Accepted expenses and payment receipts

Payment receipts for accepted expenses must be sent to the Régie with the death benefit application or within 60 days of the date of death. Send them to the following address:

Régie des rentes du Québec
Case postale 5200
Québec (Québec)  G1K 7S9

Which funeral expenses are accepted?

The Régie accepts the following expenses only:

• transportation and embalming of the body, casket, funeral urn and niche
• visitation at the funeral home
• funeral service, burial or cremation, the services of a funeral director
• publication of notices of death, thank you cards
• cemetery lot, funeral monument or inscription (in proportion to the expenses for the deceased)
• expenses incurred for telephone calls or telegrams to reach or attempt to reach members of the immediate family
• taxes charged on reimbursable expenses

Which payment receipts are accepted?

The Régie accepts the following documents as proof of payment of funeral expenses:

• the duly completed Receipt for funeral expenses paid form (French only)
• a photocopy of a receipt issued by the funeral home
• a photocopy of a paid invoice

These documents must contain all the information needed to determine expense eligibility.