I recently did my taxes and came across a credit I hadn't been aware of. For residents of my Province, monthly bus passes can be written off in a proportion towards your total tax credit. Anything I can do to not pay so much to the taxman is cool with me. So the wheels have been turning.
When gas reached a $1.25 a litre this week and with the news that its only going to keep creeping to over $1.50 by mid summer it would be stupid of me not to take this opportunity to save at the pumps and at the taxman.
The downside - I hate our public transit system in my city. The buses come at odd times and where we live to get to the centre you have to seriously plan your day the night before.
My morning routine is to hit snooze 5 times, drag my butt down the stairs to a nicely brewed cup of coffee, jump in the shower and grab my lunch and breakfast on the fly out the door. If I do start commuting on the bus I'll have to set the alarm a half hour before I do now. NOT hit snooze at all. Hustle my butt out the door. What I loose is time with my daughter in the morning and the afternoon. I will loose that precious hour.
I'm trying to convince myself of the plus side.
- save money at the pumps, only use the car for evening kid based activities and groceries.
- environmentally responsible
- tax write off
- time to read a book
- meet 'different' people
- less wear and tear on the car
- did I say environmentally friendly.... I'm really working here
- I can sit with my spouse who is working his way up to this commuting thing.
- the weather will be nice. I can't quite bring myself to wait for a bus in a snow bank at minus 20 just yet.
So in the near future... I'll be joining the masses.
I can also probably afford a tank or two to head to the cottage this summer. Win win really.
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