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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-05-23, Page 19a FROM FLORID* • REG. OR PULP FRE O*ANG E OR GRAPEFRUIT REGULAR �ad • 0 b4,0140744 Y S, 1.9$4 -Page ENRICHER WHITE GRAMM mot E.0% WNW WHEAT 3S- mL TIN. FROZEN 674 9 LOAF 2' LITRE CARTON SAVE! 66C READY CUT MACAROIG SPAGHETTI, ROTINI, SPAGHETTINI, VERMICELLI SAVE! 30' FINE QUALITY CHOICE SAVE! 60° OUR BEG, 53' TIN 8 VARIETIES PAMPER CAT FOOD SAVE! HERE 3EHRS FRESH BUTTER 900 g PGK. 19' oz. TIN SAVE! 56¢ REVIVE, TAKE 5, APPLE, ORANGE, GRAPE, LEMONADE, SAVE! 79° McCAIN DRINKS KRAFT SINGLE SLICES YELVEETA CHEESE SAVE! 44C PURE 100% VEGETABLE SHORTENING 3.6 LITRE JUG LIQUID BLEACH 500 g PKG. 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DIMPFLMEIER SHORTCAKE LAYERS 16g g 89' CHOCOLATE MILK 89# NEILSONS QUALITY DELISLE ASSORTED FIRM STYLE YOGURT 175 g 590 355 mL TIN' HIGHLINEK FROZEN BATTERCRISP NLILSONS CALIFORNIA ICED TEA 1 LIT FRASERVALE BLUEBERRIES OR STRAWBERRIES 300g f59 HANOVER 23Z Arthur St. S. Open Wed., Thurs. AM Fri. evenings LISTOWEL 975 Wallace Ave. N. Open We'd.. Thurs. and Fri. evenings FERGUS 9 735 Tower St. S. Open Wed., Thurs. and Fri. evenings WIN HAM Corner of No. 4 and 88 Hwys. .Open Thurs., Fri, evening Tax treats By W. Roger Worth Forcing the huge and powerful political -bureau- cratic apparatus to change policy direction, even min- utely, is a major feat. For such :policy turn- arounds to occur in a rela- tively short time is unusual, to say the least. Yet that's precisely what has happened with two issues that particularly con- cern small business, as well as the general public. The changes do not fully resolve outstanding problems, buJ t they are moves in the righ t direction. 0 0 0 The first good news fc lr smaller firms came froi n Marc Lalonde. In his sprir ig Budget, the federal Finani :te Minister agreed that indi' 4 - duals and businesses st ic- cessfully appealing thi air cases through the tax cou its were being treated unfaii:ly. The problem: even if 1.ax- payers defeated Revenue Canada in court, they ge ner- ally lost money because the cost of lawyers and acct lunt- ants to prepare the case could total $5,000 or mor. e. So a taxpayer appealin g a $1,000 reassessment was forced to pay up, even if he or she believed RevCan was wrong. To do other' wise would cost thousands off ex- tra dollars. In his budget, Lalonde in- troduced a measure that would allow payment: of. $1,000 for costs to' such tax- payers. Since most of those appealing their case oper— ated smaller firms, the 64,000 -member C.anad ian . Federation of Independent Business made representa- tions to the Finance Minis ter that included, among others, recommendations for changes in the tax rules; .8 , plea for. full , payment o: f costs. To his credit, Lalonde did a quick turnaround. He rf a- cently announced that tl: ie courts will be able to awai d full ' compensation for leg al and accounting costs in sum :h instances. That's a major move in t' he right direction, as people v 'ill have a fighting chance wh en going up against Rever iue Canada. 0-0-0 The second situation in- volves Manitoba. A coupl, e of years ago, the provin tial government passed legi $la - tion forcing employers ti o ,pay anew tax that amour rte• ,d to 1.5 per cent of payrol 1. A smaller firm emplo: yir rg. four people, 'with aver Tal ge salaries of $12,000 per :ye ar and a total payroll of $50 ,01 00, for example, paid an e. iii tra $750 annually. That might not seem lily . e a lot of money. But to smal ler companies, just break ing • even or_,actually los ing money, it • was onerous in- deed. Partially as a result of the tax, the smaller firms . that' had been supplying virb sally all of Manitoba's new jobs were, understandably i reluc- tant to hire more woi ;kers. Again the. Federatic m en- tered the fray, pressir ng the province publicly and during meetings with poli) j.cians and bureaucrats to eli eminate 'the tax, at least for smaller firms. • - Recently Ma initobi a moved in that direction. Th e tax has been eliminatied for • the first $50,000 of an e mplo: yer's pay- roll. The systen i mr Ay not be perfect, but thes e two ex- amples Indic, ate I .hat with a hard enough pust r, the politi- cal-bureaucn3tic monster - can indeed be me wed. Roosevelt bir 'thr late Eleanor Rc nos ,evelt, wife of Franklin D. R oosevelt and first lady o f the United States, was ba rn on Oct. 11, 1884. DRIVING IN RAIN ' A heavy rain . means poten- tial danger for a driver. •The water lifts ac ,cumulated oil from the. pi avement and causes intern* iittent "slicks" until the oil hi as been washed away. The Ontario Safety League advi: res motorists in any rain to cut your speed, turn your he :adlights on low beam, allow more room for stopping, i and watch for head-dowr i pedestrians. Remember that rainstorm visibility is very poor through yot air windshield and almost ter o on Bides and to the rear.