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Higher volunteer emergency tax credits

C-204 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (volunteer firefighting and search and rescue volunteer tax credit)

Raises the tax credit amount for volunteer firefighters and search-and-rescue volunteers from $6,000 to $10,000.

What Bill C-204 would do

This bill would increase the tax credits for volunteer firefighting and search-and-rescue services from $6,000 to $10,000 under the Income Tax Act. It would also change the definition of eligible volunteer firefighting services. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends subsections 118.‍06(2) and 118.‍07(2) of the Income Tax Act in order to increase the amount of the tax credits for volunteer firefighting and search and rescue volunteer services from $6,000 to $10,000. The enactment also modifies the definition of “eligible volunteer firefighting services”.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Gord Johns, Member of Parliament (Courtenay—Alberni)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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  1. ProposedJun 4, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 4, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 4, 2025.

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  3. Royal assent

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