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Old 03-13-2012, 02:39 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Slava View Post
I am curious to know where/how all of these MLAs plan on doing this though. I know from an entirely other issue that MLAs not getting paid or just "returning money" isn't really possible or practical. I'd rather not get into the specifics here, but that was certainly my understanding of that in the relatively recent past. I would also wonder how this affects these peoples taxes? (Does committee work comprise part of the taxable income?) I just don't know how practical this really is, even though it sounds like a good idea.
As a bookkeeper.... I wouldn't even want to go thru the mess of calculating this.
You are absolutely right, it's not as simple as writing a cheques for $39,000.00.
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