Key legal question
Whether child day-care costs are deductible as education costs for direct federal tax
Extracted holding
No. Under the Direct Federal Tax Act, only the general child allowance applies; there is no additional deduction for children's education or care costs above that amount.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 34 lit. b DBG concerns the taxpayer's own education expenses, not those of children. Art. 35(1)(a) DBG provides the only relevant child allowance for such expenses, and higher actual costs are not deductible.