As faux natives they've never paid any tax in their entire lives.
None of it takes away from your overall point, but this absolutism is certainly untrue. (Unless there's additional Inuit exemptions that I am aware of).
They would've been exempt from provincial/territorial sales taxes but still had to pay federal ones on consumer purchases off reserve.
Same with income taxes. They would've paid provincial/territorial & federal taxes on any income earned off a reserve.
So they would've benefited from exemptions on things like provincial sales taxes and taxes on gasoline, but still would've been paying other sucker taxes.
Thank you, didn't know this. Sidenote, one thing I appreciate about this place (and your comment) is how corrections are mostly offered respectfully. Your response actually got me looking into the Indian Act and native tax exemptions to better educate myself.
Since they were claiming to be Inuit in the High Arctic but living down south, it's certainly possible that they managed to benefit from other Northern tax perks that I'm unfamiliar with.
I know the rules better for mainland Canada where the biggest distinction is on vs off reserve jurisdictions.
Given Inuits don't live on reserves AFAIK, there may be different idiosyncrasies how things work up in the tundra.
None of it takes away from your overall point, but this absolutism is certainly untrue. (Unless there's additional Inuit exemptions that I am aware of).
They would've been exempt from provincial/territorial sales taxes but still had to pay federal ones on consumer purchases off reserve.
Same with income taxes. They would've paid provincial/territorial & federal taxes on any income earned off a reserve.
So they would've benefited from exemptions on things like provincial sales taxes and taxes on gasoline, but still would've been paying other sucker taxes.
Thank you, didn't know this. Sidenote, one thing I appreciate about this place (and your comment) is how corrections are mostly offered respectfully. Your response actually got me looking into the Indian Act and native tax exemptions to better educate myself.
Cheers.
Since they were claiming to be Inuit in the High Arctic but living down south, it's certainly possible that they managed to benefit from other Northern tax perks that I'm unfamiliar with.
I know the rules better for mainland Canada where the biggest distinction is on vs off reserve jurisdictions.
Given Inuits don't live on reserves AFAIK, there may be different idiosyncrasies how things work up in the tundra.