Feeling really bummed out about taxes!

[momofnerds]

why would she call you and tell you that, that is weird. As for the flowers where they a project with the kids, did they have to take care of them.

[playfelt]

That doesn't make a lot of sense because our deductions come off before we even get to the bottom of page one. Everything from there on is based on the amount we earned AFTER our deductions as in net income not gross income. Then you take things like basic personal expemption off, etc. I don't have a lot of additional deductions other than that as my husband claims most of them including the kids.

Also make sure that she is basing the amount of Canada Pension you owe on the net income and not the gross income too.

[cfred]

Bright Sparks - the children come with me to purchase our flowers, herbs and vegetables and help plant them too. It's a daycare activity. We also use things from the garden for crafts. In addition, when we have summer birthdays, I use flowers to decorate the cakes. These are totally above board daycare costs. I never write stuff off that's questionable. I use everything the accountant tells me I can write off and can back it up with my plans within the daycare.

With stuff for my kids, that's a thing of the past now as they're teens. But when they were young, their toys were used by kids as well because they had little friends in the group. When a bit older, I did write off a few games as one boy in my care was older and best friends with my boys. They played the games alot. I figure it counts.

The guy I use is an accountant. I can only use him as the others aren't qualified. I also like that they deal with CRA if anything crops up.

When I say you can write everything off, I assume it's inherent that it's a portion. Nothing is 100%, but if it's used in any way for the daycare, I claim it.