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Newsgroups: can.general,ont.general,soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: 1993 income tax rates (combined federal/Ontario)
From: lisa@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 15:53:09 PST
Organization: The Old Coot's (Spare) Almanac

pamela@sscux1.ssc.gov (pamela gurd) writes:
> In article <1993Jan22.051622.4947@sq.sq.com> dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman)
> >In article <iq0oXB1w165w@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca> lisa@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca write
> >
> >>b) A girlfriend who is recently separated from her husband is under
> >>   the impression that if her ex were to pay her child support in *annual*
> >>   lump sum payments, he would not be able to declare those lump sum
> >>   payments for child support deductions.  Is this true?  (He would of cour
> >>   be able to declare deductions for child support payments made on a month
> >>   basis.)
> >
> >It's correct if it's clear that these are lump sum payments and not support.
> >That will require interpreting the agreement or court order.  Generally,
> >if payments are "periodic" they take on the deductible/taxable status.
> >
> It seems to me from Lisa's wording that these payments are, indeed,
> support.  Also, annual payments are still "periodic" - just with a
> longer period.  My lawyer thought annual payments would still be
> taxable for me (besides being impossible for my ex- to get together.)
> 
> Pam.
> 
  Please see my post regarding what I've learned so far on this matter.
  According to Revenue Canada, as long as the support payment (annual lump
  sum) is made *within*  a period of twelve months, that payment would be
  deductible for your ex and yes, taxable for you.

  Lisa

  P.S.  My girlfriend's ex has an average annual income that would enable him
        to make annual support payments.  Of course, for most people that
        is not really an option. :-)

  Also, thank you Mr. Sherman for your response to my questions.

  In answer to the one you posed, yes I would like to see B.C. adopt the
  automatic support (child) deductions practices of Ontario.  I do feel that
  such practices are unfair for those NCPs (non-custodial parents) that DO pay
  their support regularly and on time.  Unfortunately, the thousands of NCPs
  in this country who are deliberately in default of child support orders,
  *without just cause*, have created such a problem (and massive expense to
  the taxpaying public) that blanket policies such as the automatic deductions
  for child support payments may be the best option overall, at least until
  someone comes up with a better idea...?





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Lisa Lambeth                             lisa@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca

Founder, P.E.R.C.S. (Parents for Enforcing Regular Child Support)
Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada // Courtesy of the old coot hisse'f!
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Newsgroups: can.general
From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes)
Subject: Canadian driving American-owned car in Canada -- illegal?
Summary: is the subject correct?
Keywords: stupid Canadian laws
Distribution: can
Date: 25 Jan 93 01:12:28 GMT

I called Avis International to enquire how much a car rental would cost
if I planned to rent from Seattle, Washington and drive to Vancouver,
BC and back.  They informed me that Canada has some law stating that
a Canadian citizen cannot drive an American-owned car in Canada.  Has
anyone ever heard of this?  What is the rational for it?  Is there any
way around it?

-- 
It is a testament to the insanity of our society that it is considered normal
and sane to use a 2000kg device to move a 60kg body and a 3kg brain to and
from it's place of work every day.

Wayne Hayes     INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca        CompuServe: 72401,3525
Xref: sparky can.general:6431 talk.politics.animals:11759
From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
Newsgroups: can.general,talk.politics.animals
Subject: Re: Food chain (was Re: Killing animals (was Re: hunting dog wanted))
Date: 27 Jan 93 10:01:46 GMT

In <1993Jan27.040833.4696@cdf.toronto.edu> g9rwaigh@cdf.toronto.edu (Rosemary Waigh) writes:

>*Agriculture* goes against nature!

Yes.  It does.  Indeed, in many, if not all, parts of the world,
animals and habitats have been destroyed to make room for agriculture.

In a sense, the destruction of habitat comes closer to "genocide" than
hunting!  To extend this, settlement of land in any form destroys the
habitat of animals and makes it more difficult for them to survive.   I
certainly haven't seen any herds buffalo roaming in Toronto.

