Does s. 3(2)(b) of the Income Tax Code require spouses to share expenses with each other in proportion to their respective incomes?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from O.L.P.K. v. G.R.K., 2002 BCSC 1570 (CanLII):
Further, though unlike s. 7(2), s. 3(2)(b) does not prescribe the general principle that the expense is shared by the spouses in proportion to their respective incomes after deducting the child’s contribution, if any, from the expense, the court may nonetheless apply the expense sharing principle: McLean v. McLean, 2000 BCSC 433.
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