Should I get my money back?

[Ad1986]

It seems that your entire argument rests on your belief that she is not a true daycare and is therefore not a business. You state it is like one neighbour helping out another, and that she does not have a limited number of spaces. Unfortunately, reality AND the province of Alberta would disagree with you. She is a daycare if she is providing care for children for more than 10 hours a week. She does NOT need to be licensed, regulated or accredited in ANY way in order to be a LEGAL PRIVATE UNLICENSED daycare. She must comply with the government rule that limits the amount if children she cares for (no more than six). It seems you have done no research before making sweeping assumptions about what she is in fact running.
And the fact that you have received a lack of empathy? You have come on to a child care provider website, and by association insulted and diminished a huge percentage of us who run unlicensed daycares and do not have degrees associated with child care, through pure ignorance on your part.

Babysitting out of ones house without a business license and not issuing tax receipts yet claiming to be a business is a business to you?

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Babysitting out of ones house without a business license and not issuing tax receipts yet claiming to be a business is a business to you?

Ok.... you send that as a response to someone explaining to you how it works in your province!!!!! It is not a matter of opinion whether or not this lady runs a daycare. That is what the laws in your province say!!!!!! Do you understand??

Also, you can claim child care expenses without receipts. The CRA may investigate her if she hasn't provided you with a receipt and she hasn't claimed the income. You do not need receipts.

[Discoveries]

She is operating an informal home childcare business. A permit or licence is not a requirement.

You are correct about the not issuing a tax receipt being wrong. Was that an agreement upfront in order to secure a lower childcare fee? If so, you understood you were to benefit from her fraudulent business practices. You can still contact her and state you intend to claim the amount and ask for a receipt. You could do this by email to have documentation of your request and her response. You can still claim the amount you paid in childcare even without a receipt, by entering her full name and address and amount paid. It may flag both you and her for further clarification if she opts not to to claim her income.

[ahnys]

Babysitting out of ones house without a business license and not issuing tax receipts yet claiming to be a business is a business to you?

Not only is that scenario a business to me, it is a business to the province of Alberta AND it is a business to Canada Revenue. She is running a business that the rest of the world recognizes as a business. Well, except for you.

You can continue to tell us what factors, in your opinion, would make it a legitimate business TO YOU, but unless you have a seat in parliament and are influential in the bill-making process, no amount of wanting it to be different on your part is going to make it be any different.

You might want to choose an easier battle, like convincing the sun it has no business setting, or the rain to just stop already.