If we turn our attention from food to clothing, it can be argued that
the avoidance of animal skins is not necessarily a good thing.  If you
didn't kill an animal for its skin, you killed it by putting up a
polymer factory which crowded-out the animal, ruined its natural
habitat, poisoned its water, etc., etc.

Do you use metal in any form?  Forks?  Computers?  Strip mining is
*devastating* to the environment.

Do you use electric power?  Nuclear power may have long-term
ramifications we don't yet understand.  Hydroelectric power is also
devastating to habitats.

In the end, living things *compete*.  They compete for food, space,
water, air, and any other resource required for life.  Ultimately,
the question is:
     Do you wish to compete?  (i.e.: Do you wish to live?)

Pretty easy choice.  After all, even dumb animals have an instinct
for survival...

ACS

P.S.: Note that this discussion is in a talk.* group.  It should be
       immediately obvious that there is no right answer.  Otherwise
       it would be in soc.* or sci.*.  If you really like feeling
       guilty about things, go to confession or something.
-- 
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|   |   | __|      Democracy is not a way of getting better solutions.     |
| - | --|__ |           It's just a way to spread the blame.               |
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Newsgroups: can.general
From: cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: submitting federal tax returns via modem
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Distribution: can
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 05:15:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.173636.11110@cs.mun.ca> jbutt@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Jonathan Butt) writes:

As an aside, I suggest you try to keep your lines to under 75
characters in length.  Some systems will chop 'em.  And it certainly
looks ugly.  Just hit "return" once in a while.

>This idea of email tax returns has been done in the U.S. with much
>success. Maybe we should try to do it here in Canada. 
>
>As for getting you refund back quicker.... Don't wait until the
>deadline, do it as soon as you get your t4's ands stuff. All should be
>in your hot little hands by feb 28 (that's the law) File immediately
>and you should get your cheque back in time for easter vacation.

Definitely a good idea.

And like Santa, make sure you make your "list", and CHECK IT TWICE.
Errors slow down processing.  Even stupid little errors that make no
effective difference.  I made a little arithmetic error a couple of
years ago, one which actually made NO difference in the tax position,
since I was not taxable in any case, and it slowed processing of my
return by about a month.  This based on comparing how long it took
different family members to get their returns back.

>( I got this info from a friend of mine who works at the Revenue
>Canada Processing office in St. John's Nfld) 

And those that work for the "opposition" (the tax accountants) would
certainly agree.

>And really, to the most dedicated of hackers, is there really a
>"secure" line?? 
>
>Probably not.

I remember hearing about the first plans about three years ago, and
one of the preferred methods of transferring the data was magnetic
tape.

I'm sure that H&R Block has enough returns to process that it's worth
sending a courier down to 875 Heron Road every day with a nice 6250
bpi tape.

With the way that the auditors and comptrollers tend to set policy, I
seriously doubt that the link is a "simple" modem line.  They do tend
to have some major blind spots, but they're probably not the same
blind spots that you'd expect them to have.

In any case, to a truly "dedicated hacker," is taxation information
actually of any interest?  I would direct your attention to the entry
in The New Hacker's Dictionary on "COBOL."

-- 
Christopher Browne                |     PGP 2.0 key available
cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca           |======================================
University of Ottawa              | Genius may have its limitations, but
Master of System Science Program  | stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics,soc.culture.canada
From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
Subject: Re: Liberal Party Tax Policy
Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:12:31 GMT

In article <61TVXB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
>I was challenged by Melvin Klassen, Gerald Olchowy and Peter McCorquade(sp)
>about LPC tax policy.  Here it is!!
>
>1) Review the Single Tax alternative as porposed by Dennis Mills to  the
>   Liberal Platform Committee
>
>2) high priority given to th development of a simplified, more equitable
>   system
>
>3) review of the tax system with the purpose of abolishing the GST and
>redistributing the tax burden on the PRINCIPLE of fairness, equity ad ability
>to pay.

