Another saga came to an end today; my first brush with the Canadian taxman. You'll remember (or perhaps not!) my description of filling out my tax return. To cut a long story short, my electronic payment did not end up 'in the right box' in my account with Revenue Canada (their fault, not mine). About a month ago, a letter duly arrived saying "please pay up or we'll banish you to live in Yellowknife for ten years". The telephone number I was supposed to ring, was, in the style of most government institutions, permanently engaged. A call to another number ended up with me being square with the taxman. Better still, he owed me money seeing as I had overcalculated how much I should pay! The cheque arrived today. Victory!
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