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The Federal Child Support Guidelines:
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Worksheet 1

Use this worksheet to calculate your annual income for child support purposes

You can use Line-by-line help, to help you fill out this worksheet.

This worksheet applies to

________________________________
 
(parent, other household member)

If you and the other parent agree on the annual income that would be considered appropriate should your case go to court, write that amount on line 18, without filling out any other lines on this worksheet.

Total income before adjustments

Total income
1________________
   

Adjustments to total income

Deductions from total income (use annual amounts)
Child support received and included in total income
2________________

Spousal support received from the other parent and included in total income

3________________
Employment expenses
4________________

Social assistance received for other members of the household

5________________
Dividends from taxable Canadian corporations
6________________
Actual business investment losses
7________________
Carrying charges and interest expenses
8________________
Prior-period earnings
9________________
Sole proprietorship and partnership
10________________
Total deductions from income (add lines 2 to 10)
11________________
Additions to total income (use annual amounts)
Net capital gains
12________________
Payments by a self-employed person to a family member or someone else not at arm's length
13________________
Capital cost allowance for real property
14________________
Employee stock options
15________________
Total additions to income (add lines 12 to 15)
16________________
   

Total income after adjustments

Total income with adjustments (line 1 minus line 11 plus line 16)
17________________
   

Annual income for the guidelines

18________________


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