Not necessarily, you have to have your doctor state in fact that your disability is LONG-TERM and that "you are unable to pursue employment of any kind, now or in the future.

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A few years ago i was deemed as disabled both by revenue canada and canada pension and stated receiving a disability pension from cpp. i also filled out a t2201 form for the disability tax credit and was approved by revenue canada. i was sent a letter in regards to my canada pension and i quote " retirement benefits from the effective date of your benefit you can no longer contribute to the cpp plan. you may use this letter to inform your employer." now in nov 2009 i was employed and asked at service canada about this issue and was told that as long as i am working i have to pay cpp so i have been paying it. when i used quick tax to do my 09 taxes they filled out a form for cpp reimbursement and are getting all my contributions back. i don't really know who is right or where to ask so i thought i would throw it out here. please respond to dalerussell240@msn.com thanks

First, if you resume working, in most instances your CPP disability benefits will stop. Once they stop, you continue to contribute CPP premiums. http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/cpp/receive.shtml#e5 You do not contribute while you are receiving CPP disability benefits. http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/pub/cpp/disability/benefits/section2a.shtml#contributions

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I'll be claiming my brother for the fist time ever as he has lived with me for the entire year of 2008 without being employed. he has received no income whatsoever and is in the process of getting approved for disability/ssi due to a congenital birth defect. i need to know if i can use the 1040a form(long or short?), and also what forms/schedules i need to print out to support me claiming him as a dependant. he has not worked or earned any income and i have been his sole provider for all of 2008, including clothes, food, housing, and all utilities. i will not be itemizing, as i did not maintain records or receipts for 2008. i just want to claim him as a dependant and possibly get any other tax benefits that i can qualify for; head of household, child tax credit...ect. my brother is 35 years old as of his last birthday. many thanks in advance. if i use 1040a - what do number do i use to figure the amount to enter on line 26? it says to use the number from line 6b, which would be 2 in my case since i am claiming myself and my brother as a dependant? so my total would be 7000.00? which is in addition to my standard deduction of 8000.00 as head of household?

You can claim him on a 1040A form. You don't need any additional schedules. You could also use a 1040 long form if you want to, but if you aren't itemizing it doesn't sound like there's any reason to. You can't get a child tax credit for him though (that's only for a qualifying child under age 17 ), although he would be a qualifying person for yu to file as head of household. You will claim him as a qualifying relative.