The Deadline

The Deadline 

The deadline for filing your income taxes for the 2013 taxation year, has been extended to May 5, 2014, this year, instead of the April 30, 2014 deadline.  

If you owe income tax, plus you file your income tax return after the stated deadline, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will charge you a penalty and compound interest, per day, on the unpaid amount owing.  

To file a 'paper format' of your taxes, you need an income tax package.  

The package includes a return, plus all the forms and schedules necessary to file your income tax return. 

You can pickup the package to file your return at all 'Canada Post' and 'Service Canada' outlets. 

If you want to file your taxes online, the tax package comes can be purchased from most retailers.  Be sure you get the version of software that meets your tax situation.  

Finally, make sure you have given CRA your current address.  This ensures that you will receive refunds and benefit payments, as well as important notices, without interruption. 

I will leave it at that, if you require assistance, please contact CRA.  

Thank you for reading, 

Ben

Interest on Loan

Interest on Loan

Previously in this blog, I wrote about how money is created, the blog is titled 'Creation of Money', please look for it.  Today, I'd like to elaborate on this topic by writing about 'interest'. 

Just a quick re-cap; in our current financial system, money is created by debt, by the banks.  The money which was created, did not exist before, every time the bank makes a loan, they create money.  

These loans must be returned/repaid to the banks, plus, the interest.

The 'interest', which is charged at the creation of money, is a problem, since money is created from 'nothing', which would mean, more money will need to be earned by the borrower, to pay the interest.  

But, a 'big' but here, mathematically it is impossible to pay the loan back, plus interest, as  there is not enough money to go around to pay the 'interest' on all the loans outstanding.  

Can you see this?

Did I explain this concept properly?

Most borrowers, can manage to pay back their loans in total; which would be the loan amount, plus the interest.  However, not all borrowers will be able to pay off the loan and interest.  

In order for most borrowers to be able to pay back the loans from the bank, some will eventually seek 'bankruptcy protection', since there is not enough money to pay for the 'interest'.  

Once 'Bankruptcy' is in the picture, the banks will get back most of all of the assets of the borrowers.   

This really is how money is created, it is loaned out to existence.   

Thank you for returning back to this blog,

Ben