. : BUSINESS stlegar to Surrey: What happens to your tax return Commenciig April 28th, 1986 DR. ERIC L. BEAUCHAMP 560 Boker Street, Nelson, B.C. Is pleased to ther of his Optometric practice to 543 Baker Street FOR'AN APPOINTMENT, KINDLY TELEPHONE 352-7263 1-800-332-4476 ARROW AUTO WRECKING Owned and Operated by Blackie Holdings Ltd. 24 HOUR TOWING & SERVICE Flames survive attack by Oilers second. The Flames backed off and let him move from the 2. All the tox returns are opened by machine and loaded into buckets to begin their journey through the ‘pipeline 1. At the Castlegar Post Of- tice your return is sorted and shipped off to the nearest regional taxation centre — in 3. if everything is in order 4. The computer assesses with your return, it is sent to your return and divides com- ‘data capture’, where an entire plete rns into two floor of clerks punch the in categor refunds and 4x4 SERVICE * Good selection of used parts * We buy used cars * Free pick-up of most unwanted cors * Most ports guaranteed 30 days * Buy ‘4 or less of new price (ports) With a two-goal lead and only one period to play, the games, didn't take long in asserting their offence. Flames tightened the defence in the third. That, combined your case Surrey The first step is to identity your formation into a return with a number, About 75 per cent of taxpayers get refunds. The tax factory: how it works By ALAN BASS OTTAWA (CP) — Hundreds of hands fly over keyboards in a blur. Some of the keypunchers’ eyes look a little glazed. A few listen to Walkman radios to ward off the boredom of the high-tech production line. It could be a factory almost anywhere. But the products rolling off this assembly line are tax returns. For four months every spring, Revenue Canada taxation centres become hives of industry as the taxman collects his due — more than $40 billion worth — from individual taxpayers. It's a massive job. Revenue Canada will process more than 16 million personal tax returns between the end of February and the beginning of June. By mid-April, Revenue Canada had received 8.6 million returns and processed just over five million Since 1962, most of the real work of checking and revising tax returns has been done by computer at Revenue Canada. The work done by human beings, mostly temporary clerks, is largely routine stuff. “It's dreary work, no question about it,” said Hank Legasse, Revenue Canada's director general of taxation. “One thing about a computer, it never gets tired of doing the same thing Over and over again,” he added. At the Ottawa taxation centre, the largest of seven regional taxation centres, returns arrive at the rate of nearly 80,000 a day by the peak period of April 30, the filing deadline. Upon arrival, returns are fed into a machine that slits open 15,000 envelopes an hour. Then the returns are loaded into buckets tobegin their journey through “the pipeline.” ‘Returns arrive at the rate of... nearly 80,000 a day by the peak period of April 30' First stop is the “initial assessing selection,” where clerks sort through piles of returns and separate them into new piles. One pile is for complicated returns, another for simple returns, another for returns with address corrections and so on. Then a clerk does a quick scan of your return and corrects any obvious mistakes, such as T-4 figures you forgot to write down. If you failed to include any receipts, your Weekly Stocks return ts dropped out of “the pipeline” and -you'lt get = tetter asking for a documentation. If everything is in order, the return is sent to labelling, where clerks spend their day fixing a numbered sticker on each return. Returns are then sent to “data capture,” where an entire floor of clerks mans hundreds of computers, punching the information on your return and thousands of others into the computer. Once the data has been captured, the computer assesses your return. All mathematical work is done by the computer. Of all the stages in the processing, this is the quickest If a problem crops up, the computer will reject your, return and you will get a letter asking you to send in additional information. Finally, the computer divides completed returns into two categories — refunds and assessments. Twice a week, the computer spits out completed returns on two sets of computer tapes. About 75 per cent of taxpayers get refunds. So far this year, the average refund is about $589. 