Parent owes money, disappeared, 2 months later back asking for tax receipt!

[BlueRose]

You must provide a receipt for all money they have GIVEN you. You also legally have to claim all money given too you. So write one for all fees paid. Mail it (registered mail, so they have to sign for it). You can write off the money still owing to too with your taxes.

From now on I would do
Payment in advance. No payment = no care until paid

I would communicate via email only, so there is a record of what is being said.
I would write:
To X
I have prepared your tax receipt for the amount you have paid. Once I have received the outstanding balance of $XXX, I will issue you a receipt for that amount as well.

If you would like only one receipt with the full amount, send me an etransfer for the outstanding balance to the following email account: email address; by 5pm on X day.

If I have not received your outstanding balance by the above date and time I will mail you the receipt for just the money you have already paid.

Thank you for your time
X

[Suzie_Homemaker]

You must provide a receipt for all money they have GIVEN you. You also legally have to claim all money given too you. So write one for all fees paid. Mail it (registered mail, so they have to sign for it). You can write off the money still owing to too with your taxes.

From now on I would do
Payment in advance. No payment = no care until paid

I would communicate via email only, so there is a record of what is being said.
I would write:
To X
I have prepared your tax receipt for the amount you have paid. Once I have received the outstanding balance of $XXX, I will issue you a receipt for that amount as well.

If you would like only one receipt with the full amount, send me an etransfer for the outstanding balance to the following email account: email address; by 5pm on X day.

If I have not received your outstanding balance by the above date and time I will mail you the receipt for just the money you have already paid.

Thank you for your time
X

I would not do this.

Some of the fees were received in 2017 which is the tax receipt they are entitled to for their tax return. Some of the fees (the ones you are having trouble receiving) are for 2018. If you issue one receipt for the combined amount, that means you will have to declare all of this money on your 2017 tax return. We have to pay taxes and issue receipts based on when the money was EARNED not when it was received. It makes absolutely no sense to include the 2018 fees with the 2017 receipt because then you must pay tax on them before they were due or received.

If you get audited this year, having 2018 fees with 2017 income is a sure fire way to get a detailed audit.

[BlueRose]

I would not do this.

Some of the fees were received in 2017 which is the tax receipt they are entitled to for their tax return. Some of the fees (the ones you are having trouble receiving) are for 2018. If you issue one receipt for the combined amount, that means you will have to declare all of this money on your 2017 tax return. We have to pay taxes and issue receipts based on when the money was EARNED not when it was received. It makes absolutely no sense to include the 2018 fees with the 2017 receipt because then you must pay tax on them before they were due or received.

If you get audited this year, having 2018 fees with 2017 income is a sure fire way to get a detailed audit.

Yes,your right. I had misread the original post.

[EdwardHeavy]

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