Matt, I would love to write you a sermon. I did an inservice once here re early childhood literacy, and one of the persons there told me that I was more passionate on this topic, and delivered such a sermon, that it was better than any of the "hellfire and brimstone" sermons she had heard at her church. Good luck, as well, with the childcare situation.
Jeanne, always glad to hear of good news for any dog.
Margaret, enjoy your AC. It is 7C and cloudy here in St.John's at 130PM.
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Morning all. Another day in the office. Today I get to do a corporate registry with the province of Saskatchewan. Anyone know a lawyer in Regina? (apparently I have to appoint someone living in Saskatchewan with 'power of attorney'.)
*mutters about silly government paperwork*
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Actually two, my brother and my father. Does the lawyer have to be in Regina? They both work in Humboldt, a small city a little over 2 hours from Regina. If you need someone in Regina, I can ask my brother to reccomend someone of you would like.
Margaret: sometimes it's better to know who 'not' to use. It's similar to when I'm going to a small town and ask a local, not which hotel to stay, but rather which hotel to avoid. (ie: the biker/peeler bar).
I'll keep those initials in mind.
Sean: if you do know someone, you can just PM me.
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I guess I had better sit down and redo my income tax - I started, it
said I had to pay so I put it aside to redo later. Seems strange to go
from a refund of $1200. last year to having to pay $500 this year.
I keep thinking I did something wrong.
Guess shoving it in a drawer and ignoring it wouldn't work. Darn.
Oh well.
Jeanne, I have use QuickTax for the past two years and it has found my wife and I apx. $1400 in savings that I did not know was allowed. So, keep this in mind if you do a recheck.
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If you get a refund it just means you gave the government too much money to start with. An interest free loan. It's best to owe them money, as long as you can pay it on the due date. (for some reason they're really efficient about collecting interest, just not as diligent with paying it out ...)
(That said, I usually get a refund.)
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Elaine, the way our income tax is deducted at the source, or so I am told, is to ensure axp. a $300 return or tax bill. Anything outside of this range means circumstances changed. In my case, all of my extra teaching results in my getting only half of every dollar earned. For some reason, they keep 50%. Thus, I am forced to have a refund each year. However, to offset this, if I create a web course and receive $5000 stipend for this course, I may elect to have no income tax deducted. This evens things out somewhat.
Still, QuickTax picked up some mistakes I made and showed me some legitimate deductions I did not even know I was allowed to take and keep from being audited. I actually had to override the program and not take some deductions I thought were excessive and pushing the envelope of legality (e.g., We did not claim all of the lost money on the birth of the 6 doxies. If made into a business, our kennel, which is registered with the CKC, could generate losses which we could use to bring down our personal taxes. If we were self-employed as professional dog breeders, this is one thing. However, this is not our main source of employment. Still, such tax programs do point our the myriad of loopholes allowable to people who wish to view over the edge of the abyss of the tax code and remain on the legal side.)
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