Hello,
I have to go to tax court soon to argue the EDC and have been corresponding with a few different government agencies.
Since I have 50 / 50 custody and I care for 2 of my 3 children at least 50 % of the time, and the third child lives solely with me , I cannot understand how the CRA still tries to hide behind their policy of denying me the ED credit . I must also point out that the difference between mine and my ex's salary is aprox $ 15 , 000 per year and we are currently using the " offset method" of CS where I pay to her a small amount each month.
My latest correspondence with the Minister of Finance has an excerpt that states " the tax treatment of the EDC was taken into account in the development of the Federal Child Support Guidelines. As such the child support payments specified in the tables are lower than they would otherwise be if the support recipient could not claim the EDC ."
I think this might have merit if there was only 1 child involved but since there are 3, why couldn't we each claim a different child ?
I can also understand if it referred to a sole custody situation but when custody is split 50 / 50, there are basically 2 independent households caring for the children .
I sincerely doubt that I would be paying a lot more " offset support " to my ex if I was allowed to make the claim .
Does anyone know what I am not understanding here ?
I have to go to tax court soon to argue the EDC and have been corresponding with a few different government agencies.
Since I have 50 / 50 custody and I care for 2 of my 3 children at least 50 % of the time, and the third child lives solely with me , I cannot understand how the CRA still tries to hide behind their policy of denying me the ED credit . I must also point out that the difference between mine and my ex's salary is aprox $ 15 , 000 per year and we are currently using the " offset method" of CS where I pay to her a small amount each month.
My latest correspondence with the Minister of Finance has an excerpt that states " the tax treatment of the EDC was taken into account in the development of the Federal Child Support Guidelines. As such the child support payments specified in the tables are lower than they would otherwise be if the support recipient could not claim the EDC ."
I think this might have merit if there was only 1 child involved but since there are 3, why couldn't we each claim a different child ?
I can also understand if it referred to a sole custody situation but when custody is split 50 / 50, there are basically 2 independent households caring for the children .
I sincerely doubt that I would be paying a lot more " offset support " to my ex if I was allowed to make the claim .
Does anyone know what I am not understanding here ?
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