Open letter

[mousme]

Dear government asshats,

Please stop sending me letters telling me you've "revised" my tax claim for last year and demanding more money. Seriously, this is the third time this year I've had to cut you a damned cheque, and I'm getting a little tired of it. The horse is dead (and broke), so please stop beating it. How many times in one year can you harp on a teeny tiny thing like my poor, insignificant T4? Really. How many? Is it a little challenge you've issued to your department? "Hey, let's see if we can drive this random taxpayer around the bend! First one to make her crack gets a Christmas bonus!"

Where the hell is the vaunted tax break you promised? Oh, right. I'm not allowed a tax break because I'm not a wealthy landowner.

Well, fuck you too.

No love,

Me

Comments

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Oh we hates them, we hates them *SO HARD*!

Taxation is theft.

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

All "public servants" in government come to believe that all money is government's and what you earn is really something that they've allowed you to take from them out of the goodness of their hearts.

[pasley.livejournal.com]

"Now my advice for those who die:/Declare the pennies on your eyes."
~Taxman, The Beatles

Ain't it the truth.

Sorry to hear about your tax woes.

[alcinoe.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the Canadian tax people are as bad as the American tax people. I got the same sort of notice and I just don't have the money, so I am going to stretch this out as long as possible before making some sort of payment arrangement. Still don't know how we are going to do it though.

[ladyiolanthe.livejournal.com]

mousme, sorry I didn't find this earlier. Perhaps you have already tried contacting Revenue Canada about your situation (which seems odd to me), but if not, there are phone numbers listed here that you could call to ask for an explanation:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/contact/phone-e.html

It is possible that Revenue Canada has made some sort of error.