I am certain that when I was unemployed and cycling daily up to 2 hrs. for my own mental health, people could have judged me immediately by my cycling jacket, shoes, shorts and (dirty) bike, helmet for looking "higher" income than the welfare stereotype.
But little would anyone know that:
*bike was 4 yrs. old
*and helmet, jacket, stuff was at least 2-5 yrs. old.
What is even more upsetting than some individuals cheating the system in terms of benefits, are large corporations who hire tax lawyer and accountant who provide advice on how to legitimately avoid paying hundreds of thousands of $$$ corporate tax to government --annually. Through complicated, esoteric tax planning structures that require technical analysis of Income Tax Act (Canada) or Internal Revenue Code (US). It's legitimate too, folks. It's big business for the Big 4 international accounting firms.
I could tell you of the resources we had for a firm I worked, on off-shore countries and their tax laws for paying...less corporate tax. (I was a tax law librarian once upon a time.)
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04-03-2012, 05:41 PM #11
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