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Will it be BENEFICIAL. - Nuisance taxes | Removai of succession duties will make British Columbia a more attractive place in which to invest and will provide more jobs, a leading chartered accountant said. W.B. Laurie, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, called succession duties “nuisance” taxes and said people who claim their removal will only help the wealthy are guilty of “pure political posturing.”’ Laurie, addressing a luncheon of the Rotary Club of Prince George, said: “B.C, along with Alberta, will now become very at- tractive places in which to invest. — . “Investment, as you know, creates the economic development that provides jobs and increasing tax revenues to fund government services. “Restraint in government spending and stimulation of the private sector will help restore our economy to vigor and the elimination of succession duties is a necessary part of at plan.” Laurie quoted a U.S. study of estate tax legislation which concluded that estate taxes impound capital and place large sums in the hands of political bureaucrats to the detriment of the national economy. » He said that under the succession duties program the end result of the death of a business owner was often the liquidation of the business or sale to an outsider to generate cash to pay the necessary estate taxes. : Don't delay : First the good news: over 75 percent of the people whe file income tax returns can expect to receive money back. Now the bad news: unless you enclose all information slips that money could be a long time coming. . : The bad news is not really all that bad since most tax- payers receive their information glips from employers, nks, trust companies and other sources of income on or before the last day of February. That is the final day for distributing information slips such as T4's (employment income), T5's (interest income), T4U’s (unemployment insurance), T4RSP’s (retirement savings plans}, T4HOSP’s (registered home ownership plans), T4A’s (annuities) and T4PS’s (profit sharing plans). « Some taxpayers think that as soon as they receive their tax return in the mail they can fill it in and receive an early refund. This can cause delays if taxpayers da not include all information slips supporting their claims, The computers at the Taxation Data Centres reject any incomplete returns and that means any return without the required information slips. + Last year over $2.5 billion in refunds was returned to taxpayers. With increased deductions in the areas of child care expenses, pension plan contributions, increased personal exemptions and the disability deduction, the refund picture looks even rosier for this year. : ~All information on increased deductions and how to complete the 1976 income tax return is included in the Guide which accompanies each return. : Taxpayers who did not receive a copy in the mail or who need another one should drop by the nearest Post Office or District Taxation Office. - Taxpayers have until April 30 to file their tax returns but can do it anytime after they have all their required in- formation slips at hand. "Is it any wonder that under these conditions B.C. was experiencing difficulty in attracting risk capital and, more importantly, keeping employment at a high level when many of our small businessmen were being trapped by punitive taxation?” . ; On the national scene, Laurie said the picture that is presented is that of an economy living beyond its economic means through the continuing importation of vast amounts of foreign borrowing. ; . He said capital investment has been discouraged by the uncertainty surrounding Quebec’s future and ‘y ‘con- tinuation of the anti-inflation board program. © Laurie suggested that price and wage controls would be necessary for a while but said the government should start phasing companies out of the program, with the smaller companies being the first affected. At the same time, consumer spending should be stimulated through tax cuts and capital investment en-_ couraged. . *“While consumer spending is being stimulated, we must commence to invest in additional plant and equipment to satisfy the growing needs of the consumer and the export market if we are to avoid shortages and a new found of inflation in the future,” Laurie said. my your refund SCHEDULE 9 SIMPLIFIED If the mere sight of an income tax return confuses you, it may be of some comfort to know that officials at Revenue Canada, Taxation are sympathetic. In fact they are more than sympathetic. Each year they study those areas of the return that have caused taxpayers’ problems and do their best to simplify or, at least, clarify em. Last year one of the major trouble spots was Schedule 9, which was completed by over ‘250,000 taxpayers who ~ transferred the unused portions of certain deductions from their spouses. Last year the Schedule required a separate calculation for each of the five possible transfers. This year asingle mechanism will record each of the transfers. : Five deductions may be transferred between husbands and wives. to their advantage: the interest and dividend deduction of up to $1,000; the age exemption of $1,310 for individuals 65 years of age or over; the pension income deduction of up to $1,000; the disability deduction of up to $1,310; and the education deduction