'fairness'??? Somehow, I don't think that means 'get what you pay for,
pay for what you get', which would be my definition of a fair tax system.

Equity? another loaded word.

Ability to pay? Sounds like "from each according to his abilities, to each
according to his needs" (was that Lenin? Or Bob Rae?)

>
>There you have it.
>

I'm *so* encouraged.

>Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
> (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
>God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
>Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK


-- 
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 University of British Columbia, Canada |  
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Newsgroups: can.francais
From: bourp00@DMI.USherb.CA (PIERRE BOURBONNAIS)
Subject: Help on Wp 5.1
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
Distribution: can
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:02:07 GMT


Bon, il y avait quelques temps auparavant une demande d'aide a propos du
WORD PERFECT 5.1, plus precisement a propos du WP{WP}CF.THS. Quelle drole
d'idee, car cela n'est que le fichier du dictionnaire synonyme/antonyme du
WORD PERFECT! De toute facon!

Je propose donc a la personne qui demandait de l'aide de me laisser une
lettre electronique visant a savoir si elle etait interessee a ce que je
lui transmette le fichier. 

Puis propos du KEYB.COM du DOS, il y a une utilisation plus facile que de
toujours recharger le programme. En effet, la composition des touches:

	CTRL - ALT - F1 active le clavier Americain
	CTRL - ALT - F2 active le clavier Canadien Francais

Si cela peut vous aider, alors j'en serai heureux!

Salut a tout le monde qui veut bien perdre du temps a lire ceci!

Pierre :^)

Newsgroups: can.francais
From: gfouque@csi.uottawa.Ca (Gilles Fouque)
Subject: Traitement du Signal
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 23:20:09 GMT


  Je suis a la recherche d'adresses d'entreprises specialisees dans
le traitement du signal implantees au Quebec, ou, a defaut, de references
de journaux dans lesquels je pourrai trouver ces adresses.

Merci

Gilles
Newsgroups: can.francais
From: daniel@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (D. Senechal)
Subject: help on wp 5.1
Summary: help on word perfect
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
Distribution: canada
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:24:41 GMT

You don't have to go to all that trouble to get the french keyboard.  All you
have to do is Shift-F1(shell), go into keyboard, then pick french canadian.
Now as soon as you get into word perfect you will automatically get the french
keyboard and when you get out you go back to the english.


Newsgroups: can.francais
From: ebrahim@ee.umanitoba.ca (Mohamad Ebrahimi)
Subject: Re; Help needed about WP5.1
Organization: Elect & Comp Engineering, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,Canada
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:13:38 GMT


In article: <1993Jan27.152441.27332@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca>
daniel@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca(D. Senechal) writes:

>You don't have to go to all that trouble to get the french keyboard.  All you
>have to do is Shift-F1(shell), go into keyboard, then pick french canadian.
>ow as soon as you get into word perfect you will automatically get the french
>keyboard and when you get out you go back to the english.



  Thank you very much. What I needed was in fact a french dictionary, which
  I didn't have in my WP files, and with the help of one kind soul, I found
  it.


Mohammad
Newsgroups: can.francais
From: 900449f@axe.acadiau.ca (NORMAN THOMAS FERGUSON)
Subject: where is she?
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:15:08 GMT

	I have a friend who goes to school in Montreal somewhere.  It's not 
McGill, but it is somewhere there.  I'm sure I could find out... but I would 
like to somehow contact her via email.  She speaks french, so I don't know 
how that wouild work (where I speak anglais).  Does anyone have any ideas??
	Norm (Acadia University, N.S.)
Newsgroups: can.canet.stats
From: news@nott.onet.on.ca (News)
Subject: nott news summary, Jan 23 1993
Original-Message-Id: <93Jan23.081448est.441683@nott.onet.on.ca>
Original-To: news-reports
Distribution: can
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 13:14:44 GMT

