Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sunray!glee
From: glee@sunray.UUCP (Godfrey Lee)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: That F'n Fed. Sales Tax is Gonna *HURT*!!
Message-ID: <6863@sunray.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 89 14:40:37 GMT
References:  <1989Aug13.161201.7535@tmsoft.uucp>  <1989Aug14.185256.1260@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: glee@cognos.UUCP (Godfrey Lee)
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Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <1989Aug14.185256.1260@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> mart@csri.toronto.edu (Mart Molle) writes:
>the claim that it would go a long way to allowing the
>Feds to catch people trying to cheat on paying taxes by bartering, etc.
>
>The basic idea is that it makes it much less attractive for your dentist
>to go to the widget distributor offering to clean his teeth for free in
>exchange for a free widget

Most of the bartering involves the services side of business. Do my tax return
for me and I will clean your teeth. With the amount of paperwork the government
has burdened the professional or small business man, I would think that it
would encourage bartering. You don't have the pay the tax on the service, and
you save yourself some paperwork!
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Godfrey Lee                                            P.O. Box 9707
Cognos Incorporated                                    3755 Riverside Dr.
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