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Although Edmonton didn’t get an enormous number of shots on him in the final period, the ones they did get were eighter screened or from point-blank range. None got by Bernon. The shots Edmonton took from the outer limits were, mostly blocked by a wall of red the Flames threw up in front of Vernon. Game 6 will be played in Calgary Monday. If a seventh game is necessary it would be back in Edmonton on Wednesday. With the first goal in each game being so crucial, the Oilers, winners of Game 4 in Calgary, came out hunting for the opening score. Just 90 seconds into the game Mike Vernon, back in the Calgary net after being pulled Thursday, made a sprawling, diving arm save off Glenn Anderson. The Oilers had the early advantage, establishing their skating game on the opening shift. 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LOUIS (AP) — Right winger Mark Reeds scored into the upper | right-hand corner with a wrist shot at 7:11 of overtime, giving St. Louis Blues a 4-3 come-from- behind triumph Saturday ni- ght over Toronto Maple Leafs and a 3-2 lead in their NHL playoff series. The Blues can wrap up the best-of-seven Norris Division final in Game 6 on Monday night in Toronto. A seventh game, if necessary, will be played in St. Louis. Reeds’ shot from the right faceoff circle, his second playoff goal, came on Ginol Cavallini’s setup to climax St. Louis’ comeback from a three-goal deficit. Behind Reeds’ game-win ner, St. Louis failed to convert an opportunity cre- ated by an open net early in the overtime and Maple Leaf Canada By MIKE RUTSEY MOSCOW (CP) — Team Canada died another death Saturday afternoon, once again a victim of self-inflicted wounds. The talk had been of win ning gold, but following a 6-5 loss to Sweden at the Palace of Sport, the best Canada can hope for at the world hockey championship is bronze To capture that prize, Canada must beat Finland on the final day of play Monday, Sweden meets the Soviet Union and the winner of that one takes ine ‘gold. The loss to Sweden fol lowed a-hauntingly familiar pattern It is the recurring night mare of mental mistakes and breakdowns by the defence which was responsible for five of the six Swedish goals. “It's so frustrating.” said Al Eagleson, the head of the Canadian delegation. “What hurts so much is that this year with the Czechs out, the silver was there for the tak ing “But the stupid mistakes just killed us. That's why those teams didn't make the Stanley Cup playoffs. You can see it right there out on the ice.” For the first time since he arrived, Canadian coach Pat Quinn looked glum and down. cast ‘We came here for the top prize, now we're playing for third place,” he said. “That's pretty hard to digest.” Canada fell behind early when an innocent shot by Michael Hjalm_ eluded goal tender Kelly Hrudey 52 sec onds into the game. After Mike Bullard tied it rookie Wendel Clark clanked a hard shot off a goalpost at the other end of the ice. Right-winger Rick Vaive sparked Toronto's early game dominance, scoring goals 11 minutes apart that sent the Maple Leafs to a three-goal advantage. Vaive's second goal, his sixth in eight playoff games, boosted Toronto's lead to 3-0 after 53 seconds of the middie period. The veteran forward, after rifling a 15-foot shot past St. Louis goalie Greg Millen at 9:53 of the first session on a power piay, left the ice with contusions to his right arm only to return at the start of the next session and make good on a setup from Tom Fergus. Gary Leeman also scored for the Maple Leafs in the first period as Toronto, while outshooting its opponent 15. playing for third’ at the 1:44 mark, left winger Dave Andreychuk’s errant pass at his own blue line led to a 2-onl1 break and a short-handed goal by Anders Carlsson. Andreychuk tied it at 12:44 but minutes later defence- man Phil Russell was beaten in a race for a loose puck creating a 3-on-1 and a pic ture goal by Lars-Gunnar Pettersson. Sweden went up 4-2 at 2:23 of the second period when Grant Ledyard stood and watched Jonas Bergkvist ga ther in a rebound and flip it into the net Dale Hawerchuk brought Canada to within one but Ledyard struck again, allow ing Thomas Eklund to move unmolested out of the corner and he relayed a goal-mouth pass to Thomas Steen who tapped it in. Sweden went up by three at 3:02 of the final period after Ken Daneyko was beaten along the boards and Craig Redmond failed to check the uncovered Petter sson. At 7:16, defenceman Jay Wells steamed into goalten der Peter Lindmark who had strayed from his crease. knocked the goalie flying and out of the game. It was later determined that Lindmark suffered a broken shoulder His replacement, Ake Lill jebjorn, took forever to get ‘on the ice and was shaky the rest of the way. Mark Hardy brought Canada back to life with a goal at 8:58 and Mar cel Dionne fanned the