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Here is a good article confirming that the DNSChanger virus (which you read about recently..see my previous blog post) and it will not be the end of the world:

and right at the end, you'll find advice about how to check your computer (I did this and it took less than 5 seconds)

'...So while we wait for an Internet Armageddon that will never come (at least not from DNSChanger), here’s something you can do (and have all your friends do, as well).

Go to the DNSChanger Working Group Detect site and click the link at the bottom for your language or country. (Because you’re reading this in English, you’ll most likely click through to the main DCWG test page.)

When you get to the DNS Changer Check-Up page, you’ll see a large graphic — if it’s green, you’re fine; if it’s red, you’re infected.

There are lots of DNSChanger-fixing programs out there. I’ve not run across any infected machines yet; but if I do, my first choice for cleaning them would be Windows Defender Offline, which I wrote about in my Jan. 5 Top Story.

Yep, this is one of the tests even your Aunt Martha needs to take."

This link was on Twitter yesterday.

It caught my eye and concerned me just a bit, so I did some checking:

http://www.dns-ok.us/

I've compiled a few links that you might find useful:
http://www.taxdetective.ca/whats_new_2012_1.html

Remember, incorporating limits liability. If the corporation has no assets, and no insurance, who will you go after?

Just because someone has put a corporate name on their invoice doesn’t mean they really are incorporated.  One way to check is to ask for the Corporate BN # used to report Corporate income taxes and payroll. Another is through the company registrar of the province/territory.

As child care providers a corporation may not be required to register for GST/HST if they are under $30,000 in taxable supplies and in some cases, their sales are exempt, so you won’t see a GST/HST # on their invoice.

Why check further?  Payroll liability, employment standards (things like vacation pay et al...) and Worksafe BC (or whatever your province/territory calls it, plus..Insurance because the company has limited liability.

Did you know you can validate a GST/HST # before filing a claim for an ITC that may or may not be legitimate. 

How well do you know your suppliers? If you were audited, and you had claimed ITC's from suppliers who weren't registrants, it could be very costly.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/bsnss/gsthstrgstry/menu-eng.html

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whtsnw/menu-eng.html takes you to the Site map for What's New.

If you click on the More What's New, you'll find What's new for charities, corporations, EFILE, Payroll, Seniors, SR&ED and Other...

It seems they have cut back the Archives to 6 months, where before there were multiple years you could look through. Times they are a'changing.

I guess we'll all have to check there more often now.

What started all this?  I clicked on something that I didn't know about and when I searched for it under Joint Venture, I couldn't find it again. Someone at CRA needs to add this to the Joint Venture webpage as it's pretty important info for Joint Venturers.

What's new for 2011 for Joint Ventures

CRA instructions on how to simplify your km log and your life.. ha!