XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 13/12/2011 8:39 AM, M.I. Wakefield wrote:   
   > "Alan Baggett" wrote in message   
   > news:4af7af3c-6876-4566-bace-c45b9b1aea9a@d17g2000yql.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> Canada Revenue Agency goes Grinch over Staff Christmas Parties :CRA   
   >> SOTW   
   >>   
   >> It's party time   
   >>   
   >> Andy Wong ,Guest columnist   
   >> Monday, December 15, 2008   
   >>   
   >> Some time-honoured business practices can produce nasty tax   
   >> consequences. This particular issue was exposed in a two-decade-old   
   >> tax case regarding a staff Christmas party where the long arms of the   
   >> Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) reached out to dampen its spirits. In   
   >> Dunlap v. The Queen, Tax Court of Canada, Aug. 31, 1998, a taxpayer   
   >> had to deal with more than just a hangover after attending his   
   >> employer's Christmas parties in 1992 and 1993. Following a tax audit   
   >> on his employer's business, the taxpayer was assessed a taxable   
   >> benefit of $302 and $278 for those two years. The benefit was on   
   >> account of his meal,   
   >   
   > Grinch!   
   >   
   >> an allocated cost of the total liquor bill   
   >   
   > Grinch!   
   >   
   >> and hotel accommodation.   
   >   
   > Not so much.   
      
   You can bet you ass CUPW union parties are not taxed.  And neither would   
   MPs bar and entertainment bills.   
      
   Yep, but they will screw a non-trucker or other workers on meals.   
      
   It is all about debt-tax slavery to the government.   
      
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   they think rationally.   
      
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