team’s hopes of a tie with a goal with three minutes to play In the final minute, Canada yanked Hrudey but could not pull out a miracle finish. “Most of their goals were 4, pressed the attack almost relentlessly. Only after Vaive scored a second time did the Blues stir. Greg Paslawski, first denied a goal by referee Andy van Hellemond when he hit the puck with a high stick, finally broke through against Leafs goalie Ken Wregget at 7:09. St. Louis maintained pres- sure through the remainder of the second period, closing to 32 at 13:42 when Ric Nattress whistled a shot past Wregget from the right point Early in the third period, the Maple Leafs outshot St. THEY'RE OFF . . . Kinnaird Junior Secondary School students charge Louis by 10-2. But the Blues, their backs seemingly at the first half of the period, regained their confidence lead at 12:35. McDonald put a long slapshot through * About two minutes later Otto made it a 3-1 just under wall, finally earned a 3-3 tie when Bernie Federko back- handed the rebound of Ron Flockhart's blocked shot past a prone Wregget at 1:28. the result of poor plays by our own guys when we had the puck,” said Quinn “That's what kills you the = most. “You have the puck’ and are thinking of creating a scoring opportunity and you turn it over. Boy, you kill yourself. “That's been the whole story of the tournament as far as we're concerned. We've killed ourselves. We haven't been beaten by out standing play by the opposi tion.” If Quinn was looking for an excuse, he could have men tioned the mounting injuries which left him with just nine forwards. Chiefs name GM SPOKANE, WASH. (CP) Bob Strumm of Saskatoon has been named general manager of Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League, the major junior team an nounced this week. Strumm, 38, succeeds Mare Pezzin, who served as both coach and general man ager of the Chiefs at various stages of the 1985-86 season Jim Loria, 31, was named director of marketing and public relations in the re organization of the Spokane : front office Strumm and Loria began their junior careers in 1977 with the WHL Billings Big horns and later worked to- gether in the WHL with Re gina P: The Chiefs will name a head coach later. RR Phillies edge Pirates NATIONAL LEAGUE PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rick Schu hit two more runs and Chris James's two-run homer, his first in the major leagues, broke a seventh-inning tie and gave Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 victory Saturday over slumping Pittsburgh Pirates. Mike Schmidt lined a two-run double during the Phillies’ four-run seventh and became the team's all-time Zruns batted in leader with 1,288. The previous record of 1,287 was held by Ed Delahanty The Phillies won their third straight in a four-game National League baseball series that ends today. The Pirates have lost five in a row since putting together a five-game winning streak Winner Charles Hudson, 2-1, gave up three runs on five hits in 7 1-3 innings. Trailing 5-2, the Pirates scored twice in the eighth on a two-out, RBI single by Bill Almon and a bases-loaded walk to pinch-hitter Mike Diaz by Kent Tekulve METS 4 CARDINALS 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) Len Dykstra's leadoff homer triggered a four-run first inning and New York Mets withstood St. Louis’ ninth-inning rally for their eighth straight National League baseball vietory, a 4-3 triumpth over the Cardinals Mets starter Sid Fernandez took a one-hitter and 4-1 lead into the ninth, but left after Willie McGee opened the inning with a single. Tommy Herr greeted relieved Roger McDowell with an RBI double, and Jack Clark followed with a run-scoring single that made it 4-3. Tito Landrum’s bunt single put runners at first and second, and Mike Heath then bunted into a forceout at third Jesse Orosco was summoned from the Mets’ bullpen, and Terry Pendleton hit the first pitch hard up the middle, but second baseman Wally Backman dove. backhanded the ball and started a double play that ended the game. Orosce got his third save The victory gave the Mets a 10-3 record, the best start in their 25-year history. The Cardinals suffered their sixth straight defeat, their longest losing streak since April 1984 EXPOS 4 CUBS 2 CHICAGO (AP) Mitch Webster's single drove home Tim Raines from second base with the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and sent Montreal Expos to a 4-2 victory over Chicago Cubs. Raines drew a one-out walk in the eighth from reliever George Frazier, who had taken over for starter Guy Hoffman to start the inning. Raines promptly stole second and easily scored when Webster singled to centre. Montreal's Mike Fitzgerald, recalled from the minors Friday, homered in the ninth off Frazier for an insurance run. Reliever Tim Burke. 