Kelowna News Kelowna man loses legal fight over CPAP machine tax creditSTOCK IMAGE Image Credit: FLICKR / Pete ProdoehlA federal tax court judge has ruled that a Kelowna resident can't get a tax break for his CPAP machine because it's used while he's asleep and it doesn't take time away from normal day-to-day activities. Kelowna resident Geoffrey Halvorson had argued he should get a disability tax credit for having to use a CPAP device and took the dispute to the federal tax court. According to a Sept. 12 Tax Court of Canada decision, Halvorson had applied for disability tax credit, but was refused because using a CPAP machine didn't meet certain criteria. The decision said to be eligible for the tax credit, a medical therapy has to be used for more than 14 hours per week, along with other requirements. The decision didn't say how much money he would have gotten back on his tax return, but he applied for the Disability Tax Credit from 2014 to 2023.