Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cru e considered Ikirt Winnipeg free january 9 Ottawa up canadians who complain the nue department Lri Ftp flite Way wave Little Choice but to make Public confidential tax them selves nation Revenue minister Perrin Beatty is considering implementing a policy Irr would let the tax advertisement the lotto Jackpot of was carried Over the numbers draw i were 24 37v45 and number was there were 12 winners of of winners of winners 6f the fourth prize of and winners of the fifth prize of next weeks Jackpot is estimated at in the event of a discrepancy Between this list and the official winning the latter shall pre services and facilities for men and women first time visitors enrol now were celebrating the reopening of our new fort location enrol in any one o our programs and to will triple it at no extra charge european health spa East it zz41607 1514 Tux eur 4741347 shopping Centre 20j5 Corvo Omi 3rth Pamm Mikk Portage Avenue downtown be Louis riei190 Short 2695971 2795 Pembina retail Price discount Sale Price Sale Price Down immediate delivery 60 payments of Purchase Price is at Cost of retail Price discount Sale Price Sale Price Down immediate delivery c 60 payments total time Purchase Price is at borrowing have you driven a Ford lately 9428441 open 96 department skirt secrecy provi Sions of the income tax act to fight allegations of insensitive or unfair the outlined by Beatty in an interview with the Canadian would make it Standard department policy that a complaining taxpayer be Given a written statement of the departments Side in a along with any pertinent when requested by the when a taxpayer complained publicly about the depart ments the Media would know that the taxpayer or at least has Access written version of the departments Side of the Story and could request to see Beatty said late the income tax act prevents the department from making Public any information about a taxpayer but does not prevent people from reveal ing information about such a policy would virtually Force complaining taxpayers to play devils advocate in their own Case giving the departments version of a dispute As Well As their strategy if a taxpayer Beatty said it would allow the Media to ask the taxpayer if you make these Alle Why wont you let me hear the departments Side of the the plan is being considered As part of beattys strategy to rebuild the departments image which hit last year and which came under renewed attack in the past he gave no indication when he would make a decision on the As the former tory opposition Revenue department led the attack last year on alleged unfair practices by the the publicity from which helped damage the departments but the plan is also in response to recent criticism that the department has gone Back to the bad old Beatty he was referring to news stories earlier this month that the department refused to apologize to a Winnipeg woman after return ing her life savings which it wrong fully seized in november the along with two pieces of were seized from a Bank account after the woman son was arrested on drug ramp had told the Revenue depart ment they believed the Large account came from illegal drug Money earned by her Beatty said the departments poli even before he took Over As has been that where Apo Logies Are warranted they Are to be no no no my concern is that where you get allegations made about the depart ments activities weve operated in an abusive or an insensitive or a Way that is improper one of the departments problems is setting the record Beatty we cant do anything directly because of the confidentiality provi he under the the department cant make the information Public even if authorized to do so by the and weve got to find some Way of setting the record straight within the he Beatty said he is considering announcing a Standard procedure that the taxpayer would always have the right to request from us a Ottawa up a Survey of taxpayers last year confirms what most canadians suspected the Revenue department has an image the released by the department to the Canadian suggests that compared with 1983 and earlier years a smaller percentage of taxpayers believe the department treats everyone fairly or that it is approachable while a greater proportion say it Doest care about the Survey of conducted in May by the research firm International surveys of says that 45 per cent of respondents believe the department treats everyone Down from 54 per cent in sixty nine per cent said the department is Down from 73 per cent in and 29 per cent agreed it Doest care about up from 26 per cent in the Survey also found that Only 36 per cent said the Revenue depart ment is doing quite a Good Job and another 36 per cent said it is doing a fair ten per cent said the department is doing rather a poor seven per cent said a very poor and nine per cent said a very Eood it was the first time that the general image question had been asked so there Are no comparisons from earlier the Survey was done during a time of constant pub Lic including regular questioning in the about the departments tactics in collecting taxpayer the taxpayer Survey has been conducted annually for the depart ment since the and the report of the latest Survey said the decline in the Public image appears to have begun in while the report Doest say it suggests the decline coincided with the election of the former Liber Al Revenue minister Perrin Beatty said Friday the 1984 Survey of attitudes toward the department was the Low Point in terms of the Public perception of the that and the 1983 Survey pro Vides something of a Benchmark for us against which to measure our he referring to his stated goal of improving the image and the morale of the the who when in opposition led the conservative party attack on the departments statement of our Side of the Story a statement of the facts would go to the taxpayer with what Ever relevant documents were Nec then it would be entirely up to the taxpayer to decide whether to release it or if the press called they would know in Advance the response is we cant its against the Law for us to comment our standing procedure is that in arty Case any taxpayer asks us to put in writing our Side of the Story we do that and its strictly up to the tax payer whether he wants to make it available to the Media or said it is not surprising the Survey showed a marked deterioration in the Public attitude toward its too Early to say whether the Public perception of the depart ment has improved markedly since the election of the conservative gov he i can Tell you that in confident that if you conducted a Survey of tax specialists that they would say theres been a marked improve As part of his strategy of rebuild ing the image of the he said the department has already prepared the first draft of a tax payers declaration of he said legislation will be presented soon to reverse the current Law and treat a taxpayer who has a dispute with the department As inno cent until proven the 1984 Survey results noted significantly fewer people than in previous years believe that the department treats everyone that followed a warning in the 1983 results cautioning while attitudes toward the department continue to be reasonably positive there Are indications that some concern is being raised Over the issues of confidentiality and passport photos Scoter studios 21 locations to in Manitoba ready in 3 liquor store Selloff considered by tory up agriculture minister Dennis Timbrell says if he were the Ontario government would consider Selling its liquor Timbrell said in an interview yesterday s a f e was bake shop x i bulk All varieties Rye bread 450 g loaf each puff pastry package of 4s macaroons package of is 48 each that he might be con Vinced to let grocery and convenience stores sell Ontario Beer and the agriculture min on his final Campaign trip before on Tario conservatives Leader this said distributing spirits through govern control board1 of on Tario stores has worked but i think it could work equally As Well being managed by peo ple who have a person Al stake in those retail he i dont think government has to stay forever and a Day in every venture in which its million if the government got out of retail liquor Timbrell said Lobo employees would be Given the first Opportunity to buy the hundreds of stores across the last the Ontario government made More than million in Lobo one of four Ontario Cabinet minis ters running to replace Premier William said there would be a number of issues his government would carefully consider be fore making any changes in liquor Sale the biggest Issue is the social concern whether Sale of Beer and wine in local stores would increase con sumption and whether a new system would be Able to restrict minors from buying it is not the role of government to promote he prices effective All Winnipeg and Selkirk Safeway stores until close of business we Reserve the right to limit sales to retail All items available Only at Safeway inshore nobody but nobody has lower Overall prices than Safeway televisions video cameras finance Banks deposits All rent applies to Purchase ;