of $50 for each month in full-time attendance at a college or university. Many senior citizens should be able to take advantage of this transfer as well as taxpayers whose spouses held a part-time job or whose income was mainly from interest, dividends or pension. In its revised format, Schedule 9 contains two sections, the first requiring details on.the spouse’s income, the second, details on the eligible deductions. The department expects the new, simplified format will make completion easier for taxpayers as well as reducing the number of errors. Details on completing Schedule 9 are contained in the Guide which accompanies all individual tax returns. Report from the Legislature David D. Stupich - M.L.A, Nanaimo - The real story in this Grizzly-Gate affair is not whether or not a cabinet minister or a senior civil servant made or lost money for himself or his friends in passing on ‘hot tips’ about a proposed pipeline construction. These are questions that the judicial inquiry will examine. -So far no one has been asked, in spite of Opposition pressure, to justify the construction of the pipeline in the irst place. : Petroleum companies build pipelines on a heads they win, tails we (the taxpayers) lose. Whether or not that particular length of pipeline moves any natural gas, the total cost of amortization of construction, all operating expenses and a 102 percent profit are added into the total cost of the gas distribution system. The petroleum company, at the very least, cannot lose. If a substantial gas field is developed then the petroleum company building the pipeline stands to Win. :The B.C. Petroleum Corporation was established by the N.D.P. government to protect the taxpayers in questions like this. Incidentally, it has also turned over in excess of $300 million to the taxpayers of British Columbia in its short three years of cperation, Petroleum companies approached the B.C.P.C. in the summer of 1975 asking for authority to construct a pipeline to the Grizzly gas field. B.C.P.C. studied the situation and came to the conclusion that there would have to be a minimum of two trillion cubic feet. of natural gas available to warrant construction of a pipeline. The proven reserves at the time of the application were just 20 percent of that figure. B.C.P.C., in the interests of B.C. taxpayers, rejected the proposal until further gas reserves were proven. ; Heritage day in Canada Is a day to reminisce Of the many years gone past And to remember: all times good _As well as the good done us. ee ee a ee ee se ee ” Heritage day in Canada ‘* Is alsoa time to think ” Of the many improvements needed With the re-election of the Social Credit government the petroleum companies made another approach to seek approval for the construction of this pipeline. Although several ministers and the premier have been asked on several occasions, none of them have been able to give an evidence that further gas reserves have been established. In spite of this, some $2 million in taxpayers money was turned over te the petroleum companies for preliminary work on the proposed pipeline and it was after this hap- pened that share transactions started which have givenrise - to the judicial inguiry. The premier publicly announced in December 1976 that the pipeline was going to go ahead. The $2 million alrea 4 advanced was taxpayers money. The $100,000,000 cost of the pipeline will be recovered by the petroleum companies regardless of whether or not that particular pipeline was economically justified, This, too, Is taxpayers money. In the absence of answers from cabinet ministers, the Opposition has been speculating as to whether this was a pay-off of some kind or whether it is simply a $100 million gamble that a minimum of five times as much gas will someday be discovered in that area. And this is the government that was going to bring sound business principles into the running of our economy! Had the N.D.P. government done something akin to this it would have been widely reported. Some news com- mentators have asked questions about the quality of the Opposition thus far in the Session. ; though this issue has been raised several times by the N.D.P, I cannot recall seeing it discussed by these same columnists. I wonder whether they should look tothe quality of their own reporting of the work of the Opposition? Heritage Day To make this a better world =. For our younger generation to live. And when their Heritage day begins They will step to think Of the troubles that we took To make Canada safe for them And all generations to come. — * RH Of the things we | " most was the way "to all concerned? | letters to the editor _ Hockey is for the young Dear Editor: I felt I must write as I strongly object to a letter you printed in the February § Herald. The letter was critical of minor hockey in Terrace and the writer obviously has a. personal dispute with the local executive. What angered me e writer generally found fault and passed judgement on the ockey executive and coaches as a whole. He also took the liberty of criticizing Don Parr while at the same time failing to sign his own name, With a total lack of guts and a mess of useless emotion he signed his letter “Deceived”. How original! There’s something sad about people who find fault with others while they hide themselves in anonimity. I have only been in