Why Does The Little Guy Always Get Screwed

[@matthewandrews9052]

Covid? I remember that time on twitch during Covid when you streamed at night and you were hammered. That was epic. Here is $10 in income to report to Trudeau. You rock. Don’t ever change. 👍🏻

[@harrisonwickham7426]

such a nice gesture

[@scottmorse1798]

put that episode back up! make it a regular weekly remember when series!

[@ClausKellerman]

Thanks for your support buddy!

[@michaelcorall3282]

Guilty until proven innocent. Were all working for the gov. Question; Why do politicians spend millions To get a job that pays thousands??

[@greenzero3389]

Claus trying to convince himself and the taxman he does't sell goods, with a "Shop the Claus Kellerman Store" link below his videos showing mugs, t-shirts etc for sale 🤣

[@gadofegaas7424]

Lol common how much he makes from that 100 bucks a month

[@VetvsWorld]

The power you grant the government to do things for you, also gives them the power to do things to you.

[@tealwraith9045]

Canada was ckufed when they elected Castro, uh, I mean, Trudeau.

[@VetvsWorld]

@@tealwraith9045 I would have accepted Mao. Seems to be going around. 😡

[@m3chanist]

And your better idea is ?

[@MrJflagel17]

Really like when people cry for help and they are the only person alive on their team. Brilliant

[@nait5340]

holy cow, that elc player really pulled a rabbit out of their hat. very well played.

[@audioiconoclayst]

CRA (And yes i'm in Alberta) Keeps telling me I owe them twenty seven thousand dollars.But then when I ask, they don't know why?!Nor does my accountant...But they're withholding tax refunds and carbon tax rebates and everything and occasionally sending me in regular mail, threatening letters... It's a blatant shakedown, and these people are thieves. The Commonwealth of Western Canada needs to happen!

[@homelessEh]

typical liberal tyranny and abuse.. PAPA pp ftw Turdeau for the woodchipper!

[@frk3387]

Just write a letter to the CRA , and tell them you promise to vote Liberal in the next election , and you'll be fine

[@stephengraham1153]

Look on the bright side. At least the Canadian government didn't spend £37 billion on a track and trace system.

[@WadmanP]

@20:20 I'll never understand when the last guy standing calls for help.

[@ChasseurTueur]

he is UA, thats what they do

[@jonathanrickard237]

I'm not a supporter of the current gov't but your description of the CERB issue is mostly incorrect. The criteria was that the person needed to earn $5k in personal income in 2019 and not be working due to COVID in 2020, there were no hours requirements (a different program CRB had hours requirements). People who are being required to repay it mostly fall into a group which likely didn't earn $5k in personal income in 2019, but when CERB came out in 2020 they revised their 2019 taxes to show just over $5k in income so they would qualify. Some people were small business owners, who had previously used deductions to push their profit below $5k, and were now revising their taxes to show fewer deductions, others were likely tipped employees who claimed few tips in 2019, then later revised their income to show more tips. All of these people have a chance to defend themselves, but many have no evidence of their income. Many of these individuals either defrauded the tax system in 2019 and likely prior years, but were likely eligible for CERB when they revised/reduced their prior fraud, or defrauded the CERB program in 2020 by making up fake income to look like they qualified. Obviously, the CERB program was managed extremely poorly, and this outcome should have been fairly predictable, but a lot of the "victims" are really not victims.

[@dimwit7474]

... well 'splained .. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. ...

[@gbusrt6592]

Americans only paid personal income tax after 1913, how did the country suvive with out the gov earning from the gov is a total unfathomable

[@thomasfeiller2207]

Federal income tax is illegal. The Federal Income Tax act was never ratified. But no one has the money to fight the federal government so we just pay it to avoid jail.

[@vonn4017]

clearly you dint know history, income tax was to pay for WW1 but it worked so well ,they kept charging it. just like every other tax they said would be "temporary"

[@thomasfeiller2207]

@@vonn4017 I do know history. That act as well as the Federal reserve act were never ratified. Do you're research

[@albertsimcsak9169]

I guess nobody here really knows history because the income tax is actually created by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 to pay for the civil war and was not ratified to the 1913

[@chucksydlo776]

Feds make money off of oil and gas leases, mining leases. Look at Dept of Interior and BLM Bureau of Land Management. Sold land to citizens, still do. Just the money off oil and gas leases could make all Americans tax free. As American citizens our resources should be paying for our needs

[@AJ29430]

The Taxman cometh, or in these enlightened times Taxperson.

[@domberry1502]

He can f*cketh offeth too but he won'teth.

