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Do you ever get a cheque from the government for roughly $54.00 every few months? What is it for?

― JesusMaryChain, Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

gst

― anthony, Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

i haven't gotten one in such a long time! wtf

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Is there a specific name for the cheque?

― JesusMaryChain, Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

The reason I'm asking is because I lost it and am wondering if the government will cancel the old, then issue me a new one.

― JesusMaryChain, Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

yes they will, if you call

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

WTF? Free money for living in a country with free health care? WHERE DO I SIGN UP?

― Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

you're just a ferry ride away, Jon.

― hstencil, Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Right, but what is this money for?

― Lil' Fancy Kpants (The K is Silent) (ex machina), Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

drugs

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

hahah. I've never heard it this. Does it exist in Quebec? gimme!

― Elliot (Elliot), Sunday, 11 April 2004 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

It's Canada-wide, and it's a rebate for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as mentioned above. It's set up so that the more you earn, the more you get back up to a certain point, under the assumption that you're spending more on goods and services, and therefore deserve a bigger rebate; at about $30,000/year though, it just stops arriving at all because apparently you've made it! Yay! I think it tops out at something like $75 quarterly.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 11 April 2004 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a checkbox that you have to tick off when you submit your Income Tax, authorizing the government to give you GST rebates if you qualify. If you don't tick it off, you don't get the money.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 11 April 2004 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

if you're an American and you spend more than $300 on certain goods in Canada, you can get a GST rebate too.

― hstencil, Sunday, 11 April 2004 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

also, if you lose your quarter down the sewer, our government will send you a new one free of charge.

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 11 April 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

if you have non-Canadian license plates, though, the government of Winnipeg will tow your van.

― hstencil, Sunday, 11 April 2004 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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