1st....PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!

When I frist started doing daycare (Jan 2012) somehow DH and I got on the topic of receipts etc. DH said I didn't need to give any out to parents....or to just tell them that I do not provide them. As the "money" guy in our family I believed him and went with that. Since NOT ONE SINGLE parent has ever asked about them it never crossed my mind.

So I haven't saved any thing for me to 'claim' and I'm soooooo confused!

NOW I have a 12mos old to start with me in two weeks and the parents today are asking to confirm that I do provide them. I don't want to loose them before they officially start!

I was on the CRA site and I'm worse off than what I started.....

WHAT DO I DO?

I know I have to save grocery, gas, supplies receipts but we haven't put ANY money away because we've needed every penny to live off of! I'm scared of having to pay a $3000 penalty or something..

** I'm NOT good at math or 'fancy terms' can anyone help me move in the right direction...but can I ask that it be put in "normal plain english" **

THANK YOU and please don't judge me for the ONE time I listened to DH