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Mandibular Fiasco posted:The latest in Kathy Tomlinson's series in the Globe and Mail: I guess it was the natural outcome to the Vancouver Stock Exchange folding. Our main outlet for scamming each other and breaking securities law would eventually find a new path.
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Say what you will about the IRS; they don't tolerate blatant tax evasion like we're apparently willing to do.
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Feb 15, 2016 08:43
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Mandibular Fiasco posted:The latest in Kathy Tomlinson's series in the Globe and Mail: I've taken to wandering around random neighborhoods at 3am and moving realtor signs a block away to a completely different house. gently caress 'em.
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Feb 15, 2016 11:42
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People making 100k-200k a year in the oilfields were truck drivers and not experienced engineers? What were the engineers making then, double or triple?
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Feb 15, 2016 12:12
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My father-in-law was a truck driver out there and made a bit more than $100K a year. He's been out of work for over a year now and he's stopped talking about going back out. I think his friends who had the job hookup that he spoke to a few times a week have either told him that they cannot help him (and me, since he wanted to get me a short term job to pay off a chunk of my student debt) or have lost their own jobs. He's basically this guy, nothing to show for having gone out there and making good money for 5 years.
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Feb 15, 2016 14:16
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Mandibular Fiasco posted:I hate what this place has become. CRA really needs to nail tax evaders to the loving wall.
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Feb 15, 2016 16:09
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OhYeah posted:People making 100k-200k a year in the oilfields were truck drivers and not experienced engineers? What were the engineers making then, double or triple? Truck drivers are entry level heavy equipment operators. With overtime, shovel operators were making up to 300k. Entry level engineers make ~100k. I don't know what senior positions make, but the APEGA Salary Survey makes it look like it tops out around 200k/year. However, to make top money operating equipment you need to work ~75% of the time, which works out to be 63 hour work weeks. (I briefly drove a haul truck ~5 years ago)
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Feb 15, 2016 16:28
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quote:The Real Estate Council of B.C. advises its members to refer clients to accountants or lawyers for GST and capital-gains determinations, because agents are not tax experts. “They are responsible for the accuracy of any advice they may provide,” said Maureen Coleman, the regulator’s professional standards adviser. I love this excuse. Buuuuhh we're not tax experts here guys! We couldn't possibly tell people honestly whether the incredibly simple tax law applies to them. It's just too complicated!!
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Feb 15, 2016 17:31
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People who don't understand liability and fiduciary duty ITT
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Feb 15, 2016 17:34
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My workmate who went up to northern alberta to do some short-term carpentry work some how managed to come back into town about 20k in tax debt because his boss was paying everyone sort of under the table and just shrugging about what a T4 is and none of the workers had ever worked a job where they had to take off their own taxes. And all being early-20 something idiots spent every penny they made, so they all got a new truck or car and then realized they didn't pay any taxes for that year. The reaction of course is "gently caress the government taxing me to death" not "gently caress our employer for not doing deductions like most" or even "gently caress my self for not figuring this out or asking about it"
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Feb 15, 2016 18:40
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The employer did nothing wrong and the government did nothing wrong. It's entirely the fault of the retard who doesn't realize they have to pay taxes. I haven't got an ounce of sympathy for them.
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Feb 15, 2016 19:18
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Paying people under the table and acting like it doesn't matter is pretty wrong.
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Feb 15, 2016 19:49
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lol dumb working class idiots don't they know only the super rich are allowed to get away with not paying their taxes?
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Feb 15, 2016 19:54
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The guy did everything above board and did all deductions the previous years the crew worked, I think that's what threw them off. But no one wanted to think too hard at why their take-home pay had gone way up yet no one had officially got a raise. What ever, it's alberta, the money always keeps going up.
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Feb 15, 2016 19:55
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ZShakespeare posted:People who don't understand liability and fiduciary duty ITT If you don't care about these things it means you would make a good BC real estate agent.
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Feb 15, 2016 20:31
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etalian posted:If you don't care about these things it means you would make a good BC real estate agent. "You're walking in the desert and you see a homeowner underwater on their mortgage. Do you flip it over?"
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Feb 15, 2016 20:39
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ZShakespeare posted:People who don't understand liability and fiduciary duty ITT They're a regulated profession. They should be educated appropriately so that they can do their jobs, or otherwise retain outside opinions. How the hell can a real estate agent properly advise you without being able to tell you how much real estate is going to cost you? They don't need to be tax experts. They need to know the basic rules relating to their job well enough to deal with standard situations and well enough that they know when to engage someone else.
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Feb 15, 2016 21:49
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Subjunctive posted:"You're walking in the desert and you see a homeowner underwater on their mortgage.
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Feb 15, 2016 23:53
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SubCrid TC posted:They're a regulated profession. They should be educated appropriately so that they can do their jobs, or otherwise retain outside opinions. How the hell can a real estate agent properly advise you without being able to tell you how much real estate is going to cost you? It would be easier to buy their "we're not tax experts" line if they weren't busy telling everyone how GST totally doesn't apply.
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Feb 16, 2016 00:09
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When I was like 10 years old, whenever we saw one of their faces on a bus bench or flyer my friend and I used to shout "bloodsucking real estate agents!" Or, "gently caress the Chanceys!" It was childish, it wasn't based in anything in particular, but now I really think our 10 year old selves were onto something.
