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Originally Posted by Slava

You're not someone who has ever run a business. I mean, how can you even take this seriously?

If you say so.

I really do appreciate this lame attempt at attacking my credibility because what you’re saying is basically if you were right about this then my opinion should be dismissed. All while ignoring the fact that most businesses owners fail from time to time. Based on what we’re seeing going on south of the border even the ones who are successful really don’t appear to have the best interests of society as a whole on their radars. But I guess yeah let’s just blindly do whatever businesses tell us will be good for everyone!

Companies trying to earn more business shouldn't be able to write that off. But when they do this and bring in more revenue, I'm sure you think that should be taxable?

How do you prove that the gift in itself is what brought in the additional recenue? I mean seriously, since according to you I know nothing about running a business enlighten me as to how much sway a pair of say $1000 hockey tickets is realistically going to have on an investment opportunity to make millions?

As Cowperson pointed out, you’re not even getting the full $1000 back, so let’s say they would get $200 back from the write off, is the difference really going to cause the business to not pay the full amount for the kickback that is according to you necessary to grow their business?

This conversation in itself started with a business literally using their write off to sway the government to give them contracts paid for with tax dollars. That to me is problematic. You’re welcome to disagree if you like.

If anything, some of the current restrictions on what you can write off are just plain non-sensical and should be eliminated.

Well I’m sure as a business owner you’d like as many claimable expenses as possible but that doesn’t mean it’s sensible tax policy just because it benefits you. I imagine you’re not currently struggling to make ends meet so I assume the current system isn’t exactly harming you or making your business unviable.