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The Brussels Post, 1971-03-11, Page 6T1111 axtrssaLs Post, ,........••••••••••••••1 DEAD STOCK REMOVAL SERVICES WANTED DEAD AND DISABLE') CATTLE and HORSES TOP PRICES PAID SMALL ANIMAL PICKUP 24 HR.. FAST EFFICIENT SERVICES BRUSSELS PET FOOD svpmEs Llc: 2/3-c-70-8 FRE, QF CHARGE — OVER 150 LB, satrissiota obT.TARK) Tuuftp4"V; ss than the ref a bushel of cor you can insure an acre of grain corn against the hazards of weather, insects and disease. Talk to your Insurance Agent THE CROP INSURANCE COMMISSION OF ONTARIO Parliament Buildings, Toronto 5, Ontario op Insurance Agents in this Area NORMAN COGHL1N, BOX 135, ATWOOD, PHONE: 238-230 GEORGE A. WATT, BLYTH, PHONE: 523-9217 BAUER FARM AND GARDEN SERVICE REPAIRS TO ALL TYPES OF. FARM MACHINERY AGENT FOR: SNOWMOBILES avid ACCESSORIES A.Inr, REPAIRS TO MOVVIVIMILES Let us help you meet Springtime, with a new home Mortgage rates are lower and our capacity to serve you With an ideal, custom- built-for-you loan was never greater. So don't let that "Where-w111.1-get-the- money?" problem get you down. Hand It over to understanding experts who have behind them over eighty years of experience Lin tailoring mortgages to suit individual needs. Solve your probtem today at Victoria and Grey. COIMPAMY MHOS WOO cipTowet. 8AAN014 Miv10140 PHONE COLLECT 887_9334 BRUSSELS INCOME TAX TIPS Q. 'T. am self-employed and my earnings are less than my per- sonal income tax exemptions, Can T contribute to the Canada -Pension Plan? A. As a self-employed person, if you earn over $800 in the year you are required to file Ti Gen- eral tax return and make the -required contributions to the Plan. Q. I was unemployed for the, whole of last year and was attend- ing a Canada Manpower training course. T got a living allowance while on the course. DoT declare this allowance as income for tax- ation purposes? A. Any allowance received from the Canada Manpower for special training is not. considered to be income for income fax pur- poses, Cl, My wife has ,interest from bonds that T purchased for her in her name. Is this interest my wife's income or is it my income because the original payment for bonds was made by me? A. The interest is your income because you purchased the bonds from your funds. The same rule would apply to dividends on shares. interest on savings ac- counts and so on. It is the 'person who had the money to invest who must report the income earned. Q. My wife and I have a joint bank account. The money that My wife pays into the hank account is from her earnings as a steno- grapher. The 1' 5 slip is made out in our joint names, Do I declare the income on my tax return or does my wife declare it on her tax return, or sbotild we divide the interest income, declaring half of it on each of our returns? A, The interest income should he divided on the basis of the deposits. If you and your wife do- Nos t equal amounts, then the interest, is earned equally. If one of you deposits more than the other, then, that person shotild re• port a proportionately larger share of the interest, Q. 1 was ill last year and some of my medical expenses were Paid by the provincial hospital in, suraneo and some were paid by a private .insurance plan to whiqh I contribitte. Am I allowed to, claim any of these expenses pn my income tax, or may 1only claim the 81,00 standard dedUc- titan? Q, You would not he able to claim hospital expenses or MO- lea] expenses that were paid by a provincial hospital insurance plan, However any medical bills that were paid. by your private in- surance company may be claimed on your income tax return, You should note that in, order to calm]• late whether or not it is to your advantage to claim these expens- es you must deduct from the total of the allowed amounts 3 per cent of your net income, as recorded on your income tax form. You may then claim the balance as the allowable portion of yOur medical expenses, plus any chart, table donations. In this instance you would need to enelOSe With your income tax return recelptS both from yont medical eXpenses and for the charitable &mations you have made. - 4 Q. I am a salesman operating nut of my house. I have a room set up as an office. Can claim any expenSe for this "office" when figuring my income tax? A. If the room is used solely for the purpose of earning your income you may he entitled to deduct a portion of the cost of maintaining your house, as a business expense. Unfortunately more information Would be re- quited before yOu could be advis cad on how to calculate the amount of yOur deduction but your Dist- rict Taxation Office will be pleas- ed to help you. Q. We bad a little girl last -ear who Was horn alive but only lived for a. few hours. Can we make a claim on her? A. Yes, if a child is born dur- ing, the year .and lives, even, for only a few minutes then you may claim 9e child as s, deljerldanL YOUTH PROGRAM En eouraging connnunity pro- jects which involve yquth is one of the major objeetives of the Canadian Red Cross ymith pro- gram. Red Cross has always rebogniz.., ed the positive contribution which Canadian youth are capable of making to their communities, Community Red Cross yoUth pro- jects serve a inultiTurpOse. By working on these projects young people disceVer how to become Part of their community and at the same time their efforts bene- fit the. community. The enblis lam and imagination of youth has often been the factor which made a project. succeed. There are no age limits for being a Red Cross youth member, The program, started in the elem- entary school where students re- ceive health instruction from their teacher-sponsors and it continues on past post secondary schools with adults working as youth advisors, 'While in elementary school the students correspond •with school ellitdmti trout abet, .cOuntriek bY pct frill t • Witg c,hildren. of developing countries. high school students choose store community oriented projeCts such as the tutoring of slow learners or hospitalized children. They are also 'very active in the Red Cross watezr safety program. teaching handicapped children how to swim. The projects undertaken at a particular high school depend on the needs of the cominunity and the initiative and imagination of the youth. In some communit- ies Red. Cross youth have done things. such as organize clubs 'to teach conservation to elementary aged children. This past summer they were also responsible fOt operating several pilot day care and recreation centres for :child- ren and a pilot project for senior citizens which included Wheel- chair tours of the local zoo. In the international field Can- adian Red Cross youth projectS have been put into Operation all over the world. The health and sanitation project for Vietnam is a good example of youth concern, lied Cross yo,uth have raised the funds to sponsor the operation of nutrition centres, dispensaries, a vaccination program and the teaching of basic sanitation habits in three. areas of Vietnam. Also tor the past several summers a team of trained Canadian Red Cross youth members have work- ed in Jamaica on. programs of water safety, first aid, leadership training and assisting at several eamps roe handicapped children, The significant: thing shout {fa thfi 84014 lh VMS: Ida and ahroad are raised by youth themselves: The adminis- trative costs are the responsibility of the Collodion Red Oros's Son- ity.