offered the services of an intermediate resource or a family-type resource within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services or those of a foster family within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;
“residence for the elderly” means a congregate residential facility where dwelling units intended for elderly persons are offered for rent along with a varied range of services relating mainly to security, housekeeping assistance and assistance with social activities;
“residential unit” of an eligible individual means a self-contained domestic establishment owned by the eligible individual or the eligible individual’s spouse and that is the eligible individual’s principal place of residence;
“salary or wages” means an amount that an employee receives for an eligible service rendered or to be rendered in respect of an eligible individual who is the employer of the employee;
“schedule to the lease” of a dwelling unit means the form that must be attached to the lease of the dwelling unit, in accordance with section 2 of the Regulation respecting mandatory lease forms and the particulars of a notice to a new lessee (chapter R-8.1, r. 3).
For the purposes of the definition of “eligible expense” in the first paragraph, the following rules apply:(a) only the portion of an amount paid as rent that is determined in accordance with section 1029.8.61.2.1 or 1029.8.61.2.5 is an eligible expense made by an eligible individual in a taxation year;
(a.1) the amount obtained by multiplying the total of the amounts paid in the year by the syndicate of co-owners as consideration for one or more eligible services rendered or to be rendered in respect of the common portions of an immovable, other than those for restricted use, by the share of the expenses arising from the co-ownership that relates to the fraction of the co-ownership owned by the eligible individual or the eligible individual’s spouse, is an eligible expense made by an eligible individual in a taxation year in respect of expenses arising from the divided co-ownership of the immovable;
(b) the amount of an expenditure in respect of an eligible service shall not be greater than the fair market value of the service;
(c) the amount of an expenditure in respect of an eligible service includes only the amount relating to the provision of the service, excluding the cost of the food, beverages, materials or other property acquired for or in connection with the provision of the service, and that amount must, to constitute an eligible expense, be reasonable and specifically identified in writing by the service provider;
(d) the amount of an expense in respect of an eligible service rendered in respect of an eligible individual before the eligible individual’s death, paid by the legal representative on behalf of the deceased individual, is deemed to have been paid by the eligible individual in the year in which the eligible individual died; and
(e) an amount paid in respect of a dwelling unit of an eligible individual situated in a residence for the elderly for a particular month in the year in addition to the eligible rent for that dwelling unit for the particular month is an eligible expense made by the eligible individual in a taxation year, to the extent that the amount is paidi. to the operator of the residence for the elderly or to a person related to the operator, as consideration for the provision of an eligible service described in subparagraph a or e of the first paragraph of section 1029.8.61.3, or
ii. to a person or partnership, other than the operator of the residence for the elderly or a person related to the operator, as consideration for the provision of any of the following eligible services:(1) a service described in any of subparagraphs a, b and e of the first paragraph of section 1029.8.61.3,
(2) a service described in subparagraph a of the second paragraph of section 1029.8.61.3, or
(3) a service described in subparagraph b of the second paragraph of section 1029.8.61.3, if it is rendered in the course of the provision of a service described in subparagraph a of that paragraph.