Terrace since last Sep- tember and I guess I am one The Editor Dear Sir:. There are two issues which 1 believe warrant persistent and intensive protest by responsible citizens. One issue is local and the other is international:.. yet both issues fall heavily on the lap of the federal government. Write your government! The local issue is the very - risky proposal for a pipeline-tanker transport through this area, It would be most irresponsible to endanger the vast array of indigenous long-term ‘industries’ directly dependent on the northern water environment in order to provide a largely tem- porary and certainly “hanging” economic base supplied by a pipeline. No matter how much faith you have in technology to im- The Editor - Dear Sir: * ‘I was very disappointed with the. negative column presented by Mr. Dave Hamilton in the February 2 issue of the Herald. Hamilton publically ridiculed a PNWHL official and in doing so added another nail to the coffin for hockey as a sport. In Canada, great advances are being made in just about every aspect of our society except those built around discipline. Hockey is a sport based on hundreds of rules dictating how the game is to be conducted. Yet, to my knowledge there is no other body contact sport in the world played so much outside the rules of the game. In what other sport are game officials called on to teach participants the rules of play while the game is in progress? Over the last couple years Coaches Clinics have been " endeavouring to upgrade of the coaches that ‘Deceived”’ finds so useless. For this reason i feel I am entitled to offer a defense. I have played hockey in Ontario to the Junior B level and then I played Industrial Hockey as I realized my ‘dream to be a star” would not come true. I have coached hockey for the past ten years at clubs in Ottawa, Toronto and Victoria. The season I coach is because I enjoy it. [have no aspiration to become a great coach and I'm well aware that I don’t have that talent. I simply have fun coaching and I enjoy the kids that I work with, In Terrace I am coaching a Midget house ‘team and on it are 18 of the nicest guys I’ve, met anywhere. There’s one other reason why I coach hockey. Hardly anyone else wants to. Most people find it a lot easier to Two issues rove. oil tanker per- ‘ormance ... how much has science improved the risk of human error? ; The international issue is more vital because of the global proportions but no ess local since this might be the next site for a nuclear reactor. Yes, I am talking ' about the persistent ex- pansion of nuclear power by the Canadian government despite growing reports in problems of control. ‘There are other alter- native energy sources — such as solar, hydro, wind, etc. — but these alternatives are not as profitable for those investing research. After all,.how could ‘Sun Incorporated” charge you for a “shot" of solar energy once a unit is installed on your roof? All the more reason why our tax dollars sit back and write nasty letters or just generall complain than to get off their butts and help. My schedule allows me lots ‘of spare time 50 coaching is no problem for me but many of our hockey executive and coaches are very busy people. They range from businessmen to truck drivers to police of- ficers. Yet they “make”’ the time and I mean lots of time, to spend organizing the youth in our community in one of the-greatest sports in the world. Don Parr is “voluntarily” doing one of the most thankless jobs in town and 1 personally think he’s doing it incredibly well, Without people like Don and those that work with him there would be no minor hockey here and in Terrace that wouldn't leave the kids much to do. The hockey system in Terrace is not perfect but it’s still young for protest should be investigating other alternatives to nuclear energy since no cor- porations are likely to do so. Even assuming that nuclear technology can always develop in peace, just count the radioactive accumulation that is un- forgivingly and unrelen- tingly irreversible over thousands of years. We will wear every mistake an our - “jeans'' into every generation henceforth. If that is not a sufficient fright, ask if your government or technology. can control the increasing number of nuclear reactors from the fate of fanatic terrorists, earthquakes or malignant governments? - Surely, it is clear that the global danger of promotin nuclear power unlimite and the local danger of The rules of hockey coaches. Coaches are supposedly able to train, guide ‘and control hockey players at their sport. At - dozens -of these Level III (Senior Coach) Coaches Clinics the instructors had them write a Level H referees exam. (A Referee graded Level iI has suc- cessfully completed this exam with a minimum mark of 70 percent. At- taining the Level II theoretically allows an = official to work competitive Minor Hockey.) It was found province-wide that more than 50 percent of all tested coaches attained less than 50 percent on this exam. Consequently, it is no sur- prise that hockey players who derive their knowledge via coaches are playing outside the rules. Similarly, it is’no wonder that game officials are compelled to spend ridiculous amounts of time during a game ad- vising players how to stand College appointment ‘Honorable P. McGeer Minister of Education Dear Sir: . We were. very disap-: