What is the proper way to determine income for purposes of the Income Guidelines?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.A.B. v. J.R.B., 2003 BCSC 490 (CanLII):
In Manchur v. Manchur, 2001 BCSC 1607, Quijano J., following Kowalewich, determined that the proper way to proceed to determine the husband’s income for the purposes of the Guidelines was first “to have regard to the pre-tax corporate income and then to consider the legitimate business needs of the company”.
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