b- -Income tax to ‘be a maximum n of 10: per. cent. ‘of :

"How about ‘these stimulating thovehs with
which to start tthe New Year? =

your income and not subject to payroll de de duction.

‘Property taxes to be a maximum of one per cent_

-of the market value.of your home: All other taxes,
-including sale$ taxes and customs duties, to be

abolished “Taxpayers (not government) :to decide .
; which bureaucrats have to be fired asa result.

- If that sounds like a great ©

program. this. first-.week. of

January, as the Chistmas

\E bills start to roll in — and
always provided you don’t
happen to be a bureaucrat =

_ the’ gentleman you need to
_.. talk to about it all is a

‘Vancouver lawyer named

Walter Boytinck. © _

Mr. Boytinck, to put it
mildly, is’ on a_ colli
course with the fede
government over taxes a
inflation. And although
game is only in i
period, he hasn't lost
thus far.

a

. Shortly before Christmas
two summonses against him
. by the income, tax depart--

ment for failure to file tax.
returns were thrown-out by
the B.C. Supreme Court on a
technicality. Four earlier

. summonses had also been

found defective. Whatever

this may: indicate. about the
justness or otherwise of Mr.
Boytinck’s cause, it tempts
one to wonder, in passing,
whether. some of the
department’ S assessment
notices are made out out by the
same people: _

“GIGANTIC FRAUD*

"Much more interesting,
however, ‘is Mr. Boytinck’'s
counter-attack. He has
launched a. civil suit against
the government Seeking a
refund of his 1973 income
tax, plus damages, in the
amount. of $17,743.

In his argument he claims
Ottawa has caused inflation
by printing too much money
not backed by anything of
worth - gold, for example --
and that Canadians have, as
a result, suffered financial

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The North Shore Family
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loss through a diluted dollar

_ and - decreased purchasing
_ power.

Consequently, he is suing
the government ! for what he
describes as. “a_ gigantic
criminal fraud ... a form of

taxation totally unauthorized -
by Parliament, all of;whichis -

similar to a ‘counterfeit or
bad cheque operation on a
‘colossal scale.”

‘What Mr. Boytinck is
saying, in essence, is that the
greater part of all income tax
levied today is directly
caused by inflation -- and
that, if Ottawa had not
ptinted excessive amounts of
paper money with nothing
behind it during “recerit
years, income taxes would
be a great deal] lower.

He -chose his 1973 ‘tax
payment as the basis for his
suit against the government

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teens. All trips are designed
to give participants a
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winter experience. Trans-
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however, participants are
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equipment.

AUTOMA TIC TRANSMISSIONS —

or All Makes of Cars & Lig)
Domestic & Foreign

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_with adding ‘water to milk. .
’ ‘LOGIC IRREFUTABLE

_would actually have no

- Taxpayers’

SPECIALISTS IN OUR 20TH YEAR

ADJUSTMENTS
REPAIRS
OVERHAULS ;
EXCHANGES

FREE CONSULTATION

B.C.A.A., A.R.A. APPROVED

: because, ‘in that year, taxin

gram.
..Revenue Canada added .c nsent become: masters and: present search . ‘and seizure sobViously just: what we need
; $2, 663. to; his’ ‘tax: biF= [in ee -

respect of ‘capital gain from -.

“the sale’ of ‘a property. ‘He t-
maintains there was no true - eo
capital gain, and that any - “We.
paper gain. recorded was - therefore - declare,”
solely: the result o inflation tinues..: the charter,
caused by Ottawa’s dilution total
_of the money supply ~.a reduced to a maximum of $10 billion in. the hole; Tm .
process which he compares 49% of income” -- and then” not quite sure ‘what arith-
there follow © the other ‘metic Mr. Boytinck used “i in
demands - compiling these demands..
—mentioned-at the-beginning— -
If, he ‘contends, -you of this’ column: maximum
- bought real estate for one per cent property few little technicai problems
“$10,000 in 1971 and sold it — faxes... iti
for’ $16,000 .in 1977, you other taxes in any shape or pensions and UIC benefits
no. payroll for the several hundred .

would be. taxed on a capital form
gain of $6,000. But due to deductions.

the rise in living costs, you _~

Zens, without ‘their: pele

heartwarming |

ne - be laying. off » the pi

powers of the* income’. da
department... tie =-totally... _
“confidential ‘tax~’ “returns...
‘“and balanced government .

“ta xpa yes budgets withno 1 more’ deficit — ~--last-be ‘abl
' con- financing. oo!
“that :

be: CQ With: Canada: restates

However, if « one igncres a money we’ ‘re talking about!

all like welfare, health services,

Your toothpaste: comes in

thousand bureaucrats we'll enillilitres (mL)

capital gain at all, because
the $16,000 would buy no
more in 1977 than the .
$10,000 bought in 1971.

The logic of Mr.
Boytinck’s argument is so
irrefutable that his chances —
of winning his case against
Ottawa seem slim in the
extreme. If he succeeded,
the torrent of similar refund
claims could bankrupt the
government overnight --
even in terms of its own 1979
paper money. But. ‘mean-
while this 38-year-old legal
Robin Hood has added
another string to his bow.

He is helpihg spearhead a
nationwide campaign called
HALT (short for Human
Action to Limit Taxes),
which has produced a
- Charter”’
calculated to curdle the
blood of all conscientious
Revenue Canada officials. -

. The charter starts out with
a series of those “Whereas”
paragraphs beloved of the
legal profession. They note,
among other things, that
taxpayers have lost control
over government; that
govérnment spending has
shown neither restraint nor
common sense; that
governments have meor-
tgaged our children's future
and robbed citizens of their
savings through “the hidden
and fraudulent tax of in-
flation”; that governments

For further information,
contact Bryan McDicken at
the North Shore Family
Y.M.C.A. at 926-5541 or
drop in at 1705 Marine Drive,
West Vancouver.

Fitess.
It gives much more -
than it takes.

Rewards for safe drivers’ =

vehicle owner qualifies for between October 1. 1977
= estimated 4,000 single the Safe Driving Discount, and September 30, 1978, and
25 years of age-now have the 2OwW extended to three years, - not owe the- Corporation any
opportunity to get back 25 he can earn about 50 per money. we
per cent
Autoplan Driving Lacentive Applications for the Safe vehicle must be free of
| Grant program,.— ——

perPPlication forms have not through Autoplan or. bodily injury (no-fault
young males throughout the
Province by the Insurance
Corporation of B.C.

A total of $5 million is ; ' - vehicle is owned and
earmarked for
| Driving Incentive Grant
administered by
the Corporation, and now in
its third year.

this Safe

program,

“Grants are equivalent to
25 per cent of the previous
year’s premiums: if a driver-

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