[@elLooto]

I prefer the gender neutral "

[@bjhtubewwd]

having lived in the states for a long time...and now moving back to Canada...i can see the differences...the left side of the government takes more than they give...in both countries...Trudeau needs to go...hopefully Canadians will have the nuts to get it done when election time comes around

[@robbyrocksoo]

One more thing I hate, is paying interest. Why? Because they don't have to show you anything for the money you give them. If Canada had a balanced budget, and I gave them tax money, they would have to show me what my money bought. Like here is the school we built with your money, here is the doctor we hired, etc. But now with interest, you give the government money, and they don't have to show you anything. Do we really know where this interest money is going? Really? Interest money, is money thrown out the window. It's almost like the governments all over the planet have their countries on the verge of bankruptcy. I assume that you have to know something about math to be a government financial advisor. Any advisor worth a grain of salt would say: Stop paying interest. Tighten your belts for a few years, live lean, and pay your debts off. Then all you interest payments are gone.

[@treadheadpete4770]

The little guy has been getting screwed since the dawn of time!

[@jensjensen2152]

its not about the littel guy is about race and fairness to the rich the world i crumbling

[@Swellington_]

@@jensjensen2152 oh is it about race? muppet

[@matthewandrews9052]

Govts don’t have revenue problems..they spend too much $. Make sense?

[@TheBitter73]

Or you know they actually tax their rich buddies instead of making taxes only work for the rich.

[@Knowbody42]

@@TheBitter73 Corporations get most of their power from the government giving them legal protections / stifling smaller competitors. Take away government power, and said corporations will automatically lose a lot of their power with it.

[@wvince111]

We haven't gotten the letter yet but I expect one anytime. I was fortunate to stay working because the company I work for was deemed essential. I made parts for ventilators. My wife on the other hand got the lay off notice from her employer. Funny thing is she was part time and qualified for CERB but made more on CERB than her job, which was eventually terminated because the business closed. I'm waiting for the government to realize that she was collecting more than she would have earned working. She is a smart one. She saved every penny the government paid and we lived off my pay cheque. Fortunate in one way that we were forced to stay home and could not go out and spend money on our 3 kids activities. Otherwise we wouldn't have been able to make ends meet. The government was very sloppy with handing out CERB. And now they want their money back without admitting they screwed up. The government offered free money. What do you think the masses would do? ACCEPT! Duh. This was a test run for basic income. See what's happening?

[@garygemmell3488]

Our tax system down here in the States can be a miasmic mess for anyone who does not hold a traditional job where you get paid on a regular basis and your taxes are automatically taken out. You would be considered an independent contractor for what you do with KZbin. KZbin would have to file a 1099 form with the IRS for all the income they paid you. Down here you would have to pay income taxes and both the employer and employee share of Social Security and Medicare taxes. The amount you would have to pay would be dependent on your net income after your allowable deductions. I was an independent contractor for about 15 years and never paid a dime in taxes. I traveled for every job I did which opened up a boatload of allowable deductions that whittled my tax liability to zero.

[@SpybotAF1]

My state audited all the little guys during covid when everything was closed so you couldn't get your records.

[@Knowbody42]

Or make money, because only large corporations were allowed to be open and do business.

[@TheBigCat2001]

Pappadonyea is not a word in Russian

[@dropforgedrats2448]

The nine most terrifying words in the english language, "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help."

[@radovanbundala9857]

Hey Klaus, ask CRA, if all those Serb employees who got charged for fraud returned the money or did jail time

[@cb3391]

Claus remember " In motherland , you dont spend money, money spends you" Papadanya!

[@danielfietkau733]

05:00 Not goin after the KV-R in that moment is where the Churchill VII lost it.

[@bedientvondeutschland1779]

Governments, neither in Canada nor in Germany are interested in the effort you have to earn some money! All they want to know is the amount of money your earn because they want to have their protection money!

[@Nimajneb78]

If they ordered people to stay home and removed their ability to provide for themselves, but offered a way they could make the bills while the people complied, it was a government caused problem. If the government doesn't have a way for the people to make the money back that they couldn't make because of the government caused problem, then the government should be stuck with the bill. I we make a mistake or a costly mistake, the government doesn't give us our money back and let us try again.

[@jack-xf6il]

Awesome ELC play. There are only 2 things you can rely on, taxes and Claus' humour :)

[@wimblonk]

No problem with that here in Europe. Some got a loan and have to pay that back. Everybody else just kept on working and receive their monthly pay from their employer in full since you have a contract with them. Employers did get loans to pay their staff and have to pay that back

[@Knowbody42]

If only the government spent as much effort auditing government spending as they did auditing people to collect more tax.

[@jeffhillstead3302]

4th.gen.Canadian here.. Taxes have been criminal for decades.. 😊

[@BlockGameMedia]

I bounced a KV-2 HE shell off the gun mantlet of my hellcat lmao

[@MedicatedOMO]

KV 2 had bad aim.

