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" ,f-Li Wc uy^ il. » " V;- 1 -1 > rrbt ir j *\ > y _ 11 ; Lending the Way CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PUBLIC NOTICE www.municipality.clarington.on.ca REIGNING CATS AND DOGS Mature pets have a lot to offer, but they are unfortunately unfortunately often overlooked in animal shelters. What you see is what you get. The pet's personality and size are already established. There is no guessing if your pet will be affectionate, busy or standoffish, you can choose a pet that fits your needs. You won't have the frenzied house training, training, climbing the curtains or . chewing the furniture problems problems to go through. Best of all they can make calm, living and very appreciative companions companions to those who take the time to look. For information on this and othèr animals please call 905-623-7651 or visit us at 33 Lake Rd., Bowmanville. ' L . re p' :,.:é ..... . -, .-.A . IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE ORONO WEEKLY TIMES 983-5301 Saturday, February 23rd - Euchre Tournament. Come on out and play euchre, Orono Arena, 7:00 p.m., $10.00 per person. Proceeds to go to the Building Fund. Monday, March 11th - Friday, March 15th - Teddy Bear Afternoon Tea with the "Bowmanville Teddy Bear Connection", from 1 p.m, to 3 p.m., tea or juice and muffins, Teddy Bear. Repair Clinic will also be held and participants must register in advance, cost per adult/child is $5.00 each. For more information or to register call the Museum Office at 905-623-2734. (advertisement) Accounting Corner Q What is "Efile" and why do you think it is so important? A in the old days, you would fill in a tax return either by hand or computer, print out a copy, and mail it to Revenue Canada (now CCRA). Canada Post would make an honest effort at delivering it, and hopefully, it would get delivered within a reasonable time.' Revenue Canada's mail room would get a swat at it next, and if it managed managed to not get shredded at this stage, it would end up in the keypunch department. There, some underpaid, overworked keypunch operator would retype the information into the system, then some assessor would review it, and mail you your refund cheque. Round trip, 6 to 10 weeks. There were two problems with this. The first was that if the return was lost at any stage in the game, it was assumed, that the taxpayer was at fault. Interest and penalties would be assessed if there was a balance due. The only way to avoid this was registered mail, which ,is _ an expensive concept. Normally, Normally, if the refund you were expecting did not materialize with the 10 weeks, you would cal! and find that Revenue Canada had not received the return, and you could mail a second copy, and now your refund would take another 6 to 10 weeks, and you may have it for Christmas. The second problem was the keypunch stage. It was not unusual in offices 1 worked at to spend a great, deal of the summer and fall correcting Revenue Canada data éntry ■ mistakes (at great cost to the client). In one circumstance I remember, a keypunch operator had both entered the number with a decimal shifted (eg $4,000 had become $40,000) and had entered it on the wrong line. The tax return, filed April 30, was finally corrected November 28 of the same year t due to a comedy of errors on Revenue Canada's part. T.he expected summer refund was not received until the following calender year. .Meanwhile, the collections department put a lien on the taxpayer's house, garnisheed'his wages# and basically basically made a mess of the taxpayer's taxpayer's life. After all, he owed over $20,000 dollars by their records. Efile solves all the bad problems problems with the,system. If you check the tax return, you'll notice every single line has a reference number beside it. Instead of printing out a tax return, what if we just sent Ottawa the line numbers, and ' what the amount beside them was? The cornp.uter could literal literal ly rebuild the identical tax return there,' with no human intervention. That's how Efile works. At the start of every tax season, we receive half an encryption key from CCRA. After a taxpayer has reviewed and 'signed' his tax return, we encrypt the file, and send it to' Ottawa, basically the same way Email works. Ottawa's computer computer unencodes the data,' rebuilds the tax return, checks it for obvious errors (e.g. wrong date of birth), and returns either a rejection and why, or a confirmation confirmation number. Problem one, the lost return, can never happen. happen. Now, in Ottawa, the computer computer matches up the return to known data about you, and when it is satisfied, forwards it to an assessor's desk. I have yet to see a keypunch error on this system, because no humans have yet touched the data. Finally, a satisfied assessor punches a button, and your refund is issued. You normally receive your refund within 7 to 10 dttys of filing your tax return. So that's why 1 make a fuss about Efile. No errors, no missing missing information, no lost returns, fast refunds arid at q fraction of the cost of registered mail. Where's the downside?, The above article is for general purpose information only. Before acting on this, or any other information, information, readers should seek competent professional advice. Mark L. Hendrikx : ' Chartered Accountant » Certified Financial. Planner • Accounting and Auditing • Computer Consulting • Planning & Taxation Services for Businesses, Individual';, Corporations, Estates and Farms » Business Sfart-ups • Frèe Initial Consultation 37 King St. West, Newcastle, Ontario L1B 1H2 _ ■ Fax: (905) 987-9809 • Phone: (905) 987-0570 Wednesday Night FEBRUARY 13th High Score: Percy Jakeman - 97 Jim Tomlinson - 85 tie Ruth Grady - 79 Bill Mann - 79 tie Reid Harness - 78 Minnie taylor - 78 Low: Erna Bunton Special Cards: Dorothy Olan, Joanne Julien Most Lone Hands: Minnie Taylor (6) Draws: Marie Couroux, Wilrpa Kirk, Elva Bothwell, Edgard Millson^ Percy Jakeman, F?ay Staples Clarington Leading the Way C-x CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PUBLIC NOTICE www.municipality.clarington.on.ca, SAMUEL WILMOT NATURE AREA , , , - S • * The Municipality of Clarington is accepting applications from interested individuals to sit on the Samuel Wilmot Nature Area Management Advisory Committee. Members of this Coniçnitteè assist the Municipality and Ministry of Natural Resources in the manaoement of the Samuel Wilmot Nature Area. If you are interested in serving on this Committee, application forms are available at the Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville.Please ensure that your,completed form is received in e Municipal Clerk's Department by 4:30 PM, March 8, 2002. ' ■* r Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. Municipal Clerk Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3À6