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Ways to cheat: Geoffrey Hale, policy director for the Canadian Organization of Small Businesses, says store owners can evade the tax man by ringing up no sale and pocketing the cash
Ways to cheat: Geoffrey Hale, policy director for the Canadian Organization of Small Businesses, says store owners can evade the tax man by ringing up no sale and pocketing the cash

Ways to cheat: Geoffrey Hale, policy director for the Canadian Organization of Small Businesses, says store owners can evade the tax man by ringing up no sale and pocketing the cash

Date3/19/1982
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  • Ways to cheat: Geoffrey Hale, policy director for the Canadian Organization of Small Businesses, says store owners can evade the tax man by ringing up no sale and pocketing the cash
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128096F
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With scrap steel selling for half of what it was a year ago, dealers like Benny Stark have to recycle heaps of ingenuity to keep their businesses alive
With scrap steel selling for half of what it was a year ago, dealers like Benny Stark have to recycle heaps of ingenuity to keep their businesses alive
Spremo, Boris
10/13/1982
Unlikely halo: Fred Thompson stands beside supplies he has begged from businesses
Unlikely halo: Fred Thompson stands beside supplies he has begged from businesses
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
12/23/1985
Mobile man: Creating individualized jigsaw puzzles is Paul Simpson's main occupation these days, but he also custom-makes mobiles for businesses and individual customers
Mobile man: Creating individualized jigsaw puzzles is Paul Simpson's main occupation these days, but he also custom-makes mobiles for businesses and individual customers
Dunlop, Alan
3/30/1989
Pyramid power: Robert Ringwald, at the top of the pyramid, is only 22 but he has two thriving businesses -- a window washing firm and a monthly campus magazine for York University students
Pyramid power: Robert Ringwald, at the top of the pyramid, is only 22 but he has two thriving businesses -- a window washing firm and a monthly campus magazine for York University students
Russell, Jim
6/13/1985
His town: Thanks in part to Victor Lee's vision, Chinese businesses, such as herbalists, restaurants, grocery stores, even a fashion designer, line Gerrard St
His town: Thanks in part to Victor Lee's vision, Chinese businesses, such as herbalists, restaurants, grocery stores, even a fashion designer, line Gerrard St
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/27/1992
Afte losing jobs, some white-collar workers such as Frank Polan, above, decide to set up their own home-based businesses, most report being much happier with their new situations
Afte losing jobs, some white-collar workers such as Frank Polan, above, decide to set up their own home-based businesses, most report being much happier with their new situations
Mahler, John
2/3/1992
Show of strength: Hakan Colting, owner of Rent-an-Inflatable Inc., hoists an inflatable pickup truck to show off his company's product. Colting's firm, which operates out of his Newmarket home, supplies businesses with inflatables for use as advertisements.
Show of strength: Hakan Colting, owner of Rent-an-Inflatable Inc., hoists an inflatable pickup truck to show off his company's product. Colting's firm, which operates out of his Newmarket home, supplies businesses with inflatables for use as advertisements.
Russell, Jim
6/7/1988
Hidden benefit: Chartered accountant Steven Roth points out a generous tax break now available to small incorporated businesses.
Hidden benefit: Chartered accountant Steven Roth points out a generous tax break now available to small incorporated businesses.
Beaty, Keith
3/24/1982
It doesn't work: Ken McLennan, standing, with draftsman Everton Martin, says competitive bids on construction contracts -- intended to keep prices down for taxpayers and businesses -- have the opposite effect
It doesn't work: Ken McLennan, standing, with draftsman Everton Martin, says competitive bids on construction contracts -- intended to keep prices down for taxpayers and businesses -- have the opposite effect
Cooper, David
5/29/1980
Buy black: Lynrod Douglas, publisher of Blackpages, a directory of Metro's black-run businesses, brought the concept from Montreal, where he distributes a similar directory to about 30,000 people. In Metro, he plans to distribute 60,000 free copies. A sin
Buy black: Lynrod Douglas, publisher of Blackpages, a directory of Metro's black-run businesses, brought the concept from Montreal, where he distributes a similar directory to about 30,000 people. In Metro, he plans to distribute 60,000 free copies. A sin
Toronto Star (Firm)
2/23/1992
Slacking seizures: Tough times have forced commercial landlords to negotiate for back rent instead of evicting businesses - and that's hurting his business, says Al Stanley, who works with Dorie Wallace at Durham Balliff Services
Slacking seizures: Tough times have forced commercial landlords to negotiate for back rent instead of evicting businesses - and that's hurting his business, says Al Stanley, who works with Dorie Wallace at Durham Balliff Services
Irish, Paul
3/20/1992
Electronic Pages: Victor Garcia filled his mainframe computer with information about businesses from Metro area Yellow Pages. His operators use the information to telll callers about goods and services near their homes.
Electronic Pages: Victor Garcia filled his mainframe computer with information about businesses from Metro area Yellow Pages. His operators use the information to telll callers about goods and services near their homes.
Beaty, Keith
11/17/1986