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Business Outlook ALTON HILLS OUTLOOK Friday Martha imt Page 15 Speaking up over errors makes sense in long run Sauce for the goose they say is sauce for the gander If a professional person or a met chant can waste your lime shouldnt you be able bill them for the value of your lost hours Granted that an Idea that has been around for a long lime the realm of fantasy What brings it back to mind is the fact that doctors in Ontario have im posed a whole range of new addi fees for services that until re have been considered almost as obligations to the public like slocking their waiting rooms with old National Geographies The doctors you remember last year lost a long dispute and ally a strike over the provincial gov em men t legislation to remove right to bill patients more than the agreed schedule of fees for medical treatment In retaliation for the ban on extra billing some Ontario doctors now charge for their time and trouble in renewing prescriptions taking tele phone calls writing letters and so on Fine as long as they intum will accept and pay bills from patients for the hours they spend in the waiting room with those Geographies while the doctor is unnecessarily running late Certain delays of course may be unavoidable But why stop there Here are some common business related annoy for which the offended con ought to be reimbursed sue Mike Palmarchuk in magazine Movln The publishing company keeps billing you for a subscrip tion you have already paid even though you have sent them a copy of the cancelled cheque Bill them for wasted time photocopying tionery and stamps Your dry cleaning was prom ised for yesterday afternoon but ready until today Deduct to recompense for your The supermarket offers a big special on detergent but when you get there at after a 30- VINCENT EGAN On Business Sag minute drive That will be for one hours driving time You buy an unassembled set of shelves get home and find that force screws are missing Bill the store SO for your half hour trip for re placements In a more perfect world you would be able to collect And cyclists would stay off the sidewalks ram on weekends In this imperfect world however don t count on getting paid for the trouble you haveseen justifiable your claim may be The best that consumers can hope for is that doctors will stick close to their schedules and that business people who deal with the public will wake up and realize that it pretty dumb of them to drive customers away through incompe tence inefficiency discourtesy and the like After all it easier and makes more sense to satisfy and thus re tain a current customer than to at tract a new one What more tomers are almost sure to talk about their problems to several of their friends thus alienating still more potential customers If you have a complaint don take the easy way out shrugging it off chalking it up to experience which according to people who have con ducted research on the subject is what a substantial majority of disso consumers do Grass fire near Churchill Rd Firefighters were called a grass fire Sunday at on Churchill Road South In Acton The cause of the fire which began near he railroad tracks is unknown There was no damage Firefighters were called to another gross fire Monday behind gj CRAFTS Registration Now Taking Place CERAMIC LESSONS Even Clai a home on Chipper Court in Georgetown The fire which caused no damage Also SpOC a Custom From Custom Work In Paper RADIATOR SERVICE Cars Trucks Nells DRIVING SCHOOL Next Course April 20 May 13 6309 PHONE 8772671 Ontario In business tax is your business If you operate own ncss Revenue Canada Taxation considers you to be a self employed worker in that you must pay particular attention to your income DM affairs When you become a selfcm ployed worker your first tax con is to establish your fiscal ruxl ending not more than twelve months after the day your firm be gins operating You report your business income on the same in come lax return normally a General as you would report income However the first lax turn in you report your bus income will determine you choice of when your fiscal end Once the fiscal period ha been chosen you cannot change it without written approval from Rev Canada Taxation Books and records You are also responsible for keeping books and records or all your financial transactions These documents will be used to establish and justify your business income and expenses for income tax pur poses A your transactions must be re corded m detail description cost and date of transaction or payment for purchases or sales Note that each entry must be supported by original documents such as sales in voices receipts fee statements contracts You must also retain your books and records including the support documents at your place of business or your residence for at least six years To destroy these documents before this time limn expires you must obtain written authorization from the director of your district taxation office Accounting method All selfemployed workers ex commission salespeople and fjrmcrsund fishermen who may use the cash method must use the method of accounting to keep ihcirbooksandrccords This means that your income is to be reported mine year in which it is earned re of the year in which you actually receive it Similarly your expenses are reported in the year in winch you incur them regardless of when they arc paid Financial statements When you report business in come don t send all your docu with your tax return What must he attached to your return arc financial statements dtditA HAZENS SPRING TUNEUPS AND GENERAL REPAIRS Explras Mirch Free PickUp And Delivery In Georgetown Good salactlon of and Riding Tractora loalt Lawn and Equipment Coma and of Lawn Mowartand Tractors at LAWN CYCLE Sinclair Ave Unit Georgetown I JT Suburban Realty SI CALL ANNE BUS 8775211 RES 8531505 SALES REP QENOE TOLL FflEE PAGER SALES HEP ANNE QENOE BEGINNINGS SI Gold a brick homo floor laundry room Oaf ago many Call Spacious 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