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At the end of the tax year, Revenue Canada office sent an inspector to # W9 |) X: |3 }6 C4 S. A2 T* }
audit the books of a local hospital. While the auditor was checking the . N @: |; u9 D; R1 e- r
books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a5 U, L7 s0 n, t( u/ `" j! k
lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too
( b/ I/ B% G! ~$ G4 p little left to be of any use?"
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& \9 N X: A2 [/ h "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to
& d. {4 m) t7 O& g4 S( I the bandage company, and every now and then they send us a free box of
) R! M- i9 W* | bandages."
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"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual & V2 I$ f5 j3 v/ N/ M% D0 {# H2 |
question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way. % t) G4 x$ @6 r
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left ; u4 U* f9 l9 F+ e! h$ p
over after setting a cast on a patient?" , {7 G# o. t3 O" x
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"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to
4 M# f& N) g' c* Z( X7 ] trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to % b V* A$ P$ ?6 G' N/ `& C
the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of
6 B3 J5 E8 q9 }4 j plaster."
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"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster
8 L3 r8 L/ B' S the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the 6 M. F. A) i- U) L: L9 G
leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
& L3 D1 B' q, ?* Q "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all 9 `& b1 u7 q+ W) G1 T( I+ K
the little foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a
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