| bbowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 29 01:32PM On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:26:16 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on > "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > * Game 10, Round 2 - Canadiana - Income Tax Not sure I could answer these for US taxes, let alone Canadian taxes. > or in some cases merely close to the border, and you simply have to tell > us what's on the other side. > 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? Belgium > 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? Croatia; Slovenia > 3. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Vancouver, Washington? Portland, OR > 4. What US city or town """is""" nearest Ft. Frances, Ontario? > 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, > California? Tijuana > 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest > Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries named Congo? > 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? Calais, Maine > 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Camden, New Jersey? Philadelphia, PA > 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? Monaco > 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss > city of Basel? France&Germany |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 29 08:18PM +0200 > I wrote both of these rounds. > * Game 10, Round 2 - Canadiana - Income Tax Do you excuse me if I don't even read the questions and jump to the next round? > border, or in some cases merely close to the border, and you simply > have to tell us what's on the other side. > 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? Belgium > 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? Slovenia > 3. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Vancouver, Washington? Portland, OR > 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, > California? Tijuana > 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest > Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries > named Congo? Kinshasa > 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? Frankfort > 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Camden, New Jersey? New York, NY > 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? Monaco > 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss > city of Basel? Germany and France |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 01:58PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > Do you excuse me if I don't even read the questions and jump to the > next round? As I told you when you did that in 2009, some of them were guessable. 6 people scored points on the round then and I doubt if any of them were Canadian. But suit yourself. -- Mark Brader | "To call the characters cardboard is Toronto | to insult a useful packing material." msb@vex.net | --Roger Ebert |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 29 05:57PM -0500 This message keeps disappearing and reappearing from Giganews. A couple of people have already answered it, so I know it's propagated at least partially off-site, but I'm reposting it in a new thread anyway. Please post answers in either thread. If anyone indicates that they didn't see the first posting, then I'll accept answers until 3 days after this one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-04-06, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) This round is based on editorial cartoons that appeared in Canadian newspapers """last week""" -- that is, in 1998. Answer if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/1/A.jpg This cartoon refers to a debate that's been going on for decades about whether a certain police force should wear sidearms. The word we've blotted out in this cartoon appeared between "rotten" and "criminals" in the upper right corner: what is it? 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/1/B.jpg This cartoon by Patrick Corrigan appeared in the "Toronto Star" """last Wednesday""". What reassuring quip was written, upside-down, on the button that we've blotted out on the Great Man's lapel? I wrote both of these rounds. * Game 10, Round 2 - Canadiana - Income Tax All answers pertain to the 1997 tax year, i.e., the return that you """will probably be filing shortly""" if you haven't already done it. So if you were paying attention to the budget """in February""", you should temporarily forget everything you learned. *Note*: If you want to give current information, I will generously accept answers pertaining to either the 2019 or the 2020 tax year, so long as the facts stated in the question are still generally correct. If they aren't, you must give the originally expected answer. You *never* need to mention which year you are answering for. 1. For what type of income is it the case that you initially report a so-called "grossed-up" or "taxable" amount, 25% larger than the actual income, but then claim on Schedule 1 a credit of 13+1/3 % (thirteen and a third percent) of the actual amount of this income? 2. Capital gains can sometimes be offset against capital losses, but if you have a capital gain that you cannot offset and that isn't exempt for another reason, in most cases what fraction of the gain must you count as income? 3. The next three questions are about calculating your federal non-refundable tax credits, which replaced many of the deductions from net income """about 10 years ago""". When doing this calculation, most people start with a constant "Personal Amount", which effectively represents the amount of income that is always tax-free federally. Within 12% of the actual number, how many dollars is that? 4. Within 25% of the actual number, how many dollars is your federal Spousal Amount, if you are supporting a spouse who has no income, but you are not a caregiver? 