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special draw for a bulova regulator wall clock complete rules are available at all branches we want you to try your hometown savings centre so were offering your choice of mens or laaies watches jusl for opening a new savings account of suggested retail value 2500 you receive a lorus waich to 3995 55000 you receive a torus waich to s 6995 10000 you receive a pulsar watch to 14000 15000 you receive a seiko watch to 22500 standard trust 39 main st n markham 2946865 open mon thurs 95 fri 96 sat 91 a taxing experience with governments new forms by kate gilderdale march winds and april showers bring forth may flowers which is just as well because by the time youve discovered how much you owe the government all you can afford to do is smell the roses statistics prove more people commit suicide in the spring than at any other time of the year yet as far as i know no ones made the obvious connection even if the government owes you fists full of lucre though youll need a phd in high finance to get your hands on it people receive awards for things like winning chess mat ches or having an iq which gets them into mensa anyone who completes a tax form accurately should at the very least be eligi ble for the order of canada the trouble is no one including the experts in the tax depart ment seems to agree on whether or not you got the answers right the acts tell you its quite sim ple you can refer to the guide or phone revenue canada and it will all become depressingly clear to you in reality there are three op tions for those who are not lawyers or accountants a read the tax guide but to read alas is not necessarily to understand b call the tax hotline several times until you get an answer you like or c employ an accountant it was the section on personal deductions which had previously been enough to lower my tax to manageable proportions that led me to the final option after much effort trying to decipher the explanation awash in the yellow ink which signifies what the government likes to call tax reform i knew it was time for drastic measures my lovely deduction down there in black and white as 6000 was i discovered when i paid closer attention worth a mere 1020 or 17 per cent of the total because now it was something called a nonrefundable tax credit nonrefundable tax credits the guide glibly informs you are used to reduce your federal income tax what it doesnt mention is that the resulting reduction is a pit tance compared to what you received in previous years do not confuse these non refundable tax credits with refundable credits such as the child tax credit or the federal sales tax credit the guide warbles on blithely unaware of the bruises youve sustained banging your head against the wall i didnt even bother to get into the next bit which was headed how do the nonrefundable tax credits work because it didnt take a genius to deduce the answer to that must be in favor of the government instead i hastily rounded up the relevant information scribbl ed on the backs of envelopes or lurking in various boxes and trotted off to see the accountant two weeks later i received a neat computerized printout the conclusion of which was music to my ears after the myriad of deductions i could claim had been properly calculated i ended up owing a fraction of what id estimated apparently tax specialists everywhere are rubbing their hands in glee at the governments simplification of the tax form and the resulting flood of business it may be an expensive way of curing spring insomnia but in my case it was worth every penny local dieters reach for tops by kathleen may a local group is urging residents to be tops in their ap proach to dieting tops take off pounds sensibly is a non profit selfhelp organization that meets once a week the purpose as the name im plies is to help individuals lose weight in stouffville there are two tops groups they meet in mor ris hall st james presbyterian church main street east one at 1 pm and the other at 630 pm recognition night was held recently the executive of 1s88 was thanked for its excellent work the new officers for the coming year were introduced the tops queen is lois lafleur lois enjoyed a weight loss of 59 pounds she was presented with a bouquet of red carnations the runnerup is lorna vaughan who lost 19 pounds she received a bouquet of pink carnations irene elson was accorded a standing ovation irene has adhered to a strict weightloss schedule over a period of 20 years she was presented with a bouquet of red carnations fit sweeter up to 48 months no limit on amount financed on all new chevrolets 0ldsm0biles plus s10 pickups and s10 blazers offer expires april 29 1989 sweeter still plus no extra charge air or no extra charge automatic or up to 1000 credit on selected models plus 750 cash back on other selected models no charge air conditioning or automatic transmission or 750 rebate available on selected models 9 9 fwancng available up to 48 month term on any amount financed 99 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