Calculation of Income
In late 2014, Dr Elaine Matthews separated from her husband. She maintained full custody of the couple’s only child, a seven-year-old girl. Since may 1, 2000,
Dr Matthews had ben working as a public health consultant for the Oshawa region. Around the middle of 2015 she had chosen to take advantage of a severance package from the Oshawa region. She accepted a staff position at joseph Brant memorial hospital in Burlington, Ontario and moved directly from Oshawa to Burlington on September 1,2015. She sold the former family home in Oshawa on September 15,2015. Her husband had rented an apartment in Oshawa in late July 2015.

Dr. Matthews has some experience preparing her own tax returns but she has been particularly bust in recent months. She started her 2015 return but quickly decided she simply did not have time to finish it. She requested your assistance in completing her return.

You met with Dr. Matthews to go over her tax information related to 2015 and determined that she had correctly calculated her income under subdivisions
a, b and c of Division B to a total $158,488. Included in the correct computation were the following items:

Salary (from former employer) $ 96,000
Salary (from Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital) 60,000
Taxable benefits under section 6 of the Income tax act 1,743
Registered pension plan contributions (defined benefit plan) (6,750)
Consulting income (reported a business income) 8,000
Interest income from investments 540
Taxable dividends from investments 1,250
Share of rental loss from childhood home inherited from her parents (1,495)
Net taxable capital gains 4,800
Interest paid on investment loans (2,400)
Loss from limited partnership investments (rental property) (3,200)
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$158, 488
She provided you with the following additional details relating to 2015:

Miscellaneous
Severance from former employer $41, 538

Transfer of RPP accrued from former employer
Her former employer made a direct transfer of her accumulated RPP benefits (within prescribed limits) to her RRSP; her former employer had made vested contributions for the years 2000-2015 $210, 000

Spousal Support
Under the terms of her separation agreement signed in September 2015, Dr. Matthews paid the following amounts for the support of her husband
Support ($500 a month for a September-December) 2,000
Rent on his new Oshawa apartment ($750 a month for Sept-Dec) 3,000

Moving expenses from Oshawa to Burlington
Gas for house-hunting trips (4 trips made during late August) $ 40
Selling costs of former Oshawa home (owned 100% by her; sold Sept. 15,2015):
Real estate commissions $12,000
Legal fees 1050
Costs of purchasing new Burlington home:
Legal fees $850
Land transfer tax 3,250

Costs of moving herself and her household effects:
Moving van to transport belongings
Gas to drive herself and her daughter (120km driven)
Hotel (2 nights while new home was being painted and cleaned; 2 x $100)
Meals (same two days as above 2 x $55)

You have determined that the distance from her new home to Joseph Brant Hospital is 3.5km. The distance from Joseph Brant Hospital to her former home was 115 km.

Care of her daughter

Part-time nanny employed Jan. 1-Aug. 31 $8,976
YMCA overnight summer camp for 2 weeks in July while nanny was on vacation ($200 a week) 400
Fall term (Sept-Dec) tuition fees for private school (excluding before and after daycare) 4,000
Before and after school daycare Sept-Dec 720
Fall term Sept-Dec transportation to private school 1,200
Registered retirement savings plan contributions
Personal contributions through employment (Mar-Dec 2015) 10,000
Personal contributions through employment (Jan-Feb 2015) 4,000

Her 2014 earned income for RRSP purposes was $120,000; her employer had reported a pension adjustment on her 2014 T4 of $9,500; she had no unused RRSP contribution room at the start of 2015 and no undeducted balance of RRSP contributions

Legal fees paid
Legal representation during separation proceedings to establish requirements to make support payments $1,600
Appeal of her 2013 income tax assessment (which she won) 1,200
You have been asked to complete the calculation of her income under Division B. Show all calculations whether or not they are necessary to the final answer. Explain briefly any items not used in your calculations.