Subj : more covid-related restrictions
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 17 2021 19:12:00

Hello Shawn!

** On Friday 15.01.21 - 09:04, Shawn Highfield wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> If ..non-essential, then the government's expectations for
 AA>> my collecting their precious sales taxes and my performing
 AA>> any other reporting to the government should follow as
 AA>> ALSO non-essential! I'm d*mn serious.

 SH>   I agree with you here.  I haven't filed my GST paperwork
 SH>   yet for 2020.  I just stopped.

You're not alone.

In the past, I'd get a call from Rev Can to remind me that my  
GST filing is late.   I haven't heard from them since last  
March. It could certainly benefit me to take advantage of the  
tax credits (on paper the net result is avoiding to send in  
unnecessary taxes) ..but frankly, the net result is menial to  
them. In one quarterly period my sales might be good, but then  
it is offset by the GST that I paid out wrt to those sales. In  
another quarterly period when the sales are low, there is a  
credit difference that comes back to me.  It's just a silly  
make-work project for which I don't get any hourly compensation.

In your case, if your service is reasonably uniform throughout  
the year, then it wouldn't be prudent to NOT to take of it to  
minimize penalties, fees and even the interest charges that they  
have the audacity to add on.


 SH>   I will do it with my income tax and draw on my line of
 SH>   credit to pay them.  Fair?  Nope.  But I do it because I
 SH>   don't want to argue anymore.

I do pretty much the same thing.  When I am short for a  
particular quarterly period, I just borrow some money for the  
short term until the next quarterly period gives me a credit.


 SH>   This country is corrupt and I accept it now.  Soon as the
 SH>   tattoo shops reopen I'm covering my proud to be Canadian
 SH>   tattoo with black ink.

Sorry to hear that you feel that dark about all that. As someone  
else mentioned, maybe you can try to assign a different  
(positive) meaning about the tattoo.

BTW.. I thought tattoo technology has progressed to the point  
where the inks can be practically removed.


 AA>> I was just reminded that there are some new relief
 AA>> programs specifically intended for businesses now since
 AA>> the famous CERB.

 SH>   I bet you don't qualify.  It's not setup for small
 SH>   business owners to make it, only for big box stores.
 SH>   (Sorry I'm negative)

There are at least two of them. An earlier one is federal and a  
recent one is provincial - I've been told.  Haven't looked into  
the details, but participating in the bureaucracy of the  
processes to test my qualification feels tedious to me.

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