Question: Assignment Problem Nine - 13 (Comprehensive Case Covering Chapters 1 to 9) Ms. Peta Jansan is 37 years old and divorced from her former spouse.


Assignment Problem Nine - 13 (Comprehensive Case Covering Chapters 1 to 9) Ms. Peta Jansan is 37 years old and divorced from her former spouse. She has two children from the marriage, Lotte, aged 5 and Bram, aged 9. Neither of these children have any 2017 income. The divorce decree, which was issued in 2015, requires her former spouse to pay $3,000 per month in child support and an additional $1,000 per month in spousal support. While all of the payments for previous years have been made, cduring 2017, her former spouse has experi- enced financial difficulties and has paid only $40,000 of the required amounts. Ms. Jansan also provides care for her 85 year old grandfather who lives with her and her chil- dren. While her grandfather is not mentally or physically infirm, his 2017 income was only $7,950, leaving him as a dependant of Ms. Jansan. Ms. Jansan is employed by Dutch Foods Lid., a large public company. For 2017, she has a base salary of $75,000 per year. During 2016, she was awarded a bonus of $19,500, all of which was paid in January, 2017. For her employment related travel, the company provides her with an automobile which the company leases for $560 per month. Ms. Jansan is required to pay all of her own operating and maintenance costs on the automobile. During 2017, these costs totaled $6,300. The automobile was available for use for 11 months during 2017 and was driven a total of 43,360 kilometers. Of these kilometers, all but 8,240 were for employment related use. Her employer withheld the following amounts from her 2017 earnings: RPP Contributions 53,400 El Premiums 836 CPP Contributions 2,564 Life Insurance Premiums 250 Her employer pays her Alberta provincial health care premium of $44 per month
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