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I have a mom who was on mat leave and still kept bringing her kid. Can she claim daycare. And if a child collects money for disability can they claim child care. I read that they can't because they receive money for chill are.
And do you write a reciept for every child or one when you have siblings.
Doesn't matter if she can claim it or not - you still need to give a receipt.
As for receipts with siblings. I usually just do one receipt for the full amount but then break it down for them so they know how much was paid for each child.
Mom wanted to know because her mother does the taxes
Tell her to contact an accountant. I would not want to be responsible for providing the wrong information if I was you. She can also look it up on the CRA website
Always give receipt. And u claim the income. It's up to them to know if they should claim or not. I also just do one receipt for siblings.
Ok, here's the problem with the siblings. So the family had 3 kids 2,6,12. The 6 and 12 yr old were coming after school. So the total for them was over 6000 dollars. The mom is going to take 5000 dollars and apply it to the younger child then divide the rest among the other two kids. But in my books it doesn't show that amount. So if I get audited I would have to show them that the kids only should have 300 dollars each,.does that make sense. And the older boy is disabled. I read that if you are collecting disability you can't claim daycare because you get money already. This mom every year tries to screw me over. Last year she said that my total was wrong, this year again,Shen then wants yo play the disability card. I have it all written down.
Everyone gets a reciept not worried about that, it's that my parents don't know the info and then they complain lol.
Don't make anything more complicated than it needs to be. If she paid $XX for child 1 then that is the receipt you give. It isn't any of your business what she does with the receipt. You need to protect yourself and be honest. Does she want you to lie to the CRA?
I think she does. Because she wants to use so much for the older 2 kids but my records dhow that they were only cared for a handful of times. And her oldest receives disability I think she wants to get more money for him. Dh says that from now on every child gets their own reciept, this way nothing can come back on me.
I would just give her the receipt like any other family. It is up to her to find out the info she is looking for. I would just say "I'm not sure how it works but whoever does your taxes should be able to help you out"
As for siblings, I think you are supposed to give separate receipts. Phone your accountant or the CRA and ask them for the best answer though :)
You can still do one receipt but show the grand total broken down for so much per child. Tell her you cannot alter what she paid for each child and that's that. Give her the receipt and that's it. If she wants to lie to CRA that is her problem not yours. Do things on your end the proper way and she can do what she wants on her end.
Thanks, I never thought about doing the breakdown on the reciept lol.
I'm looking for a new accountant, the one I have been using is too old and a jerk.
This is what it says online. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tp...rcpts-eng.html
I have had a lot of siblings over the years. I do my own receipts (word document). I fill out all the families info, all my info, their grand total paid plus break I'd down for each child at the bottom. I find this way easier for me as there is less paper plus with the grand total already there it's easier for me to total up. Less paper means less chances family can loose receipts and being word doc can easily be reprinted if needed.
I'm not saying it's right it wrong, just that is what it says online. I've had siblings in the past and I never knew they needed to be separate so I only gave one receipt too. Thankfully I wasn't audited!
It says to put SIN on as well but I have spoke to my accountant about this and I don't write it on the receipts. Accountants might give different advice which is why I suggested the OP should speak to hers because if she's ever audited it will be the accountant helping her with the process (at least they should be!)
I don't give my SIN number out. If it turns out they get audited and need it, I will give it at that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5 Little Monkeys
I have always done one receipt, but it is broken down each month to show what each sibling paid separately, and the annual totals for each child are separated at the bottom. Even when my kids were at the YMCA daycares, they put both kids on one receipt, but just separated the totals for each child.
I think the separate receipt thing is new in the last 2 years.
I just wanted to ask you something regarding us giving receipts. Are we suppose to write down our SIN number for the families.... I asked my accountant as well and he said that it isn't needed....I just buy the receipt booklet from staples or the dollar store fill it out and give it to the parents...is that okay
Same here! I tell the parents that if their accountant needs it, just let me know! So far it hasn't been an issue...knock on wood!! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by AmandaKDT
I don't give mine out. I have had 2 families ask over the years. They were being audited due to a change in how they were claiming their taxes. I had no issue giving it to them.
I never give out my sin number but I have a business name.
I always put all the info on my receipts. We are a military family and move every 3 years. If somebody got audited after 6 or 7 years, I don't know if they would have correct contact information for me. I give one annual receipt, provide all the info and have never had an issue in 10 years.
I have a business name as well. It doesn't matter though- if they get audited they will need your sin number.Quote:
Originally Posted by momofnerds
They can claim for disabled child in fact they get higher amount than normal because sometimes specialist care costs more. From this year allowed up to $10k for disabled child (preschool or younger) or $8k for any other preschooler. Different amount for school age.Quote:
Originally Posted by momofnerds
But, you don't need to worry about what they can claim or how they do it. You just need own house in order.
It is one receipt per child. Says clearly on website. Think this might be recent change due to income splitting.
This Mom has no way to screw you over if you just follow CRA guides. WRite out one receipt per child based on what she paid. Up to her how she messes around with her taxes but you have to take care of yours, not her requirement.