416-875-7297 "To help parents with the cost of enrolling their children in activities that encourage them to be healthy and active, the government is proposing to introduce a new Children's Activity Tax Credit. This would be the only tax credit in Canada provided for a comprehensive range of children's activities..." (Ontario Ministry of Finance) Read more "Pour aider les parents à payer les dépenses engagées pour l'inscription des enfants à des activités qui les aident à rester actifs et en bonne santé, le gouvernement propose d'introduire un nouveau crédit d'impôt pour les activités des enfants..." (Ministère des Finances d'Ontario) Pour en savoir plus
Introducing a New Children’s Arts Tax Credit To better recognize the costs associated with children’s artistic, cultural, recreational and developmental activities, Budget 2011 builds on the Government’s record of helping families by proposing to introduce a 15‑per‑cent non-refundable Children’s Arts Tax Credit. The credit will be available for a wide range of activities that contribute to a child’s development, and that are not eligible for the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit. The credit will be provided on up to $500 of eligible fees per child in respect of qualifying children’s programs, and will otherwise be based on eligibility conditions for the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit. In this regard, the credit will be available for children under the age of 16 years for registration costs associated with participation in qualifying supervised activities. In respect of children eligible for the Disability Tax Credit, the age limit will be raised by two years and an additional $500 non-refundable amount will be provided. This measure will apply to eligible expenses paid starting in the 2011 taxation year. It is estimated to reduce federal revenues by $25 million in 2010–11, and by $100 million in each of 2011–12 and 2012–13. Instaurer un nouveau crédit d’impôt pour les activités artistiques des enfants Afin de mieux tenir compte des coûts relatifs aux activités artistiques, culturelles, récréatives et aux activités d’épanouissement des enfants, le budget de 2011 ajoute aux réalisations du gouvernement en matière d’aide aux familles, en proposant un crédit d’impôt non remboursable de 15 % pour les activités artistiques des enfants. Le crédit sera offert relativement à un vaste éventail d’activités qui contribuent au développement des enfants mais ne sont pas admissibles au crédit pour la condition physique des enfants. Le nouveau crédit s’appliquera à un montant maximal de 500 $ de frais admissibles par enfant au titre de programmes admissibles destinés aux enfants, et les autres conditions exigées seront les mêmes que celles du crédit pour la condition physique des enfants. Le crédit visera donc les frais d’inscription d’un enfant de moins de 16 ans à des activités supervisées admissibles. En ce qui concerne les enfants admissibles au crédit pour personnes handicapées, l’âge limite sera majoré de 2 ans et un montant non remboursable additionnel de 500 $ s’appliquera. Cette mesure s’appliquera aux dépenses admissibles qui sont engagées à compter de l’année d’imposition 2011. On estime qu’elle réduira les revenus fédéraux de 25 millions de dollars en 2010‑2011 et de 100 millions en 2011‑2012 ainsi qu’en 2012‑2013.
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There are many reasons why parents sign up for piano lessons. Parents have this hidden dream to play the piano but somehow they were deprived of this when they were growing up. Other parents had 1 to 3 years of piano Music Is Beating Computers |
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the curriculum can greatly improve children's performance in readi ng and math. (Source: "Learning Improved by Arts Training" by Martin Gardiner, Alan Fox, Faith Knowles, and Donna Jeffrey, Nature, May 23, 1996) Music and Spatial Task Performance: A Causal Relationship. Music lessons, and even simply listening to music, can enhance spatial reasoning performance, a critical higher-brain function necessary to perform complex tasks including mathematics. (Source: Frances Fauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1994) The Mozart Effect surfaced about four years ago when research uncovered that adults who listened to music of complexity for ten minutes or so experienced temporary increases in their spatial IQ scores. (Source: Frances Rauscher, Ph.D.,Gordon Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine,1993-1994) Music Is One of Our Greatest Economic Exports.
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