Daycare Meals - Canada Revenue

[Lee-Bee]

I assumed this was a very weird spam post. It's 2017 and she is only talking about 2012 and 2013. Which is 3-4 years behind the current tax filing of 2016.

The post just doesn't make any sense to me. She is speaking as an accountant not a child care provider.

It just seemed like they were trying to stir up debate and get us worried about what we spend on food.

[jfbird@shaw.ca]

That's not the case at all. I am as worried as you are. I do not run a daycare. I do income tax for clients such as you. Yes this is 2017 but CRA just audited my clients 2013 & 2014 tax returns. I am not making this stuff up. I am trying to stir up conversation so that we can find out what other daycares are doing so that we can be united in our responses to CRA. I have heard a lot of good comments already that proves statistical information (from CRA) is for losers when it comes to daycare meals. I am on your side and once I have enough data I will post the results on the Forum. I hope more people respond to my question so that we can have enough data to stand up to Revenue Canada.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this topic.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

That's not the case at all. I am as worried as you are. I do not run a daycare. I do income tax for clients such as you. Yes this is 2017 but CRA just audited my clients 2013 & 2014 tax returns. I am not making this stuff up. I am trying to stir up conversation so that we can find out what other daycares are doing so that we can be united in our responses to CRA. I have heard a lot of good comments already that proves statistical information (from CRA) is for losers when it comes to daycare meals. I am on your side and once I have enough data I will post the results on the Forum. I hope more people respond to my question so that we can have enough data to stand up to Revenue Canada.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this topic.

And there it is. You don't run a day care. You have no idea on what the costs really are.

I can accept you are trying to stir up a conversation but not out of concern for us. I suspect you have done a client's tax return, they are being audited and you are trying to make sure you haven't messed up. The easiest way is to find out what other's have claimed. So YOU can stand up to CRA with some data.

Did you average the costs and submit a daily rate that your client doesn't have receipts for and now you are trying to find some supporting evidence that 1) you are worth the fee that client paid and 2) so you can hopefully challenge the CRA's findings.

I'm betting there's no receipts.

People would respect you more had you been entirely honest and not made up some cover story to get the information you need. Trouble with trying to trick people who deal with people, is that we can spot a dodgy thread or a poster whose story not quite adding up - (like tax return, eh?)

[betsy]

Keep a daily record of what you served (menu).