Is pre-tax corporate income available to the payor for purposes of child support?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reehal v Reehal, 2018 BCSC 475 (CanLII):
There is a presumption that pre-tax corporate income is available to the payor for purposes of child support. That presumption can be rebutted by the payor spouse producing compelling evidence to support the conclusion that reinvestment is necessary to sustain the company as a viable enterprise: Hausmann v. Klukas, 2009 BCCA 32 at paras. 50-52, leave to appeal ref’d 284 B.C.A.C. 320 (note).
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