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Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by mrstone »

huxley wrote: post #179
personomas wrote: post #164

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The guy is raving, if he had imported it, he was going to get ripped off by private corporations not by the government. There are no duties on importing US agricultural equipment parts into Canada, HST is max 15% so $1.50 extra. At $10 it would fit under the de minimis tax/duty value which is CAD$20, so he wouldn't even have to pay tax on it and no broker is necessary. What did him in was the shipping cost plus UPS a…

Thanks for this comment. Duty? Customs? On a 10 dollar part? Especially for agricultural purposes - this guy is a little off his rocker. It seems like he tried to buy a part, found out shipping was expensive and the seller wanted to use a broker (probably $20), neither of which have anything to do with regulations.

Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by dhruval »

dangerwill wrote: post #178
personomas wrote: post #164

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Milei is already trying to allow employers to pay employees in meat and milk instead of currency. Anyone who is looking towards Argentina as an exciting example of what Libertarianism can do in a crisis, get ready to be deeply disappointed. I agree that (western) government has a severe problem in how it can't keep regulations streamlined, up to date, and able to be realistically met, but looking to the situation in…

Given that they had 75% inflation in the previous year, pegging salary to cost of living or providing that cost directly is not such a terrible idea.

The correct approach ofc would be to manage money supply responsibly but Argentina has failed to do that over and over.

Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by AlgorithmicTime »

narrator wrote: post #18

Being someone who has some experience with tax law, the cycle of tax complexity goes like this: 1. Tax law is passed. 2. Really smart CPAs and Tax Lawyers figure out ways to legally avoid paying taxes. 3. Tax people issue regulations intended to close those loopholes. 4. Administrations change and they want to win votes and tweak the economy so they lower some taxes and add tax breaks. 5. New administration comes in…

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Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by axus »

franga2000 wrote: post #180
cachvico wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also don't get me started that I can't use an api to get my account details and statements in Canada. Anyone know if there's any ongoing effort to this effect - i.e. to force banks to implement a common API for querying data held in their accounts? A brief search reveals that Canada is of course missing from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_banking

Don't be fooled by the "open banking" propaganda, we've had it in the EU for years and we're still scraping web apps like in the old days. I tried to get API access to my bank account and was told by my bank that Open Banking is not for physical persons. I tried to the same for my nonprofit and was told that only licensed PSD2 TPPs ("third-party providers") can use it. The national bank issues those licenses, but pro…

Crypto-currency was a test-run for what happens when you put a financial transaction API on the public Internet. And those servers were written by smart people with no regulatory compliance to worry about.

Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by fragmede »

tantalor wrote: post #10
nampas wrote: post #8

That's funny, I made something similar a few years ago for the IRS https://nampas.github.io/tax-map/

This is the worst version of Planarity I've ever seen, congrats.

For those that haven't played it, Planarity is a graph untangling game.

https://www.jasondavies.com/planarity/

Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

betaby wrote: post #45
sdwvit wrote: post #7

Props to the author. At this point, CRA should just post a reference implementation of all the formulas, so that small businesses can benefit from it.

They won't. They have no mandate to provide a clear answer.

Honestly, I've always found CRA friendly, competent, and responsive.

But, I also don't run a small business, and am just a tax payer. Though when I had a small consultancy and corporation they were also actually fine to deal with.

Re: A Canadian payroll dependency chart

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

p_j_w wrote: post #135
switchbak wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Needed help" because the powers of the day decided to lock down the economy far past any reasonable length of time. I suppose if I quit my job I "need help" feeding myself too. Another example is Quebec sitting on a gargantuan natural gas reserve, but preferring to keep it in the ground because it's more advantageous to simply receive payments from other provinces (Alberta). Carbon/emission considerations aside, thi…

>Carbon/emission considerations aside This seems like a massive thing to just throw aside.

He's also neglecting to mention what a mammoth hydroelectric powerhouse Quebec is, because of that, they have a giant surplus of electricity that makes their utility bills extremely cheap relative to anywhere else in North America, helps manufacturing businesses and gives them the ability to export power, to boot.

Meanwhile Alberta burns (and leaks) natural gas and coal and gripes because the rest of the country is punishing them for it, and complains to high heaven that we're not making new markets for them (or others) to burn and leak more of it.

Quebec and Ontario have prioritized manufacturing over resource extraction, and that benefits their population.

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