Addressing Tax Policy Challenges For Workers With Disabilities
In this episode of Talk, Kimie Eacobacci of the National Council on Disability details how a 60-year-old revenue ruling can exclude workers with disabilities from standard employment benefits and ...
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Millions of people on disability can now save money without losing benefits—here’s how
Many Americans on SSI or Medicaid don’t realize they can now save and invest money through a special account without risking ...
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What are PIP disability payments and how are they changing?
Liz Kendall has today announced changes to the disability support system PIP (Personal Independence Payment). Despite rumours that the government would scrap the benefit altogether, the work and ...
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DWP disability benefit Universal Credit, ESA and PIP changes
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Disability benefits will be cut as the government says it will "fix the broken benefits system". Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall ...
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For So Many Children, This Is What Reading Feels Like
asking the courts to declare Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act — the bedrock of disability rights legislation in the United States — unconstitutional. The suit poses a threat to the ...
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Freezing PIP is our red line, rebel Labour MPs warn Starmer and Reeves
The proposals are believed to include cutting sickness and disability benefits in order to persuade people back to work – with benefits increasing for those who are fit to work, and decreasing ...
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Social Security is about to become a big problem for Trump
Projections indicate that, in less than two years, there will be a staggering 2.5 million people in Social Security’s disability backlog. That figure is higher than the population of 20 U.S ...
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What are the changes to PIP and other benefits? All the planned reforms to UK welfare system
The Labour government has unveiled a raft of plans for changes to the UK's welfare system, which it says will save the UK a total of £5bn. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall detailed the ...
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Here’s how a disabled person spent their grant
Khanyo Mantshi, 31, who has cerebral palsy, receives a disability grant of R2,600. He says it is not enough to cover his living expenses. After withdrawing his grant at Somerset Mall, he and his ...
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Labour’s sickening cuts to disability benefits are plain nasty
These are often considerable. As the disability equality charity Scope points out: “PIP exists because life costs more if you are disabled. Those costs won’t disappear if the Government ...
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Disability tax credit is underapplied for and underused: CRA report
The disability tax credit (DTC) is underused due to complexities in the application process, tax filing difficulties and challenges with CRA processes and contact centres, according to the 2024 annual ...