inted to learn, via a news roadcast, that the government has appointed, without consultation, a Council member for Prince Rupert. An appointment, in _ itself, was agreeable, but we were led to believe through the enclosed letter from your office, dated January 27, 1976, that we would be given an opportunity to submit names of people whose appointment would. be acceptable to labour people in the northwest. In a letter to you, dated January 12, 1977, we again asked that a member of labour from Prince Rupert be appointed and that we.be allowed to submit the names of people for the position. Not only was this requent _ blatantly ignored, but we did not receive the courtesy of-an answer to our letter. We have now found, through a radio broadcast, that Ken Halliday has been appointed to the College uncil, Mr. Halliday is a personnel manager for the government-owned: ; Canadian Cellulose Co. W doubt that he will un- derstand, or respond to our needs and aims. In the area’ of the Nor- thwest Community College there are about ten thousand workers in organized labour. This comprises a large majority of the people who would and will be using ‘the college. Now, we have little or no representation on ‘individuals to'be competent - at face offs; why a face aff is | inside or outside, why three guys are in the penalty-box instead of two, etc., etc. And, to dispel arother myth. A referee should not have to control the game. If coaches had control of their players, as is responsibility, game of- ficials would become an insignificant part of the game with the simple task of guiding the game through its paces. As for PNWHL officials and Mr. Hamilton's asinine remarks: the league is concerned. Seven Referees Clinics have been held in the Pacific northwest this season, Many were poorly attended. This poor at- tendance coupled with the fact that the number of referees in the league has dropped from 17 in the 1973- 74 season to 10 this year has them. alarmed. A league fund has been established to promote superior trainin “and to encourage new blood. a the College Council as to the . needs of these people. We do not feel that we need to remind you that this is a community college and not a mini-university. The terms of reference of. the, original college make it responsible to the needs and wishes of natives, women and workers. We do not feel that the recent government appointment will be responsive to these needs. Therefore, we ask that these appointments be calcelled, an that the Labour. Ad- visory Committee -be allowed to submit the names _ of people that we feel will be able to serve the Northwest Community -College, ac- cording to the original terms of reference. With ‘expectations of a favourable reply, I am, Barry English _ Recording Secretary Labour Advisory Com- mittee. . 2% Sneeex Brive Dear Sisters: I would just like to occasion to greet you and ulate you on your work in the situation of women in their - 1 Gtetra January and it'll improve each year. In regard to the ex- perience of our executives and coaches 1 would point out that at any club I've ever been at the majority’ of people involved are parents or just interested people and without them there would be no hockey. I do not believe that Don or most of the people in- volved here are on ego trips or have dictatorial ten- dencies. I believe them to be interested people who donate their time freely and although they make the odd error they in no way deserve cheap shots from the unknown. Keep up the good works guys because most people do appreciate your efforts. Hockey is for the young and not for -the parents who dream of their sans being’ the next Bobby IT. - Art Solley ‘ a chancing supertanker- pipeline spills are both irresponsible directions for our government to pursue. Persistent promotion of these long term suicides for the sake of someone’s im- mediate capital gain is immoral and inhuman. It is a matter of survival. Are we going to be as stubborn as Rhodesia’s Ian Smith & Co. and not read the handwriting on the wall. The economic gain of the few cannot go on at the expense of many. The “right to profit’? does not over-ride the “right to live’’. Corporations and governments‘do not appear to have a moral conscience. I trust you do, Write today: You are an extension of the government. Sincerely Rolf Nosterud But, will it -help?’ 1 would . predict .that .our numbers will decrease: again next year; perhaps. they. .will never increase. If you were age 16 and eying a possible referees position would Mr. Hamilton's article en- courage you? Not likely.. After all, the going is tough enough coping with the cheap shots from the cheap seats without public ridicule from the local rag. Would you not, Mr. Hamilton, be more effective by being positive. Try en- couraging hockey asa sport, encourage its performance ‘within the framework of the rules and encourage a better knowledge of these rules by all. Even you, Mr. Hamilton, could benefit from attending a Referees Clinic. Then we would not have to read in your columns about “match misconduct” penalties. For your information there is no such animal. Len Trudeau. 19, 1977, take this to congrat—. improving our society. May 1977 be a year of many accompl ish- ments and much satisfaction for your organization, Sincerely, augese Terrace Women's Organization, ~ 4913-Gair Street, ==. Terrace, B.C. a”