Jack & Ping Liu are married and have three children: Scott, Stacy and Suzy. Scott is 18 years old and physicallydisabled (he qualifies for the disability tax credit). Stacy is 12 years old, and Suzy is 6 years old. They pay theirlive-in nanny $250 per week to take care of their children for 48 weeks each year. Jack works full-time and earnsa salary of $80,000 per year. Ping works part-time, earning a salary of $30,000 per year. She also attends aCanadian university on a full-time basis during the winter semester for a total of 16 weeks or 4 months in thecurrent year. Can Jack and/or Ping deduct child care expenses on their tax returns for the year? On whose returnshould the deduction be claimed? What is the maximum amount of child care expenses that can be deducted?

The Child Care Expense Deduction is a tax benefit in Canada that allows families to deduct eligible…

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