What is the test for imputing income on behalf of a payor?

I have also found instructive, the decision of Chappel J. in Smith v. Smith[9]. In that decision, Chappel J., at para. 81, sets out relevant factors in determining whether impute income includes: 1. The onus is on the party seeking to impute income to establish an evidentiary basis upon which to establish that the other party is intentionally unemployed or underemployed. 2. It is not necessary to establish bad faith or an attempt to thwart support obligations before imputing income. A payor is intentionally underemployed if they earn less than they are capable of earning having regard for all of the circumstances. In determining whether to impute income on this basis, the court must consider what is reasonable in the circumstances. The factors that the court should consider include the age, education, experience, skills and health of the party, the party’s past earning history and the amount of income that the party could reasonably earn if they worked to capacity. 3. There is a duty on the part of the payor to actively seek out reasonable employment opportunities that will maximize their income potential so as to meet the needs of their dependants. 4. The court will not excuse a party from their support obligations or reduce these obligations where the party has persisted in un-remunerative employment, or where they have pursued unrealistic or unproductive career aspirations. A self-induced reduction of income is not a basis upon which to avoid or reduce support payments. 5. If a party chooses to pursue self-employment, the court will examine whether this choice was a reasonable one in all of the circumstances, and may impute an income if it determines that the decision was not appropriate having regard for the party’s support obligations. 6. Where a party fails to provide full financial disclosure relating to their income, the court is entitled to draw an adverse inference and to impute income to them. 7. The amount of income that the court imputes to a party is a matter of discretion. The only limitation on the discretion of the court in this regard is that there must be some basis in the evidence for the amount that the court has chosen to impute.