The lady didn't pay tax!
Dec 16th 2008, 5:36 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
Good grief... 
Yes they do.
First Nations people often pay up just as everyone else does. To be tax exempt they have to use the goods on a reserve (in BC the goods have to be purchased on or delivered to a reserve for the person to get a tax exemption - or suppose to be) and the person has to be 'Status Indians' ... many First Nations/aborignal people are not 'Status Indians' and neither are Metis people or Inuit peoples.
That idea that First Nations peoples pay no taxes is a myth... I can't believe that people actually still believe it.
Yes they do.
First Nations people often pay up just as everyone else does. To be tax exempt they have to use the goods on a reserve (in BC the goods have to be purchased on or delivered to a reserve for the person to get a tax exemption - or suppose to be) and the person has to be 'Status Indians' ... many First Nations/aborignal people are not 'Status Indians' and neither are Metis people or Inuit peoples.
That idea that First Nations peoples pay no taxes is a myth... I can't believe that people actually still believe it.
Semantics innit...OK "some" First nations who live on the reserve aka "Status Indians" dont pay tax.
Is that better? I was in a hurry...had a meeting to get to. Sometimes work interferes with my posting here
Dec 16th 2008, 5:45 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
For proof of this go to Hogansburg, NY and head north and you can cross into Canada (St Regis, QC) without any border formality...the same goes into Snye, QC....you have no way of knowing when you are in NY or QC.
Dec 16th 2008, 5:52 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
Semantics, schemantics.
Who and in what context a person gets a tax exemption is an important distinction because 'that myth' is used by racists in Canada to promote their hatred. I'm not implying that you're a racist. I'm just suggesting why I don't think it's just semantics.
Dec 16th 2008, 5:59 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
Semantics, schemantics.
Who and in what context a person gets a tax exemption is an important distinction because 'that myth' is used by racists in Canada to promote their hatred. I'm not implying that you're a racist. I'm just suggesting why I don't think it's just semantics.
Who and in what context a person gets a tax exemption is an important distinction because 'that myth' is used by racists in Canada to promote their hatred. I'm not implying that you're a racist. I'm just suggesting why I don't think it's just semantics.
Dec 16th 2008, 6:46 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
Good grief...
Yes they do.
First Nations people often pay up just as everyone else does. To be tax exempt they have to use the goods on a reserve (in BC the goods have to be purchased on or delivered to a reserve for the person to get a tax exemption - or suppose to be) and the person has to be 'Status Indians' ... many First Nations/aborignal people are not 'Status Indians' and neither are Metis people or Inuit peoples.
That idea that First Nations peoples pay no taxes is a myth... I can't believe that people actually still believe it.
Yes they do.
First Nations people often pay up just as everyone else does. To be tax exempt they have to use the goods on a reserve (in BC the goods have to be purchased on or delivered to a reserve for the person to get a tax exemption - or suppose to be) and the person has to be 'Status Indians' ... many First Nations/aborignal people are not 'Status Indians' and neither are Metis people or Inuit peoples.
That idea that First Nations peoples pay no taxes is a myth... I can't believe that people actually still believe it.
I believe it because a lady I worked with who is a First Nations lady pays no taxes....I used to go shopping with her, and saw for myself; she also told me why because until then I had no idea about her heritage.
Dec 16th 2008, 6:52 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
I was in Zellers the other day & whilst queuing the lady in front of me spent $220 on christmas goodies ie. snow globes, pj's, toothpaste, slippers..... when she gave the cashier her credit card she told her "no tax". The lady showed her some sort of photo id and therefore didn't pay the tax.
Why didn't she have to pay & what was the id
Why didn't she have to pay & what was the id
Dec 16th 2008, 7:03 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
Thanks guys, now I know.
Dec 16th 2008, 7:10 pm
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
Or she could, like me, be a member of a Top Secret, privileged and powerful organisation exempt from such trivialities.
A deposit of $1000 into my Swiss bank account might loosen my lips
A deposit of $1000 into my Swiss bank account might loosen my lips
Dec 16th 2008, 7:19 pm
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Dec 17th 2008, 2:02 am
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Re: The lady didn't pay tax!
A deposit of $1000 into my Swiss bank account might loosen my lips
You're what's known as a cheap date.
You're what's known as a cheap date.