RXKEN

貓糧和狗糧﹕稅務法庭批准一名農夫申報貓、狗糧退稅﹐因為這些寵物是戶外寵物﹐牠們守護藍莓園﹐驅趕周圍的野生動物。
(This could be farming income/loss which related to the business. As a business, there is a lot of deduction. Sorry, not too familiar with farming as I am not a farmer.)



整形手術﹕隆胸手術以及其他整形手術也可以退稅﹐只要它們對病人的心理和身體健康有利。
(This is under medical expense: Cosmetic Surgery
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4064/rc4064-e.html)
植髮﹕這類開支屬於醫療費用﹐因為它有保健作用。
(This is also medical expense.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4064/rc4064-e.html)

呆帳﹕如果小公司欠納稅人一筆「呆帳」﹐納稅人可以申報呆帳﹐把它列為「許可的商業投資損失」。
(This is bad debt or ABIL depending on the situation.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4037/t4037-e.html)


午餐看護費﹕孩子午餐時間的看護費可當作託兒開支﹐下課後的兒童看護費也可當作託兒費。
(I think this is talking about child care expense)


理髮、乾洗費﹕人們不能明確申報這些項目﹐但T-4表格的申報人每年大約有150元的乾洗及理髮抵稅額。
(Really have no idea what they are talking about on this one. It could employement credit which I posted above)


Gianttama: Which section do you work in CRA?

tofu

thanks everyone.
理髮、乾洗費﹕人們不能明確申報這些項目﹐但T-4表格的申報人每年大約有150元的乾洗及理髮抵稅額。
seems like noone really knows about this.  i asked few accountants, but they have no idea at all.  definitely not employment credit la.

I emailed ctv, hope they will give me some details.

gianttama

client service division.

they only reasons i relate employment credit with the dry cleaning thing are
1. they say it is for people with T4 (employment)
2. the amount is about $150, which is the actual credit amount for employment credit.

tofu

that's right, let see what will they say.

how many divisions in call center does cra has this year ar?  seems like an agent only repose in one area.  an agent used to be responsible for all areas ma.

RXKEN

Well, I don't think an agent is responsible for everything.
Even accountants sometimes can't answer some of your tax questions.

It is probably just happend that your questions can be answered by that particular agent.

But isn't it better? one agent is specialized in an area which your questions are more likely to be answered correctly?

molamola

貓糧和狗糧﹕稅務法庭批准一名農夫申報貓、狗糧退稅﹐因為這些寵物是戶外寵物﹐牠們守護藍莓園﹐驅趕周圍的野生動物。
(This could be farming income/loss which related to the business. As a business, there is a lot of deduction. Sorry, not too familiar with farming as I am not a farmer.)
I once asked the client to provide proof that his pet dog can perform such duties

整形手術﹕隆胸手術以及其他整形手術也可以退稅﹐只要它們對病人的心理和身體健康有利。
(This is under medical expense: Cosmetic Surgery
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4064/rc4064-e.html)

we joked about strippers whom had breast argument that it should be a capital asset as it provides long term economic benefit.

呆帳﹕如果小公司欠納稅人一筆「呆帳」﹐納稅人可以申報呆帳﹐把它列為「許可的商業投資損失」。
(This is bad debt or ABIL depending on the situation.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4037/t4037-e.html)
bad debt and ABIL are 2 different things

tofu

"""But isn't it better? one agent is specialized in an area which your questions are more likely to be answered correctly?"""
yes, more confident, but long wait.  i need to wait 3x more ma.  and two of my questions needed to refer to someone in the east, wait another day ar.
but i think actually it is good, at least they removed the recording, something like " the agent is not responsible for the accuracy of the answer", i remember they have it for few years.

RXKEN

Ok. So I read the CTV article again.
It says:

Bad debt

An "Allowable Business Investment Loss" deduction may be granted if a small business corporation owes the tax filer a "bad debt." This can also be applied in cases where an individual owns a share of a small business corporation that has gone bankrupt or insolvent.


So I guess the reporter in Mingpao just translated to Chinese (or the other way round?)
I think the reporter is a little confused with bad debts and abil.

gianttama

specializing is more productive, i learnt that in economics =)

cra has sh!t loads of different departments, the ones that are open to the public includes, GE, GSTC, CCTB, APPEALS,  COLLECTIONS, ENFORCEMENTS, EFILE, TELEFILE, NETFILE.....ETC.

and many more internal ones which i shouldn't say much here :p

tofu

my mum came up with a funny question, if we are able to claim 整形, my dog make my 心理和身體健康, can we claim the 狗糧.