Thursday, 19 February 2004

Contracts have some benifits

One thing that that my uncle pointed out to me last weekend is that there are some really good things about being on contract. None of these had occured to me before, and I am really glad that he pointed them out. I guess that's what happens when your life long best friend is an accountant. ;-)

The benifits include being able to write off part of the milage that I "drive" to and from work (about 100 km / day), maybe being able to write off part of other car expensives like repairs, my cell phone bill, and maybe a few other things. I'll just have to keep careful track of these things in case I have to produce recepts at any point. That definally made me a bit happier. I guess if I am going to get any toys like a palm pilot I should do so before my contract runs out. Ah well, that's in the future anyways. Now all I have to figure out is how to show that a kayak is needed by me to do my job... hummm... And before people start commenting, this post isn't spell checked. ;-P
Listening to: Great Big Sea - Mary Mac


3 comments:

  1. hmm. I guess it'd be hard to justify a camera as a business expense for IC eh? (unless of course, you were spying...)
    Now might be a good time to pick an extra harddrive though. Prices are down to less than a dollar a gig and if you can cut that further by writing it off, then why not. :)
    (this coming from the guy who'll be hitting half a terrabyte capacity the day I sign another contract..)

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  2. Hey, I've seen people kayaking on the rideau canal,looking suspiciously as though they were going to work. So it's a *little* out of your way.... :)

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  3. hahaha... ya, they might not think that I am commuting to work on the canal in a kayak at this time of a year... But I can always try. ;-)
    But I would be able to use it in the Spring. My brother and I have talked about going from the corel centre to the Ottawa river on the Mighty Carp Creek in a canoe. The biggest challenge would be the portage across the 417 though. We'll just have to move fast. ;-)

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