Section 56.1

Subsection 56.1(1)

Administrative Policy

17 September 2008 External T.I. 2008-0279101E5 F - Pension alimentaire - enfant majeur

A payer makes support payments directly to a child over the age of majority with the consent of the former spouse (the "recipient"). However,...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 60.1 - Subsection 60.1(1) s. 60.1(1) deemed amounts paid directly to adult child pursuant to court-ordered support obligation to have been paid to the other spouse 145

Subsection 56.1(2)

Administrative Policy

3 February 2003 Internal T.I. 2002-0168317 F - PAIEMENT DE DEPENSES

A court order required Monsieur to pay, as support, all expenses related to the marital home and a weekly amount for Madame and the children, and...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56.1 - Subsection 56.1(4) - Support Amount amount recipient does not qualify as having discretion as to use if a court order specifies the expenses that are covered 238

Subsection 56.1(4) - Definitions

Cases

Broad v. Canada, 2010 DTC 5097 [at 6924], 2010 FCA 146

The taxpayer entered into a written separation agreement with his common law spouse in which he was obligated to make support payments. Several...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 60 - Paragraph 60(b) 165

Administrative Policy

7 January 2011 Internal T.I. 2010-0389181I7 F - Paiement forfaitaire - pension alimentaire

Under a written agreement between two former spouses, the one was to receive a single lump sum payment from the other as support. Did it qualify...

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Child Support Amount

Cases

Berty v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1171 [at 935], 2013 TCC 202 (Informal Procedure)

The agreement between the taxpayer and his former spouse stated:

Fifty percent (50%), net of income tax, of any bonus income received by the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56.1 - Subsection 56.1(4) - Support Amount share of bonuses 58

Administrative Policy

14 February 2002 Internal T.I. 2001-0107757 F - PENSION ALIMENTAIRE POUR ENFANTS

Amounts required to be paid to Madame under a separation agreement were not child support amounts. Given that the terms of the agreement did not...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56.1 - Subsection 56.1(4) - Support Amount fixed support payments were not required to be applied by the recipient to listed expenses and, therefore, their use was at her discretion and they were allowances 69

Commencement Day

Cases

Holbrook v. Canada, 2007 DTC 5336, 2007 FCA 145

An interim child support order made requiring the payment to the taxpayer of $1,000 per month was followed by a separation agreement requiring the...

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Dangerfield v. Canada, 2004 DTC 6025, 2003 FCA 480

A court support order specifying that monthly payments of child support were to commence on May 1, 1997 thereby established a "commencement day"...

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Administrative Policy

21 February 2007 Internal T.I. 2006-0218421I7 F - Pension alimentaire - date d'exécution

A divorce judgment issued in 1995 established a child support obligation for Monsieur, but when one of the children moved in with Monsieur, he...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Effective Date divorce judgment with stated retroactive effect caused the amounts to “be required to be made” on the earlier date 51

26 March 2004 Internal T.I. 2004-0060361I7 F - Date d'exécution

The Directorate interpreted a court order to reinstate support as a new order (noting in this regard that “the judge modified the recipient's...

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Paragraph (b)

Subparagraph (b)(ii)

Administrative Policy

13 July 2004 Internal T.I. 2004-0068521I7 F - Date d'exécution - Affaire Miller

Miller (2003 DTC 1449) found that a December 16, 1999 order changing support from $475 per month for each of the three children, by terminating...

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24 June 2004 Internal T.I. 2004-0068381I7 F - Date d'exécution

The Directorate indicated that an amended support agreement that changed the per-month support amount triggered a commencement day. The...

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Subparagraph (b)(iv)

Administrative Policy

15 July 2003 Internal T.I. 2003-0023177 F - DATE D'EXECUTION

In finding that a clause in an order fixing support for Madame established a commencement day, the Directorate indicated that the clause...

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Support Amount

Cases

Tossell v. Canada, 2005 DTC 5365, 2005 FCA 223

The taxpayer worked at the same law practice with her spouse. When they separated, they agreed that she would continue to work at the practice as...

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Ofori-Nimako v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 DTC 5264, 2005 FCA 195

Money that was found by the Tax Court judge to have been paid by the taxpayer to his daughter rather than to his ex-spouse and over which,...

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Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 DTC 6279, 2004 FCA 128

Ss.1(2) and 12(1) of the Maintenance Enforcement Act (Alberta), which provided that a child maintenance agreement filed with the Alberta Director...

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Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Provincial Law 117

Pach v. Canada, 2003 DTC 5634, 2003 FCA 363

An agreement to pay the mortgage payments for a house plus monthly expenses including realty taxes, hydro, gas, telephone, insurance, cable, auto...

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See Also

Vohra v. The King, 2022 TCC 165 (Informal Procedure)

The taxpayer and his wife separated in 2010 and on March 6, 2011, entered into separation agreement without legal counsel. Although the spousal...

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Words and Phrases
pursuant to

Maheu v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1261 [at 1452], 2013 TCC 279 (Informal Procedure)

The taxpayer divorced her spouse and, pursuant to an "agreement for corollary relief," ratified by the Quebec Superior Court, received a total of...

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Lemieux v. The Queen, 2014 DTC 1009 [at 2531], 2013 TCC 304 (Informal Procedure)

A consent judgment provided that the taxpayer direct a portion of her support payments towards certain home expenses, such as taxes, insurance,...

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Berty v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1171 [at 935], 2013 TCC 202 (Informal Procedure)

Pursuant to a court order, the taxpayer paid his former spouse one half of any bonuses he received from employment. Bédard J found that such...