5. The next step in the non-refundable credit calculation is to add up these and other amounts and take a certain percentage of the total. If you aren't claiming anything for charitable donations, that percentage yields the amount of your federal non-refundable tax credit. Within 1 percentage point, what percentage do you take? 6. Several things may enter into the calculation of your RRSP contribution room, but the most fundamental one is a percentage of the previous year's earned income. Within 2 percentage points, what """is""" that percentage? 7. If you have to pay income tax by installments, how often are they due? 8. The basic federal tax calculation (on Schedule 1) begins by classifying your taxable income into one of three brackets. (For 2019-20: five brackets, and it's on the T1.) Within $4,000 in either case, give the number of dollars of taxable income that forms (A) the top boundary of the bottom bracket, *or* (B) the bottom boundary of the top bracket. You *must* say whether you are answering question A or B, but you don't have to say for what year. 9. Most taxpayers have to add a surtax that is what percentage of the basic federal tax? 10. In the initial calculation of Ontario provincial income tax, what percentage of the basic federal tax do you take, within 3½ percentage points? * Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Border Towns In each case we will name a city that is on a state or national border, or in some cases merely close to the border, and you simply have to tell us what's on the other side. 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? 3. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from Vancouver, Washington? 4. What US city or town """is""" nearest Ft. Frances, Ontario? 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, California? 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries named Congo? 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from Camden, New Jersey? 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss city of Basel? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make msb@vex.net | us see a thread which is not there." --E.H. Gombrich My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 29 11:54PM > the actual income, but then claim on Schedule 1 a credit of > 13+1/3 % (thirteen and a third percent) of the actual amount > of this income? interest; dividends > but if you have a capital gain that you cannot offset and that > isn't exempt for another reason, in most cases what fraction > of the gain must you count as income? 50%; 100% > "Personal Amount", which effectively represents the amount of > income that is always tax-free federally. Within 12% of the > actual number, how many dollars is that? $25,000; $35,000 > 4. Within 25% of the actual number, how many dollars is your federal > Spousal Amount, if you are supporting a spouse who has no income, > but you are not a caregiver? $20,000; $10,000 > donations, that percentage yields the amount of your federal > non-refundable tax credit. Within 1 percentage point, what > percentage do you take? 50%; 67% > contribution room, but the most fundamental one is a percentage > of the previous year's earned income. Within 2 percentage > points, what """is""" that percentage? 90%; 80% > 7. If you have to pay income tax by installments, how often are > they due? quarterly > (B) the bottom boundary of the top bracket. You *must* say > whether you are answering question A or B, but you don't have > to say for what year. B: $150,000; B: $200,000 > 9. Most taxpayers have to add a surtax that is what percentage of > the basic federal tax? 5%; 7% > 10. In the initial calculation of Ontario provincial income tax, > what percentage of the basic federal tax do you take, within > 3? percentage points? 25%; 35% > * Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Border Towns > 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? Belgium > 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? Croatia > 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, > California? Tijuana > 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest > Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries > named Congo? Kinshasa > 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? Caribou > 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Camden, New Jersey? Philadelphia > 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? Monaco > 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss > city of Basel? Austria and Liechtenstein -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jun 29 08:59PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > border, or in some cases merely close to the border, and you simply > have to tell us what's on the other side. > 1. What other country """is""" nearest the French city of Lille? Belgium; Spain > 2. What other country """is""" nearest the Italian city of Trieste? Croatia; Slovenia > 3. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Vancouver, Washington? Portland, Oregon > 4. What US city or town """is""" nearest Ft. Frances, Ontario? Buffalo > 5. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest San Diego, > California? Tijuana, Mexico > 6. What city or town in another country """is""" nearest > Brazzaville, which """is""" in one of the two countries > named Congo? Kinshasa > 7. What US city or town """is""" nearest St. Stephen, New Brunswick? > 8. What city or town """lies""" across a *state* boundary from > Camden, New Jersey? Philadelphia, PA > 9. What other *country* """is""" nearest to the French city of Nice? Monaco > 10. What *two other countries* """are""" adjacent to the Swiss > city of Basel? France and Germany Pete Gayde |
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