Income Imputation & Analysis

Evaluate claimed vs. actual vs. imputable income · identify discrepancies · build defense

Paying spouse — Luis

$0/mo · 0% of combined

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Supported spouse — Constanza

$0/mo · 0% of combined

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Combined income

$0/mo

Coni 0% · Luis 0%

Income share drives extraordinary / child-expense allocation

➕ Additional Income Types

Interest · other · asset-share

Use this section to include income beyond employer cards. Values here are part of the same master income selection and flow automatically to AFI, spousal, and child support.

Luis other annual income Coni CD interest annual income CD interest legal basis Coni other annual income Asset-share recipient Asset-share rate (%)

Include CD interest in support calculations (Spousal / Child / AFI)

💰 Paying Spouse — Income Analysis

W-2 wages + bonus

⚖ ISSUE: Is the bonus counted?

Whether the bonus counts as income for support turns on its character. Pick the character below for a recommendation. Base only = $236,819 W-2; all-in = $336,819 (W-2 + $100,000 bonus). The support calculators use whichever paying-spouse card you select above.

Bonus character → recommendation (check all that apply)

Routine / paid every year Performance-based (regularly paid) Discretionary (employer's option) One-time / non-recurring Speculative / uncertain

Select one or more characters to see whether the bonus should be counted.

💰 Supported Spouse — Income Analysis

Earning capacity vs. claimed $0

Primary earned income (Helping Hearts)

Select one HH basis. Use the tax/non-tax toggle on HH cards when you need tax-equivalent comparability.

Secondary earned income (Fleet Feet)

Select one Fleet Feet basis. Primary + secondary rolls into the earned-income total card below.

Total earned income comparison

Compare the selected HH + FF total against expert/opposing/vocational positions, and choose the basis to roll to AFI, Spousal, and Child Support.

⚖ ISSUE: Earning capacity vs. claimed $0

Documented employment income is shown in the tables above. Even a conservative vocational floor supports higher earning capacity imputation. Documented employment records materially reduce spousal maintenance liability.

Imputation options (Supported Spouse):
• Vocational floor: $45,480 (Taft earning capacity)
• Documented: $66,086 (2026 discovery paystubs)
• Run-rate: $78,169 (bank-verified deposits)

🧭 Shared income hub

AFI · Spousal · Child support

This page is the single source for the income positions, supporting exhibits, and estate/property-income context. AFI stays focused on the expense and need comparison, while spousal maintenance and child support consume these values rather than re-stating the full income narrative.

🏛 Property / Investment Income (supported spouse)

§25-319(B) return on assets

Property income is treated like any other income type — pick one basis to attribute a return on Constanza's assets (net of 25% tax). The "½ estate" options use her 50% share of the net marital estate as valued on the Asset page ↗. The selected figure rolls to Spousal & AFI automatically. Not legal advice — defer to Holly.

🔗 Master Income Rollout

AFI · Spousal · Child support

AFI bridge

Use the selected supported-spouse and paying-spouse numbers as the income basis for the AFI discrepancy analysis.

AFI

$236,819 / $78,169

Paying spouse$236,819

Supported spouse$78,169

Open AFI module ↗

Spousal maintenance bridge

The master-income values feed the income-gap formula and the live maintenance scenarios.

Spousal

$236,819 / $66,086

Payor$236,819

Recipient$66,086

Open spousal module ↗

Child support bridge

The same income scenarios are used as the gross-income base for the child-support engine.

Child support

$236,819 / $59,820

Payor$236,819

Recipient (Miessner HH + FF)$59,820

Open child-support module ↗

🎯 Imputation Methodologies

When to use each approach

1. Documented Income Approach

Use tax returns, W-2s, paystubs, 1099s as filed. Most conservative. Used when income is clearly documented and verifiable.

2. Average Historical Income

Average last 2–3 years of tax returns or pay history. Accounts for variability in bonuses, commissions, self-employment. Often used for business owners & commission-based employees.

3. Earning Capacity / Vocational Expert

Used when party is voluntarily underemployed, unemployed, or claims limited earning capacity. Expert determines what they could earn (not what they claim).

4. Business Income Analysis

For self-employed: reconstruct from profit & loss statements, bank deposits, tax returns. Adjust for add-backs (depreciation, non-recurring expenses, perks).

5. Cash Flow / Bank Deposit Analysis

When documentation is poor: analyze bank deposits to identify undisclosed income. Used when party hides self-employment or informal income streams.

📋 Recommended Imputation (This Case)

Supported by documentation

Party	Conservative	Recommended	Aggressive
Luis	$236,819 (W-2 base)	$236,819 (bonus separate)	$336,819 (+$100k bonus)
Coni	$45,480 (vocational floor)	$66,086 (documented 2026)	$78,169 (run-rate)

Rationale:
• Luis: Use the $236,819 W-2 base; the $100,000 bonus is contested (separate property, Memo 17) and layered in only for the aggressive case.
• Coni: Impute at least her documented $66,086 (2026 paystubs) — opposing counsel's $0 is untenable against the pay records. The $45,480 vocational floor is the conservative minimum.

🤖 AI Paystub Gap Estimator

Estimate missing periods · back into annual income · recon export

Enter known YTD checkpoints from available paystubs. The estimator infers missing-period amounts, reconstructs the full-year income, and exports a reconciliation table you can attach as a support exhibit.

Employer — Primary Employment

Period covered (months)

Paystubs on file (count)

Known YTD gross (sum)

Known months covered

Employer — Secondary Employment