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Words and Phrases
periodic

James v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1135 [at 705], 2013 TCC 164

The British Columbia Court of Appeal ordered a retroactive increase in the monthly amount of the support payments the taxpayer paid to his spouse,...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Effective Date retroactive nature of B.C. court order applied for ITA purposes 113

Doucette v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1113 [at 604], 2013 TCC 112 (Informal Procedure)

Amounts the taxpayer received from her spouse were support amounts notwithstanding that she "had a legal responsibility to pay off the mortgage...

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Kuch v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1037 [at 175], 2012 TCC 454 (Informal Procedure)

Woods J. found that the taxpayer's court-ordered support payments to third parties for a former spouse's benefit were not "support amounts" under...

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Bergeron v. The Queen, 2013 DTC 1004 [at 31], 2012 TCC 143 (Informal Procedure)

The taxpayer made payments to his former spouse of $5000, $10,000 and $4200 between 13 July 2009 and 6 August 2009, which freed the taxpayer from...

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Lam v. The Queen, 2012 DTC 1091 [at 2939], 2012 TCC 54 (Informal Procedure)

Sheridan J. found that the taxpayer could not deduct the $40,000 he paid his former common-law spouse in monthly instalments of $1,500, because...

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Hovasse v. The Queen, 2011 DTC 1115 [at 622], 2011 TCC 143 (Informal Procedure)

When a married couple separated, the husband's support payments made pursuant to their "summary of mediated agreements" were deductible. The...

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Words and Phrases
agree agreement

Beninger v. The Queen, 2010 DTC 1237 [at 3684], 2010 TCC 301 (Informal Procedure)

The Crown argued that because the maintenance arrears of the taxpayer were reduced due to his diminished financial circumstances, the amounts paid...

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Ambury v. The Queen, 2002 DTC 1880 (TCC) (Informal Procedure)

Periodic payments made by the taxpayer to a woman (the mother of his child) with whom he had not lived in a conjugal relationship pursuant to a...

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Administrative Policy

25 May 2011 Internal T.I. 2011-0395871I7 F - Pension alimentaire - désignation rétroactive

Madame made monthly payments to Monsieur pursuant to an interim agreement (later confirmed by an interim order) between her and him "without...

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15 March 2006 External T.I. 2005-0124911E5 F - Prestation compensatoire française

A resident of France was awarded compensatory allowances by order of the applicable French court on her divorce from her husband, consisting of a...

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Tax Topics - Treaties - Income Tax Conventions - Article 18 life annuity, was to be treated for Treaty purposes as alimony or similar payments since it was treated by CRA as a support amount under ITA 210
Tax Topics - Treaties - Income Tax Conventions - Article 3 treatment of a life annuity under ITA, as a support amount meant that it was to be treated for Treaty purposes as alimony or similar payments 136
Tax Topics - Treaties - Income Tax Conventions - Article 21 non-taxability of lump sum compensation allowance under French law not altered by Art. 21 59

21 June 2005 Internal T.I. 2005-0123551I7 F - Montant forfaitaire de pension alimentaire

A divorce judgment endorsed an agreement on ancillary measures (the "Agreement") pursuant to which the taxpayer (the “husband") was obligated to...

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28 September 2004 Internal T.I. 2004-0079801I7 F - Pension alimentaire

The Directorate applied the proposition that:

Where support arrears are settled for less than the amounts actually in arrears, the amounts paid...

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19 February 2003 Internal T.I. 2002-0169967 F - ARREARAGES-PENSION ALIMENTAIRE

Monsieur (whose was in arrears in his child support obligations) and Madame signed a written agreement whereby they agreed that Monsieur would pay...

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3 February 2003 Internal T.I. 2002-0168317 F - PAIEMENT DE DEPENSES

A court order required Monsieur to pay, as support, all expenses related to the marital home and a weekly amount for Madame and the children....

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Words and Phrases
has discretion discretion
Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56.1 - Subsection 56.1(2) express mention of ss. 56.1(2) and 60.1(2) no longer required 132

27 January 2003 Internal T.I. 2002-0177197 F - ATTRIBUTION DU GAIN A UN CONJOINT SEPARE

On the breakdown of their marriage, a couple held various immovable properties in equal co-ownership. Pursuant to a separation agreement, each...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 74.5 - Subsection 74.5(3) - Paragraph 74.5(3)(b) application of s. 74.5(3)(b) re properties divided between the separated spouses and sold before divorce 92

7 January 2003 Internal T.I. 2002-0168347 F - RETRAITE OU PENSION ALIMENTAIRE

The separation agreement (later ratified by court judgement) between the taxpayer and former spouse agreed to share equally the income from the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(1) - Paragraph 56(1)(a) - Subparagraph 56(1)(a)(i) equal share of pension income going to ex-spouse without declared element of support was received as pension income 148

24 October 2002 Internal T.I. 2002-0140527 F - PENSION ALIMENTAIRE

In the context of a transitional issue, the Directorate indicated that the recipient of payments by way of periodic cheques did not have...

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21 March 2002 Internal T.I. 2001-010133A F - VALIDITE D'UN JUGEMENT - PENSION ALIMENTAIRE

Monsieur and Madame separated and Monsieur started paying child support to Madame pursuant to a judgment rendered by the Quebec Superior Court....

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14 February 2002 Internal T.I. 2001-0107757 F - PENSION ALIMENTAIRE POUR ENFANTS

Amounts required to be paid to Madame under a separation agreement were not support amounts. The amount was a support amount because the recipient...

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Words and Phrases
allowance
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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56.1 - Subsection 56.1(4) - Child Support Amount separation agreement was sufficiently general as to the amounts’ use for them to be child support amounts 81