[@piotrbednarek8425]

I feel for you buddy! Hang in there!

[@domberry1502]

Ha the swimming KV2 made me chuckle! Two exceptional battles :D Cheers.

[@sergejodalovic]

The agency said it will only be taking legal action against those who have not responded or co-operated and who have been determined to have the financial capacity to pay

[@robbyrocksoo]

I am willing to bet that Revenue Canada spends more on the wages of the workers in many cases, than they get in tax money from us little minions.

[@michaeltalay3556]

ELC played a great game. Some very interesting bushes for spotting

[@chucksydlo776]

Funny, I would think that they would have to prove something recent, not force you to report for 5 years unless they had something recent. It would be nice to know if a Canadian tax lawyer would say.

[@soopafamicom]

They have the dream match up there. Everytime I take out a kv2 I get all tier 8's.

[@gadofegaas7424]

The only way for the taxes to not know how much money you earned is if get cash in hand otherwise they are working with banks banks will report everything if they ask them

[@Nexesys]

Im still waiting for my tax return back from 2023. I filed back in February. Its still being processed...

[@demis56]

It's illegal to ask money back , there are going to be law suits .

[@TheCondor254]

That KZbin tax is gonna be HUGH!!

[@clintonturner5545]

He finally got that big tank.

[@victorduffy4459]

I'm not Canadian, but I'm rooting for Pierre in your next election. That guy is a master at exposing reporters for the dishonest partisan hacks that they are.

[@dughuff8825]

Claus' alter-ego Pierre? Or some other one? 😂

[@tealwraith9045]

Claus, just tell them you're like an OnlyFans, but you don't have to take your clothes off. 😂

[@matthieugroot7844]

At least they admit you're guilty until proven innocent.

[@94ionut]

i'm so frustrated with the kv2 player just never warning any of his arty, or allies for that matter, that there was an m4a3 in the A line since he got shot from that general area... like god damn dude... just ping a few times

[@jeffms5068]

Hey Claus - Taxes! The bane of the common man's existence (who pays too much as a percent of their hard work) and the opportunity for even more grifting by the rich (who pay too little for the work they don't do). So, now you understand why we threw all that tea into Boston Harbor back in December of 1773. And of course, here in the good ol' USA, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service, i.e. the tax people, for you Canadian folk) has, for years, been starved of funding, so instead of auditing the rich - you know, where all the money is - most of the auditing has been of the middle class, where most of the money isn't. Doesn't seem logical to go after the people with the least money until you look at the makeup of our Congress - about 437 people in the House (lower chamber) and 100 in the Senate (upper chamber) - where about 30% of House members are lawyers and about 51% senators are lawyers. Does anyone know a lawyer who votes to increase their own taxes? Your "overpayment" problem has its analog down here as well. In 2022, a major scandal broke when our Social Security Administration (retirement benefits, disability payments, etc.) disclosed they had made huge "overpayments " and that while they had "recovered" about $4.7 billion, by the end of 2022, there was still $21.6 billion unrecovered. The problem? Many of the recipients were elderly, poor, or disabled and had already spent the money. They have little or no way of repaying it. As reported, by the time the government catches mistakes, years can pass, and the amounts it says people owe can balloon to staggering levels. Social Security beneficiaries struggling to make ends meet described being overwhelmed and panic-stricken by demands that they repay money they no longer have. And this situation was created by the very agency designed to be a safety net for the most needy. So Happy Trails pardner! Keep your calculator close.

[@billybobjohnroane1692]

Government - Administration of Control.

[@captricharddee3634]

A shoe maker? What a load of cobblers.

[@flukeman022]

20:40 what does the circular symbol mean right above the ammo and equipment icons? Thx.

[@1989Falkor]

New with latest update crew skills. Its either emergency or side by side.

[@flukeman022]

@1989Falkor Hi, I missed spelled. It's above not about. So it could possibly mean one hit kill? 🤔

[@johncodmore]

Tell Turdeaux to shove it. And a shout-out to Canada's Truckers!

[@666aron]

Respect for the people who still have a spine and a pair of hefty nuts.

[@Knowbody42]

Some people are still in denial about how much the Canadian truckers helped to push back against the tyranny.

[@larryselkirk426]

The audit needs to be a random sample Claus. That's why you.

[@robertwhitehead8671HMCS]

3 in my family last year in Quebec

[@xconnect61]

Isn't it nice that some government BUREAUCRAT somewhere can demand that you prove that what you reported to your lords and masters is what you said it was? Wait a minute aren't those guys supposed to be a public servant? Serving the people.... like you?

