InfoCapsule 14: Payment rules and limits

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• List of acronyms
• Preface
• For an RDSP in a regular year in a primarily government assisted plan (PGAP)
• For an RDSP in a regular year in a non-PGAP
• For a beneficiary with a shortened life expectancy

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Preface

Payment rules and limits are established to determine the amount of disability assistance payment (DAP) or lifetime disability assistance payment (LDAP) that can or must be withdrawn from a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) in a calendar year.

For an RDSP in a regular year in a primarily government assisted plan (PGAP)

Beneficiary aged 59 or less

• DAP:
  • minimum: none
  • maximum: greater of the formula result and 10% of the RDSP fair market value (FMV)^{Footnote 1}
• LDAP:
  • minimum: $1
  • maximum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
• DAP and LDAP:
  • minimum: $1
  • maximum: greater of the formula result and 10% of the RDSP FMV^{Footnote 1}

Beneficiary aged 60 and over

• LDAP
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
• DAP and LDAP
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: greater of the formula result and 10% of the RDSP FMV^{Footnote 1}

For an RDSP in a regular year in a non-PGAP

Beneficiary aged 59 or less

• DAP
  • minimum: none
  • maximum: none
• LDAP
  • minimum: $1
  • maximum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
• DAP and LDAP
  • minimum: $1
  • maximum: none

Beneficiary aged 60 and over

• LDAP
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
• DAP and LDAP
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: none

For a beneficiary with a shortened life expectancy

RDSP in a specified year

Beneficiary aged 59 or less

• DAP
  • minimum: none
  • maximum: none
• LDAP
  • minimum: $1
  • maximum: none
• DAP and LDAP
  • minimum: $1
  • maximum: none

Beneficiary aged 60 and over

• LDAP
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: none
• DAP and LDAP
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: none

Specified Disability Savings Plan (SDSP)

• (DAP or LDAP) or (DAP and LDAP)
  • minimum: formula result^{Footnote 2}
  • maximum: $10,000 in taxable amount or no maximum if formula results in taxable amount greater than $10,000