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THC posted:When I was like 10 years old, whenever we saw one of their faces on a bus bench or flyer my friend and I used to shout "bloodsucking real estate agents!" Or, "gently caress the Chanceys!" It was childish, it wasn't based in anything in particular, but now I really think our 10 year old selves were onto something. When I worked at a pizza place as a student a (super over-weight) "hot-shot" real estate agent would come in and grumble that the owner always has a fresh pizza put on for him so he can get one of our 1/5th of a pizza slices from it The first time he asked me I went into the back where my boss (cousin to the owner) was and asked him about it and he yelled "He's a liar, don't do any favors for that gently caress!" I think I learned more about life from that pizza place than I did from university
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Feb 16, 2016 00:36
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Subjunctive posted:"You're walking in the desert and you see a homeowner underwater on their mortgage. Do you flip it over?" lol
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Feb 16, 2016 00:39
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Subjunctive posted:"You're walking in the desert and you see a homeowner underwater on their mortgage. Do you pee in their gasping mouth?"
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Feb 16, 2016 00:56
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Baronjutter posted:The guy did everything above board and did all deductions the previous years the crew worked, I think that's what threw them off. But no one wanted to think too hard at why their take-home pay had gone way up yet no one had officially got a raise. What ever, it's alberta, the money always keeps going up. And nobody ever looks at their paystubs, apparently.
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Feb 16, 2016 03:46
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tagesschau posted:And nobody ever looks at their paystubs, apparently. Are you doubting the honesty and integrity of the humble and benevolent job creator class?
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Feb 16, 2016 04:02
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No, I think we're doubting the intelligence of an adult human being who doesn't realize they're obligated to pay taxes. Didn't they wonder why they weren't getting any tax-related documentation from their employers, if nothing else? Edit: maybe I'm biased because I haven't had a job with withholdings since high school, but I thought "you must pay tax on all income" was common knowledge for anyone functional enough to be employed in the first place. PT6A fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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PT6A posted:No, I think we're doubting the intelligence of an adult human being who doesn't realize they're obligated to pay taxes. Didn't they wonder why they weren't getting any tax-related documentation from their employers, if nothing else? Pretty sure the only check boxes you needed to fill to work in the tar sands was "Breathing" and "Heartbeat" so...
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Feb 16, 2016 04:29
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Are you honestly saying that "you must pay taxes on income" is something that normal, functional adults routinely fail to understand?
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Feb 16, 2016 04:32
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PT6A posted:Are you honestly saying that "you must pay taxes on income" is something that normal, functional adults routinely fail to understand? Yes. It seems very common.
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PT6A posted:Are you honestly saying that "you must pay taxes on income" is something that normal, functional adults routinely fail to understand? How many people employed in the new + glorious Sharing Independent Contractor Economy accurately report their income, do you figure?
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Ambrose Burnside posted:How many people employed in the new + glorious Sharing Independent Contractor Economy accurately report their income, do you figure? I don't know and frankly I don't care. What I do know is that, if they get caught under-reporting their income or failing to report their income entirely, they can go take a flying gently caress as far as I'm concerned. Enforcement is an important question for the CRA, but what's not a question is whether we should have any sympathy for people who knowingly ignore the law because they don't want to pay money. We shouldn't. Not even a little. We shouldn't accept that when businesses do it, and we shouldn't accept that when people do it either.
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Until our society decides to crack down on the billion dollar operations that blatantly avoid paying their fair share of taxes I will applaud any working class schmo who succeeds in keeping a few paltry thousand out of the coffers of a system that doesn't give a flying gently caress about anyone but the rich.
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Feb 16, 2016 06:19
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Oh okay, can you give me the full list of laws I can break because the world is poopy and mean, or is it up to me to pick and choose?
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EvilJoven posted:Until our society decides to crack down on the billion dollar operations that blatantly avoid paying their fair share of taxes I will applaud any working class schmo who succeeds in keeping a few paltry thousand out of the coffers of a system that doesn't give a flying gently caress about anyone but the rich. While I tend to agree with this on the surface, it only works if you can pull it off. Not paying taxes and getting caught almost immediately is just being a dumbass, and only warrants being mocked, not applauded. Edit: PT6A: What, you haven't registered your person as a multinational with its head office in Dublin yet? Get with the program buddy. Aramis fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Feb 16, 2016 10:09
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That's basically a freeman on the land scheme applied to taxes, no surprise the court didn't give a poo poo
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PT6A posted:Oh okay, can you give me the full list of laws I can break because the world is poopy and mean, or is it up to me to pick and choose? itt pt6a states his commitment to seeing all those god drat dope smokers thrown in the clink
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Ambrose Burnside posted:itt pt6a states his commitment to seeing all those god drat dope smokers thrown in the clink That's different. I think people should be free to disregard drug laws because I believe the choice to put whatever you like into your body is a fundamental right. Even so, if you do it, you really shouldn't complain too loudly when the police ruin your day for, well, breaking the law. EvilJoven's argument seems to be "other people get away with worse things," not "it's a fundamental right to avoid taxation." This would be more like me saying, "big companies get away with polluting, therefore I should be able to smoke a cigarette in a restaurant, since that's not much pollution by comparison."
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quote:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/prepay-taxes-wealthy-albertans-1.3442826?cmp=rss
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