Low-income families would receive a 75-per-cent refund on child-care costs — to a maximum of $6,750 each year — with smaller rebates for more affluent families, under the Progressive Conservative platform. The platform notes that Kemptville Public School, which just opened this fall, “must retroactively apply for approval for needed child-care spaces. The proposed child-care refund would be based on a sliding scale, with a single mother earning $35,000 eligible for the maximum when her child is under 6 years old. The refund follows the same rules as federal child-care deductions, covering licensed daycares, babysitters, after-school care or live-in nannies. Should the refund exceed total taxes owing, “you will still receive the full benefit,” unlike the current rules, the PCs say.

Source: thestar November 25, 2017 18:46 UTC