Barrie M. Hayes, Partner, Family Law
The Income Tax Act recognizes spousal support payments as a tax-deductible expenditure.
The Act recognizes both married and common- law spousal support payments as tax-deductible. In order to qualify as a tax-deductible expenditure the spousal support order needs to;
1. Be embodied in a court order or written…
You can claim legal fees incurred to collect late support (child or spousal) payments, establish the amount of support, seek an increase in support payments or to defend against the reduction of support payments. But you cannot claim those fees you incur where you are establishing a right where none existed.
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