You're Not Gonna Believe This..........
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No, my fault, but was thrown off by the having dual residences.
Typical situation when you move, is to be done with the prior one, yeah?
The further details pretty much clear the picture a lot, eh?
Best of luck with the bureaucratic foolishness of BC Govt policy!
Cheers
Trev
BigUglyMan
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They wouldn't have to worry so much about taxes if they could ditch their boat fetish. Could have saved around $50 Million last year if they could put aside dreams of having a "Sailing Ambassador" (whatever the #### that is supposed to mean) and a ferry sailing from nowhere (Yarmouth) to nowhere (Portland).
nowarningshot
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Challenge the course. Very similar to the firearms course, someone with your experience could pass it while passed out or hung over.
Years ago i worked in retail, one of the best forms of id was a paid bill, showing your address. One would think that a paid property tax bill or telephone would count for something. Could possibly get a doctor, lawyer to write you a letter...get it notorized.
Like everything else here, wildlife fees are simply tax farming for general revenue. Non of the money collected goes for wildlife. They could really care less about your competence so long as the fees keep coming, which is why the trouble proving residency. My brother was born here, but after moving to Ft Mac for a few years....a non resident Moose tag was $250 and he needed to get a accompany permit. PITA
Years ago i worked in retail, one of the best forms of id was a paid bill, showing your address. One would think that a paid property tax bill or telephone would count for something. Could possibly get a doctor, lawyer to write you a letter...get it notorized.
Like everything else here, wildlife fees are simply tax farming for general revenue. Non of the money collected goes for wildlife. They could really care less about your competence so long as the fees keep coming, which is why the trouble proving residency. My brother was born here, but after moving to Ft Mac for a few years....a non resident Moose tag was $250 and he needed to get a accompany permit. PITA
Yup, challenge the course. If you were near here I'd just invite you over, you could write the test in about 20 minutes, convince me you knew how to not shoot yourself or others and I would give you your CORE papers.
I don't think you need to be a resident to write the CORE exam, but you do need to be one to apply for a Hunter #. When you meet your residency requirements, you have your CORE already to go.
Only time it gets complicated is making sure that you meet residency requirements every year.
I don't think you need to be a resident to write the CORE exam, but you do need to be one to apply for a Hunter #. When you meet your residency requirements, you have your CORE already to go.
Only time it gets complicated is making sure that you meet residency requirements every year.
ICBC legislation, when you move to BC you must change your vehicle insurance to ICBC within 30 days of entering BC, you must also change your drivers licence to BC within 90 days. If your in an accident in BC and you have not done this, you are in contravention of the ICBC act.
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This applies to any province, IF YOU MOVE THERE, however I actually reside in both places over the year and I do not work in BC so it is perfectly legal for me to retain my Yukon license and plates and insurance. This does make B.C. residency very difficult to prove though, which is the problem, not whether I am conducting myself legally.
BigUglyMan
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Just remember...This Isn't Africa!
bearkilr
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So you'd like to be a resident of the Yukon for tax purposes and vehicle insurance, but a BC resident for the hunting opportunities. I don't think it works that way, but good luck.
Pretty much how I read it..... somebody wants their cake and wants to eat it too! Pick a place to 'live' and deal with the consequences.
B.C. Resident means:
(a) a person who
is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, whose only or primary residence is in British Columbia, AND
has been physically present in British Columbia for the greater portion of each of 6 calendar months out of the 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of making an application under this Act or doing another thing relevant to the operation of this Act,
(a) a person who
is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, whose only or primary residence is in British Columbia, AND
has been physically present in British Columbia for the greater portion of each of 6 calendar months out of the 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of making an application under this Act or doing another thing relevant to the operation of this Act,
I'm not trying to hold resident hunting licenses in both places, which would be "having my cake and eating it too" and it is not as simple as picking a place and living there........My work and my businesses are in the Yukon where I still maintain a full time residence out of necessity, AND I live in B.C. for over half of the year and choose to do so and maintain a full time residence here........Like I said before no one is scamming anyone nor am I trying to do anything illegal for any benefit to me. I cannot work in the Yukon with B.C. plates on my truck and I do still work there, therefore I have to maintain my license and insurance in the Yukon, and by the way it is not cheaper.........my wife's Mercedes is cheaper to plate and insure here in B.C. so there is no benefit there for me, it is out of legal necessity for as long as I work in the Yukon.
I do not now nor have I done my taxes for many years, my accountant does. He knows the tax laws and knows my situation inside out and he does what is in my best interests WITHIN the tax laws of this country. I can also tell you that the tax laws pertaining to business owners are considerably different and more complex those pertaining to wage earners.
And no jaydog, I'm not trying to do anything crooked or shifty, the life I live right now is not out of choice, it is out of necessity and I take great offence to you implying I am trying to scam anyone or do anything illegal, immoral or unethical.
If you aren't interested in reading any of the previous posts, then don't bother posting stuff that has already been discussed like you actually have something to contribute.
bearkilr
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You have to be present for a period of over 6 months in a province to be classed as a resident, that applies to all Canadian provinces as far as I know. Obviously, this is impossible to do in one calendar year. That's all we're saying here.
Donny Fenn1
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wait til you try and get a fishing licence and you run into their "specified waters" crapola, where you pay for a licence and then pay a day rate because you aren't a permanent resident again becasue revenue canada or your healthcare number says you aren't.
even though you pay twice the property tax of the "locals" that move to Mexico for the winter, and probably live/work there more than most of these same "permanent residents"
they do not make anything easy that is true
even though you pay twice the property tax of the "locals" that move to Mexico for the winter, and probably live/work there more than most of these same "permanent residents"
they do not make anything easy that is true
Y'know what, I think, and like as not Rev Can will too, that the key to what you just said there is plain as day. " I live in B.C. for over half of the year".
If you have two residences, one is the primary, and that is the one that matters.
You may feel otherwise. But it's your money on the line, as well as your right to own a hunting licence, drive a car, etc.
Once your Primary residence is determined to be NOT the place you have roughly half your licenses/insurance/etc. all the ones that are from the 'other' place are invalidated and will cause you no end of fiscal misery. Check the price of a ticket for driving with invalid insurance, or an invalid drivers lic. Packing a resident License while you are not a resident, makes you hunting without a valid license. Expensive. And gets you removed from hunting for several years, yeah?
Face it. You didn't pack up a container load of trophy taxidermy to be able to put it in the summer cabin. You moved to BC. Welcome! You no longer qualify as a Yukon resident.
I'll stick with my original thoughts on this, now that the picture has been made clearer.
In my opinion, you are setting yourself up, with this belief that somehow your situation is different than anyone else that moved and still has ties back to where they came from.
By my read, you have 90 days from the time you moved to BC to switch your license, or it is no longer valid. You are not a student, nor are you just visiting.
And you might want to check with Rev Can directly as far as taxation residency requirements. It is you, not the accountant, that gets to pay the bill when it all comes tumbling down.
No matter how you try to talk it around in circles, it boils down to this. " I live in B.C. for over half of the year" That statement is the one that makes you not a Resident of the Yukon any more.
Cheers
Trev
