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The budget released on March 4, 2010 proposed changes to the CTB and UCCB in shared parenting. Currently, only one individual can receive the Canada Child Tax Benefit and the Universal Child Care Benefit in a month. Budget 2010 proposes to increase this eligibility to two individuals where they share custody of a child.
The first step in determining the appropriate amount of child support is to determine the payor parent's total annual income, before taxes. Annual income is the money a person earns from employment and self-employment and income from investments. This includes all sources of income in the payor parent's tax return (for example: salary, wages, commissions, Employment Insurance, Social Assistance).
Each province has their own separate tables and the appropriate table is the province where the payor parent resides. If the payor parent resides outside Canada, then the appropriate table is that provincial table for the province in which the recipient parent resides.
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How is child support calculated?
The first step in determining the appropriate amount of child support is to determine the payor parent’s total annual income, before taxes. Annual income is the money a person earns from employment and self-employment and income from investments. This includes all sources of income in the payor parent’s tax return (for example: salary, wages, commissions, Employment Insurance, Social Assistance).
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