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  • 08-26-2011, 03:50 PM
    waiting_game
    How to Determine Self Employed Income
    My question involves child support in the State of: TN/CA CP lives in TN, OP in CA

    If OP is self employed (has his own business although it is unlicensed) and refused to submit proof of income to the court, how can his actual income be determined? Since he refused to turn over any info, his income was calculated at minimum wage but he makes considerably more. None of the income he makes is reported to the IRS so that route won't work. Thanks for any ideas.
  • 08-27-2011, 09:55 AM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    How about seeking copies of his tax returns?
  • 08-28-2011, 10:09 AM
    waiting_game
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    He doesn't report the income so no tax returns.
  • 08-28-2011, 10:14 AM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    Get whatever records exist and use those. Or hire a forensic accountant to project income and see what he comes up with.
  • 08-28-2011, 11:15 AM
    waiting_game
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    there are zero records. Everything is done in cash. Can/would the court look at his expensive house, multiple cars and multiple motorcycles and realize he can buy all this with zero income?
  • 08-28-2011, 11:37 AM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    You, your lawyer, your investigators and accountants can look at whatever evidence there is, and try to use that evidence.
  • 08-28-2011, 12:17 PM
    Dogmatique
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    And bear in mind it wouldn't be difficult for him to claim that someone else - girlfriend, new wife, parents, relatives - gifted these things.
  • 08-29-2011, 11:12 AM
    waiting_game
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    so he can actually just keep working under the table and never be responsible for the child support. That is what I thought but had hoped maybe there was some other way. Thanks for your advice
  • 08-29-2011, 01:23 PM
    Lawrence084
    Re: How to Determine Self Employed Income
    Most people who work that way usually puts items like house, cars, and motocycles for examples....in someone else name so it makes it really a lot harder to track the person worth or net income.
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