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Man Goes on $10G Tax Office Rampage
UPI ^ | 3/29/10

Posted on 03/29/2010 2:12:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Canadian commercial income tax preparation service in Vancouver was tidying up Monday after an enraged customer caused more than $10,000 damage.

Constable Lindsey Houghton told reporters the unidentified 52-year-old man showed up at the business Sunday afternoon claiming the company had made a mistake on a past income tax filing, although at a different location.

He was apparently unhappy with the staff's response to his complaint and began throwing furniture around the office, The (Vancouver) Province said.

He then began sliding his arms across desks, sending computers and monitors crashing to the floor, Houghton said.

As police officers arrived to arrest the man, they saw him trying to use an interior stand-up sign to smash the front window, the report said.

"Everyone would agree that income tax time can be stressful," Houghton said.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blamecanada; onemanriot; taes; taxes

1 posted on 03/29/2010 2:12:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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the unidentified 52-year-old man showed up at the business Sunday afternoon claiming the company had made a mistake on a past income tax filing

Did he get his 10,000 canadian dollars worth? What's that in US?

2 posted on 03/29/2010 2:15:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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...trying to use an interior stand-up sign to smash the front window

This part was good because it creates jobs.

3 posted on 03/29/2010 2:15:12 PM PDT by JimWayne
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To: nickcarraway

Someone is going to be double checkin their math from now on.


4 posted on 03/29/2010 2:15:32 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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He was apparently unhappy with the staff's response to his complaint...

Interesting. I wonder what that response was. It would've made more sense to react this way at the government office responsible for revenue collection. I'm pretty certain what their response could've been.

5 posted on 03/29/2010 2:19:05 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (We revolted against a king in England for much less)
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To: a fool in paradise; Clive

$9,800.

Ping.


6 posted on 03/29/2010 2:22:25 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: a fool in paradise

About $9,950USD.


7 posted on 03/29/2010 2:24:56 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: a fool in paradise

I’ll give you another year of Hussein and it will be about $12,000 US.


8 posted on 03/29/2010 2:28:07 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: nickcarraway
'began throwing furniture around the office, The (Vancouver) Province said. He then began sliding his arms across desks, sending computers and monitors crashing to the floor, Houghton said.'

Yeah. Sounds like my wife at tax time, which is why the dogs and I stay out of the den until she's done filling out our returns.


9 posted on 03/29/2010 2:58:36 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Where the hell can I get a court injunction to keep my own government out of my life?!?)
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Man Goes on $10G Tax Office Rampage

He went on a ten gigadollar rampage? Does this guy think he's Obama?

10 posted on 03/29/2010 3:09:59 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: nickcarraway
Fortunately, the man did not have access to a plane.
11 posted on 03/29/2010 3:12:32 PM PDT by verity (Obama Lies)
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***tidying up Monday after an enraged customer caused more than $10,000 damage. ***

I’ve wanted to do that at our local Dept of Motor Vehicles quite a few times! Now I renew by mail and I have found another DMV that doesn’t give me a hassle when I renew.


12 posted on 03/29/2010 3:45:38 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Obama's vision for America...Green shoots and skittles, where pancakes grow on fritter trees.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Imagine, that is what healthcare will be like now.


13 posted on 03/29/2010 3:47:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: a fool in paradise

Re post 2, it is about $9,900 today. Could be over $10,000 by Tuesday at this rate. Obamacare is kicking in.


14 posted on 04/01/2010 10:46:13 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Whoa, like I said, it’s Tuesday and $10,000 CDN is worth $10,000 US. If you started drilling for oil all over, your dollar would fly, but that’s not what Hussein wants.


15 posted on 04/06/2010 6:01:24 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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