Charge for processing of medical certificate
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Charge for processing of medical certificate
Hello all,
I recently got a $57.33 invoice from TC dated 30-03-2021 for processing my medical certificate (dated 16-07-2020).
I have an ADB full of stamps and have never ever been invoiced for this before.
Does anyone know, is this:
a) a new (and apparently retroactive) fee,
b) because I've unknowingly escaped the system for years? or;
c) because my medical examiner has historically been paying this fee on my behalf and forgot (or stopped) this time around?
The timing seems to correspond nicely with Air Canada's bail-out package. All aboard the conspiracy train!
For real though, has anyone else received one of these?
Many thanks.
I recently got a $57.33 invoice from TC dated 30-03-2021 for processing my medical certificate (dated 16-07-2020).
I have an ADB full of stamps and have never ever been invoiced for this before.
Does anyone know, is this:
a) a new (and apparently retroactive) fee,
b) because I've unknowingly escaped the system for years? or;
c) because my medical examiner has historically been paying this fee on my behalf and forgot (or stopped) this time around?
The timing seems to correspond nicely with Air Canada's bail-out package. All aboard the conspiracy train!
For real though, has anyone else received one of these?
Many thanks.
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Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
Yep, I've been getting this charge for years. Our company pays for our medicals though and I believe once per year we get a $55.00 "bonus payment" on one paycheque to offset the cost of the medical processing fee.
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Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
One vote for option "B" then. Very interesting, Thank You Chip Jock!
Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
This medical processing fee has been going on a long time. Don’t complain too loud or risk getting sent the Bill for your last ten!
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Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
Well! I guess we can put this one to bed. Thank you all. Mum's the word!
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I've heard of a couple of guys who didn't pay theirs for a while and eventually got a copy of a request from TC to the CRA (I think) to take the balance out of their tax return. Had no idea they could do that but I guess you learn something new everyday!
Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
For a decade i never paid and they would send it off to CRA to collect. Then they started sending it to collection. Apparently CRA isn't a good enough collection agency.
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Wow. They always just dock my taxes. They get their money but its my little form of protest that I don’t pay. Havent been sent to collections yet though. Wonder if the CRA stopped playing ball
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Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
Its a fee that stems from the pre-computer days when they actually had to do something.
I never pay it. Sometimes it goes to collections, and dies there as they have no further followup. It has no bearing on my credit rating. . Sometimes they steal it from my tax return. I'm not going out of my way to pay it.
I never pay it. Sometimes it goes to collections, and dies there as they have no further followup. It has no bearing on my credit rating. . Sometimes they steal it from my tax return. I'm not going out of my way to pay it.
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Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
If your company reimburses you for it, then I don't see why you WOULDN'T pay it. Otherwise I'd do what most of you said and just ignore it lol
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I ignored my last one but I needed TC to sign off a new rating and they wouldn’t do it till I paid. But I’d certainly say ignore and deal with that if you need to
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This is the catch right here. Until it is paid, TC will not issue anything new to you.
I was doing my taxes couple years back and found that while TC never sent me any notices, they did just this. Took it off my refund.
Re: Charge for processing of medical certificate
They charged me $630.00 in back fees before they would issue me a new passport pilot booklet, When David Collinette became Transport minister under the Liberal government all fees went up, 55$ for a medical, 100$ for a written, and on and on, then they gave Nav Canada the right to charge aircraft owners $80.00 a year even if you never talked to an aircraft control tower. Prior to that the fee was $ 15 for your aircraft radio transmitter, if you had one.
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