Effectiveness of the Children's Fitness Tax Credit: A scoping review

JC Spence, A Mangan, A Sivak - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Objectives A scoping review was conducted to synthesize the literature examining impact of
the Children's Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC) on the physical activity (PA) of Canadian children …

Uptake and effectiveness of the Children's Fitness Tax Credit in Canada: the rich get richer

JC Spence, NL Holt, JK Dutove, V Carson - BMC Public Health, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background The Government of Canada implemented a Children's Fitness Tax
Credit (CFTC) in 2007 which allows a non-refundable tax credit of up to $500 to register a …

The Use of a Nonrefundable Tax Credit to Increase Children's Participation in Physical Activity in Alberta, Canada

JA Stearns, PJ Veugelers… - … of Physical Activity …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Potential income disparities were examined in the (1) awareness and uptake of
the Children's Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC), and (2) physical activity (PA) of children from …

Awareness and Use of Canada's Children's Fitness Tax Credit

KL Fisher, A Mawani, B Von Tigerstrom, T Larre… - Can. Tax J., 2013 - HeinOnline
This study examines the awareness and use of Canada's children's fitness tax credit (CFTC),
using taxfilers' income tax return data from 2007 through 2009 as well as national survey …

The children's Fitness Tax credit: Does it influence parents' decisions regarding physical activity?

KL Fisher, B Von Tigerstrom… - Canadian …, 2011 - canadianjournalofdiabetes.com
Aim: To assess the degree to which the CFTC was used and influenced parents' decisions to
enroll their children in organized PA. Methods: Two data sources were used in this study …

[PDF][PDF] Does Child Fitness Tax Credit Program Make Children More Active?

HV Nguyen, P Grodendorst - 2012 - Citeseer
The Canadian government introduced the Child Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC) in 2007 to
promote children's physical fitness. This program offers parents tax credits to defray the cost …

[PDF][PDF] Canada's Experiment with Children's Fitness and Activity Tax Credits

JA Sauder - 2014 - harvest.usask.ca
This thesis evaluates the Children's Fitness Tax Credit and similar credits to determine
whether they are suitable to increase physical activity levels in Canada. It begins by …

[引用][C] The Children's Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC): Awareness and Use in the First Three Years (2007-2009)

K Fisher, B von Tigerstrom… - Canadian …, 2013 - canadianjournalofdiabetes.com
Methods Two population-based data sources were used: 1) federal tax data for the 2007-
2009 tax years and 2) data related to public perceptions of the CFTC collected via a national …

Non-refundable tax credits are an inequitable policy instrument for promoting physical activity among Canadian children

JC Spence, NL Holt, CJ Sprysak… - Canadian Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
A clear income gradient exists for the sport and physical activity (PA) participation of
Canadian children. Governments in Canada recently introduced tax credits to alleviate the …

The use of refundable tax credits to increase low-income children's after-school physical activity level

G Dunton, VJ Ebin, MW Efrat… - … of Physical Activity …, 2015 - journals.humankinetics.com
Objective: The current study investigates the extent to which a refundable tax credit could be
used to increase low-income children's after-school physical activity levels. Methods: An …