Is a payor required to establish that pre-tax income is not available because reinvestment of the company is necessary?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Megson v. Megson, 2014 BCSC 2467 (CanLII):

The onus rests with the payor to establish that the company's pre-tax income is not available because reinvestment of it is necessary to sustain the company as a viable enterprise: Hausmann v. Klukas, 2009 BCCA 32 at para. 51.

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