Surplus Payments Tax Deductible?

February 7th, 2010 by Questions

Are there any provisions that would allow claiming any portions of surplus income re-payment as tax deductions?

Posted from: Ontario

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, A licensed trustee said:

No, there are not. If the payments you make into bankruptcy (for surplus or anything else you are required to pay) were tax deductible then the debts you are eliminating would be treated as taxable income. I don’t think anyone filing for bankruptcy would want that…

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