News log summary from Jan 22 07:11:50 to Jan 23 07:10:04

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From: news@nott.onet.on.ca (News)
Subject: nott news summary, Jan 21 1993
Original-Message-Id: <93Jan21.081555est.442860@nott.onet.on.ca>
Original-To: news-reports
Distribution: can
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:15:43 GMT

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From: news@torn.onet.on.ca (News)
Subject: torn news summary, Jan 22 1993
Original-Message-Id: <93Jan22.081748est.57844@torn.onet.on.ca>
Original-To: news-reports
Distribution: can
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:17:35 GMT

News log summary from Jan 21 07:11:09 to Jan 22 07:08:48

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Newsgroups: can.canet.stats
From: <root@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Manitoba NNTP Server Report
Originator: root@mizar.cc.umanitoba.ca
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Distribution: can
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:00:16 GMT


NNTP peer article transfers

Article Reception (they contact us)
System                  Offered  Took  Toss  Fail Toss   Elapsed       CPU  Pct
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access.usask.ca           10440  8994  1446     0  14%   5:25:24   0:10:46   3%
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TOTALS                    23192 17089  6103     0  26%  35:30:43   0:34:47   2%

Article Transmission (we contact them)
System                    Offrd  Took  Toss  Fail  Pct   Elapsed       CPU  Pct
newsflash.concordia.ca     5960    94  5866     0  98%   6:32:54   0:01:36   0%
mona.muug.mb.ca            5850  5850     0     0   0%   1:58:59   0:02:26   2%
access.usask.ca            7418  5252  2166   268  29%   4:50:06   0:03:16   1%
scapa.cs.ualberta.ca         18     6    12     0  67%   0:04:55   0:00:03   1%
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TOTALS                    35653 27609  8044   268  23%  26:33:16   0:14:55   1%

Transmission Connection Attempts         ------errors-------
System                     Conn    OK    NS   Net   Rmt  Pct
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mona.muug.mb.ca              46    46     0     0     0   0%
access.usask.ca              44    44     0     0     0   0%
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ciit85.ciit.nrc.ca           36    36     0     0     0   0%

TOTALS                      179   179     0     0     0   0%

Unknown NNTP server explorers
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barkeep.ee.umanitoba.ca       1
ubiserver.ubitrex.mb.ca       9

Server timeouts
ccu.umanitoba.ca              8
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pollux.cc.umanitoba.ca        1
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mercury.cs.umanitoba.ca       1
ubiserver.ubitrex.mb.ca       4
From: <root@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Manitoba NNTP Server Report
Originator: root@mizar.cc.umanitoba.ca
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Distribution: can
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:00:16 GMT


NNTP peer article transfers

Article Reception (they contact us)
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mona.muug.mb.ca               4     4     0     0   0%   0:04:57   0:00:12   4%
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TOTALS                    27171 21065  6106     0  22%  35:41:31   0:40:31   2%

Article Transmission (we contact them)
System                    Offrd  Took  Toss  Fail  Pct   Elapsed       CPU  Pct
newsflash.concordia.ca     1837    90  1747     0  95%   1:10:28   0:00:34   1%
mona.muug.mb.ca            9631  9631     0     0   0%   2:22:45   0:03:16   2%
access.usask.ca           17619 14131  3488   355  20%  10:48:03   0:06:22   1%
ciit85.ciit.nrc.ca        21561 21560     1     1   0%  14:14:43   0:08:23   1%
scapa.cs.ualberta.ca          6     3     3     0  50%   0:00:54   0:00:00   1%

TOTALS                    50654 45415  5239   356  10%  28:36:55   0:18:37   1%

Transmission Connection Attempts         ------errors-------
System                     Conn    OK    NS   Net   Rmt  Pct
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mona.muug.mb.ca              48    48     0     0     0   0%
access.usask.ca              36    36     0     0     0   0%
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scapa.cs.ualberta.ca         25     2     0    23     0  92%

TOTALS                      178   154     0    24     0  13%

Unknown NNTP server explorers
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keyes.cc.umanitoba.ca         1
ubiserver.ubitrex.mb.ca       1
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