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How to Receive Payments

How Does a Beneficiary Receive Payments?

There are two types of payments received from an RDSP.

Lifetime Disability Assistance Payments

Lifetime Disability Assistance Payments (LDAPs) are recurring annual payments that, once started, must continue until the death of the beneficiary or until the termination of the RDSP. LDAPs can start at any age, but must begin by the end of the year in which the beneficiary turns 60.

Disability Assistance Payments

Disability Assistance Payments (DAPs) are lump sum payments made to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s estate. DAPs can be requested by a beneficiary when he or she turns 27, subject to certain restrictions.

Each payment from the RDSP is comprised of plan holder contributions, income growth and grants and bonds. The plan holder portion of payments is not taxable. The income growth, grants and bonds portions are subject to income tax and taxable in the hands of the beneficiary.