A Nova Scotia couple are waiting to start an application to claim back some of the costs of the treatment through the province's Fertility and Surrogacy Tax Credit.
Kristie and Marcellinus Gillis are shown at a Halifax fertility clinic last year. They are waiting to start an application to claim back some of the costs of the treatment through Nova Scotia's Fertility and Surrogacy Tax Credit.
They're grateful Nova Scotia's program, announced last March, provides a refundable tax credit equal to 40 per cent of those medical expenses.However, figuring out the application process, and what the overlap is with federal income tax, has been difficult for the couple to navigate.B.C. Liberals call for public funding of in-vitro fertilization
It says the program will be administered by the province because that is the most cost-effective way to provide the credit."In what is already a very stressful and sensitive situation, having to reach out for guidance and more information just adds to the stress, and so a little bit more proactive communication would have been great," Gillis said.
"We're feeling the crunch now because it is tax time," said Carolynn Dubé, the executive director, who has three sons conceived through in vitro fertilization.Dubé estimates several hundred people in Nova Scotia will be eligible for the provincial tax credit. She said people are anxious for the details given the cost associated with fertility treatment.
It anticipates opening the program soon and will make an announcement when applications are available.
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