Tax benefits for businesses that accommodate people with disabilities

Businesses that make structural adaptations or other accommodations for employees or customers with disabilities may be eligible to save money on their taxes.

Here are the tax incentives for employers who provide accommodations for people with disabilities.

Disabled Access Credit
The Disabled Access Credit is a non-refundable credit for small businesses that have expenses for providing access to people with disabilities. An eligible small business is one that earned $1 million or less or had no more than 30 full-time employees in the preceding taxable year. The business can claim the credit each year they incur access expenditures

Barrier Removal Tax Deduction
The Architectural Barrier Removal tax deduction encourages businesses of any size to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the mobility of people with disabilities and the elderly. Businesses may claim a deduction of up to $15,000 a year for qualified expenses on items that normally must be capitalized.

Businesses claim this deduction by listing it as a separate expense on their income tax return.