Retroactive Child Support Ruling - SCC

[Decent Dad]

Okay... I'm am filing for a reassessment, etc. We already had an agreement and after 4 years of court over $$, the agreement was made into an order... so there was an existing right (i.e support established) and then a court order to confirm what was already established. Nothing changed support-wise, except I was out 30K.

Do you have to provide a receipt from the lawyer? And since I had a custody and access battle intertwinded into support battle, how do you separate out the two deductions?

Thanks !!!!

[momof1]

what if your income goes down and you have been overpaying.
does the payor get money back! I think not
I am a women and can feel for the men (payor) with this issue .
what if you lose your job. what if your income goes up half
way thru the year.
what a mess, if it were me I would just keep things
the way they are for my ex unless he gets a huge raise ,
and now and days who gets that
interesting to see what happens

[GrantStephen]

I filed electronically, and no receipts were required...unless I get reassessed and they ask for them. What I have done is have a spreadsheet of the breakdown available anytime.

I have claimed roughly $3-6,000 every year on income of 80k, with no problems.

As for overpaying, I am going to go to court to get the overpayments back. I would have to pay more if I made more, so she can pay me back if I made less. With my case it may be easier for me, since I can prove that part of my compensation is variable in the first place, and change the order accordingly. The order assumes a constant income of $87k, with no variability allowed in the calculations.

Wish me luck, I will keep you posted as to how I make out.
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[GrantStephen]

One other thing about the intertwined costs...CRA accepts all REASONABLE claims...so if you don't have a breakout of costs, then err on the conservative side. A conservative deduction is better than no deduction.

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