[@hansvanhemert845]

Great contest Claus Succes with the Tax ashols. Here in Holland same chit show..❤

[@RichardNixion357]

Mr. Toronto man, go away from my door You've got my wheat and canola seed, you're askin' me for more Better fly 'fore I produce my .44 This Cerb thing was Poorly conceived and implemented. At least in the US the Stimulus Checks had language set in stone that it was a gift not a loan. Back to Canada. Looks like if you made less than 12k a year on your 9-5 job or less than 5k a year as self employed you owe nothing to the Canadian Tax Man.

[@ivanivanis9129]

Awesome story with hiden metal box with cash! In Croatia (Europe) goverment gave 4000 HRK ( about 750 CAD per month) for program 'Stay at home ' during covid. Nonsense,just debth now.

[@goaway7346]

It may be true, but how true is it.

[@mrowcze]

Cash is your last stand of freedom....

[@the_answer_is279e5]

One thing is for certain... Death & Taxes Actually that's two things 🤷‍♀

[@disillusionedidealist3446]

Death and taxes my friend.

[@JohnBurnet1]

I missed the game too Claus and BTW we are getting screwed here in the UK too.

[@Melways007]

Hey Claus, when is your new range of cookware coming out?

[@larryselkirk426]

Canada audits five years right off the bat?

[@mikegord]

We call it Grab, Slash and Take in OZ

[@paulmarsili7518]

Luv u bud good luck with the freaking gov.

[@geoffreyjames3107]

Make the tax officers watch one of videos. You’ll never be hassled again. Not washing, you and your clothes to the interview. 😅

[@kylegorf8180]

Can you claim Bob's wages as a business expense???

[@alanalfaro1048]

Don't fell like the lone ranger, its the same way here in the US , its a catch 22 cheers

[@gord7025]

The government said that they wanted to get the money out quickly and had basic requirements that had to be met. There are lots of people that abused the system and applied knowing they didn’t qualify for the aid. There are also others that qualified but are being asked to repay. It’s a shit show lol.

[@2tone209]

AY UP CLAUS

[@inquisitorsquish5422]

well they trained you how to deal with them in the future

[@davidlabedz2046]

Condolences for your tax audit😮 We are entertained!

[@LowryYT]

isnt youtube revenue already taxed? i thought its automatically deducted

[@Dpixtion]

I am very sorry you have to go through this rid, if they think you’ve done something wrong, they should be the one that has to provide evidence and provide all the paperwork not you. That’s like the police rolling up to your house and you’re guilty and I need you to tell us what crime you did because we’re not gonna investigate I want you to present me all your crimes.

[@martinrpke5388]

Antiquated tax system.

[@eivindberheim126]

Less government now!!!!

[@HiddenInPlainSight386]

you'll get a 10K or 15K tax bill

[@johncodmore]

His HE is slower? The shell would have missed

[@bedientvondeutschland1779]

You are an international well known youtube star! Like AC/DC! You have billions at your bank acocunt!

[@davidgallimore9656]

Are OF content creators also being audited?

[@vincentwiddershoven2122]

Ave Claus. How is your house comming allong? 😁

[@harrisonwickham7426]

oh btw since you called them a name you probably have a file being compiled on you because now you are malcontent and a rebel that must be watched

[@aussiechris9111]

Claus taxed for selling dreams! 🤑

[@Gerry-K]

I would put money on it that One of your Fans ratted you out Claus!

[@matthewandrews9052]

Did Trudeau and the Canadian govt at least sub your channel? 🤔

[@kf0017]

What about your merch?

[@matthewschauenburg]

Made it till 17:51 before pausing to leave this comment and go watch Task & Purpose.

[@albertsimcsak9169]

Well hopefully he reports the money he made off his shirts and coffee mugs

[@kendale4638]

Good luck bro with the taxes

[@delboy1727]

I guess technically you're in the entertainment industry, so how do actors get taxed? Are they considered to be selling a service?

[@kenmayo6906]

Funny stuff 😂

[@ronaldschawo8971]

Claus, don't you sell tshirts and coffee cups??? Last time I checked those were "goods and services"........ Oooops!

[@jamesp1407]

😮Good luck. Hope your tax bs is resolved quickly and justly.

[@r.h.7633]

Good luck

[@wartoga4248]

Hey Claus, thank you, we are entertained by your 'services'. Good luck with the leeches

[@comicmania2008]

The last game was great. You should have Starmer in charge of your govt, think yourself lucky, he's throwing people in jail here, for shouty-hurty facebook words.

[@brizbizel]

sue them for "hurting your feelings" Claus! :)) maybe you are not "people kind" ... thus the audit :D All the best and gl!