Ms. Annabelle Kristen is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) with many years of successful experience. In 2020, she decided that she was not adequately appreciated in her current position with a large financial institution in Edmonton, Alberta. Given this, she resigned on November 1, 2021.

After several months of investigation, she accepted employment with Retirement Planners Ltd. (RPL), a CCPC located in London, Ontario. She commenced working for RPL on May 1, 2022.

She owned a home in Edmonton which she had acquired several years ago for $375,000. Because of the depressed real estate market in this area, she was eventually forced to sell the property for $275,000 in October, 2021, resulting in a $100,000 loss on this property.

Because of the uncertainty surrounding the sale of her Edmonton property, she moved into an apartment when she arrived in London on May 1, 2022. The apartment was rented on a monthly basis until November 30, 2022. After she accepts an offer to purchase her Edmonton house, she finds a home in London that she purchases on November 1, 2022 for $420,000. She moves into this new home on December 1, 2022.

Other information relevant to 2022 is as follows:

1. Because of her strong professional reputation, RPL paid her a signing bonus of $12,000. The signing bonus was paid on June 1, 2022.

2. During the period May 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, Annabelle earned salary of $124,000. Of these earnings, $120,125 was paid in 2022 with the remainder of $3,875 paid in 2023. The Company withheld the following amounts from her salary:

income taxes $18,650 CPP 3,500 EI 953 RPP Contributions 3,700 Payment For Personal use of automobile 880

3. RPL contributed $3,500 on Annabelle behalf to the Company's RPP.

4. RPL provides group medical coverage to all of its employees. The PHSP premiums paid by RPL on Annabelle's behalf cost $562 for the year.

5. On December 12, 2022, a bonus of $10,600 was accrued for Annabelle. Annabelle received $5,300 of this bonus on December 29, 2022, with the remainder being paid on January 17, 2023.

6. During the year, Annabelle received two non-cash gifts, a birthday gift worth $350 and a Christmas gift worth $300.

7. Because of the need to invest some of her additional income, RPL provided Annabelle with financial counseling services. The value of these services was $1,200.

8. In order to assist her move, RPL agreed to compensate her for one-half of the $100,000 loss on the sale of her Edmonton home. The $50,000 payment was made on December 1, 2022.

9. In order to help Annabelle with financing her new London residence, RPL provided her with a $220,000 interest free housing loan. The funds are provided to Annabelle on November 1, 2022. Assume that the prescribed interest rate on employee loans for all of 2022 is 2%.

10. RPL has a stock option plan for its employees. Under this plan, employees are permitted to acquire a limited number of option shares at 10% below their FMV on December 1 of each year. The company hires valuators to determine the FMV at each of those dates. Annabelle acquires 200 shares on December 1, 2022 for cash of $7,200. On December 15, she sells 100 of these shares for $4,100.

11. Annabelle paid $1,600 in CFP dues in 2020. RPLs policy is to reimburse 50% of such professional dues. RPL reimbursed her $800 in December, 2022.

12. RPL provides its professional employees with a membership in the London Curling Club. They believe this is a useful venue for entertaining clients of the Company. The cost of this annual membership was $1,300.

13. RPL provides Annabelle with a vehicle that was purchased in 2022 for $45,200, including HST. The vehicle was available to Annabelle for all months during the period May 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. During this period, she drove the vehicle a total of 52,000 kilometers, of which 40,000 were for employment purposes and 12,000 for personal use. RPL pays all operating and maintenance costs, a total of $8,900 for the same period that Annabelle used the car. RPL withheld $110 per month from her salary to pay for her personal use of the vehicle.

14. Annabelle's new job requires her to meet with clients outside of regular office hours throughout the week. RPL will sign form T2200 stating that she is required to pay for certain employment expenses without reimbursement and use a portion of her home for employment purposes.

Annabelle has set aside a separate room in her apartment to be used exclusively to meet with clients. She used this office space between May 1 and November 30, 2022. This home office occupied 150 square feet of the 1,250 square feet available in her apartment. The home office in the residence she moved into on December 1, 2021 will not be available for use until 2023. RPL has agreed to let Annabelle use head office space as needed during December 2022.

Home office related costs are as follows:

Monthly Rent $2,200 Office Furniture 3,400 Computer Purchase 896 Stationery and Office Supplies Purchased 147 Monthly Phone Line Charge (for 7 Months) 210 Employment Related Long Distance Calls (for 7 Months) 110 Electricity Charge (For 7 Months) 350 Paint for Apartment 165 Property Insurance (7 Months) 175

15. Annabelle received an allowance of $325 per month for 7 months to cover the costs of maintaining a workspace in her home.

Required: Determine Annabelle's 2022 employment income.

Please include ALL calculations!