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Yep. If you can prove you made the trip, claim it. So every receipt, every deposit.

I've only claimed the car costs in the last two years. All prior years I didn't bother but wow, it adds up. As...

My stores are primarily minutes a way but it's not pennies, it's thousands of dollars. Seriously, you are missing out.

If you do 10,000 kms a year and 1,000 of that is day care related you can...

I suppose you could just keep a little note pad in the glove compartment and so if you make a trip to several stores then you have a total business mileage for errands that day.

NO.

Every single trip which is for business, I claim.

So, a trip just for day care supplies, I claim. A trip for both household and day care supplies I claim.

What I can't claim is a trip...

I agree.

My car mileage isn't high because I work from home. I have a car for the convenience of grocery shopping and errands. We don't pack up on the weekends and head off so it really is just...

Bet you do use your car. I don't take children in my car but I do use it for business.

Do you go to the bank and deposit cheques for day care fees?
Do you drive to the grocery store for day care...

For me it was one year but that's only because there were no issues. They were really clear that had my records not been in order, then they automatically, look into the previous 6 years - so 7 years...

I think if you are using your bedrooms then you would include them but as you said you don't use them for the full day care day, just two hours and so the calculations would be different. The formula...

Agreed - but CRA know what is reasonable for day care's in your area and therefore their definition of reasonable might vary from ours. I know when I've spoken to accountants who specialize in day...

Yep. I have. When my marital status changed, there was a mixup on their end, not mine but it resulted in a whack of paperwork coming from my lawyer who deal with my husband's passing to CRA. I'm not...