—so we're going to go somewhere else.
You're not a victim, Mr. Carr, but we will go somewhere else.
Mr. Lee, I have a question for you, and it does have to do with the economics, but it also has to do with the public policy.
I'm working in a business and I'm buying a $40,000 piece of equipment. It's my business. The person I'm buying from says they have a bonus this month and they're giving back 2% cash. I take the $800. If I don't declare it, I've just committed an offence under the Income Tax Act, if I'm trying to deduct the whole forty grand.
Or I'm the employee of somebody's business and a client says they've got a special this month and they can deliver a flat screen TV worth $800 to my cottage if I'm buying this particular piece of equipment. If I do that, I've committed a fraud on my employer.
We've just described how much fun it is to get bonuses, to get the 2%, and why not 4%? How do you deal with that, in terms of public policy, when you've got a lot of people.... I have a friend who's a medical professional. Last year he took a $25,000 trip all on points—hotels, everything—because everything he buys in his medical practice, a lot of equipment, he puts on a credit card. Last year that amounted to about $25,000, for a couple million bucks of purchases.
Where is that money accounted for, and is it taxed? Or is this just an entry-level kickback scheme that society has decided they're going to accept?