Minister Shea Highlights Tax Savings on National Seniors Day

(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/30/11 -- The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue, joins the Government of Canada in celebrating Canada's first annual National Seniors Day.

"Today is about recognizing seniors' contributions" said Minister Shea. "It's also a great opportunity to highlight some of this government's tax-saving measures that have been successfully lowering seniors' tax bills for years, and continue to be available for 2011."

Some tax measures that may be helpful to seniors include:

For information on these and other tax-saving measures, go to .

Other tax-saving measures proposed in the 2011 federal budget may help seniors and their families. Those measures include changes to the medical expense tax credit for certain dependents, which came into effect in January 2011. For details, go to .

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On Canada's first Seniors Day, National Revenue Minister Gail Shea highlighted some of the tax-saving measures available to Canada's seniors.

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Contacts:
Nancy Bishay
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of National Revenue
613-995-2960

Noel Carisse
Canada Revenue Agency
Media Relations
613-952-9184

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