1-0, got the victory. Jeff Reardon, the winning pitcher in Montreal's triumph over Chicago on Friday, worked 1 2-3 innings for his second save. Frazier lost his first decision of the season. INDIANS 3 YANKEES 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Pat Tabler continued his bases-loaded success with a two-run double in Cleveland's three-run first and the Indians beat New York 3-2, ending the Yankees’ six-game winning streak. Tabler now has 23 hits in 37 career at-bats with hte bases loaded for a .622 average and 56 RBI. Don Schulze, 1-0 gave up one run on four hits over six_innings—of_the American League baseball game. Reliever Scott Bailes took over, and the Yankees scored with two outs in the eighth on a double by Ken Griffey and a single by Don Mattingly Ernie Camacho replaced Bailes and got the final four outs for his fourth save. Camacho gave up a pair of walks in the ninth, but struck out pinch-hitter Henry Otto to end the game. The Indians’ first-inning runs came on four hits, a walk and a hit batsman against emergency starter Bob Shirley, who took over when Ed Whitson came down with soreness in his stomach and rib-cage area. WHITE SOX 5 TIGERS 4 DETROIT (AP) erry Hairston’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning drove in Carlton Fisk as Chicago White Sox edged Detroit Tigers 54 in an American League baseball game. Fisk led off the 11th by drawing a walk on a full-count pitch from Bill Campbell, 0-1, the third Detroit pitcher. Fisk stole second and went to third when Campbell bobbled Bobby Bonilla’s sacrifice bunt for an error One out later, Hairston hit a fly ball to right that got Fisk across with the deciding run. Bob James, 1-1, worked the last 2 1-3 innings for the victory. James was the fourth White Sox pitcher Ron Kittle homered twice for Chicago and drove in three runs. The Tigers tied it 4-4 in the eighth. Darnell Coles singled, took second on Larry Herndon’s grounder and scored on Chet Lemon's two-out single off Bill Dawley A’S 5 MARINERS 3 OAKLAND, CALIF. (AP) — Joaquin Andujar pitched one-hit baseball for six innings to get his second American League baseball victory as Oakland A's beat Seattle Mariners 5-3. 7 Andujar, 2-1, and relievers Steve Ontiveros and Jay Howell combined on a four-hitter. Ontiveros pitched one perfect inning and Howell worked the last two, yielding two runs in the eighth when Jim Presley singled and Ken Phelps had a pinch-hit home run. Andujar retired the last 11 batters he faced, following Bob Kearney’s line-drive single to left field opening the third inning. The Mariners scored a run in the first inning without benefit of a hit. For a third straight game, Andujar had to leave because of shoulder stiffness. The right-hander, a 20-game winner for St. Louis Cardinals the last two seasons, struck out five and walked one in his best performance so far with the A's. Motion cause. A similar run was held at Stanley Humphries Secon- ahead during onnual B.C. School Sports Milk Run held Wednesday. dary School. Donations from participants of the run went to Rick Hansen's Man in Castiews Phote by Chery! Colderbonk Nelson loses opener NELSON (CP) — New foundland’s Corner Brook Royals overcame jet lag and home-ice disadvantage to surprise the Nelson Maple Leafs 6-4 in the opening game of the Allan Cup senior hoc key final Friday night Steve McKenzie and Tim Cranston each scored two goals to pace the Royals be fore a standing-room-only crowd at the civic arena. Dan Cormier and Mark Jeffrey also tallied for the Newfoundland Senior Hoc key League champions, who connected on three of four power-play opportunities, The Royals held period leads of a 1-0 and 42. Nelson's scoring came from Rob Wright, Brian DeBiasio, Ed Cooper and Lee Keller Corner Brook goaltender David Matte made 23 saves while Randy Kirby blocked 30 shots for the Leafs in the chippy contest. After the game, the teams engaged in a five-minute pushing and shoving match before order was restored and players headed to the dressing rooms. Corner Brook coach Mike Anderson downplayed the effect of the 4' hour time difference, saying his players had a good night's rest Thursday night and “once you get to this level of hockey, adrenalin carries you alone.” “Luckily we had four or five guys going for us. Keller said of his team's loss “I think it's probably our worst game since we started the playoffs.” The entire final is being played in Nelson, home of the Western International Hoc key League champs.