03-04-2018, 01:03 PM
(03-04-2018, 12:47 PM)creative Wrote: I coach club basketball and drive to practices 3 times a week and out of town to weekend tournaments all over the province. I volunteer my time and am not refunded for my expenses. I am ok with this but if a mileage tax was added to my travel I would probably stop volunteering. Multiply this times the number of coaches and managers across all sports. If fees on sports are raised to compensate coaches you shut out more and more kids from being able to afford to play.
So you'll volunteer so long as you aren't forced to see what it costs you.
All of this mileage you're putting down has real actual costs to you as well. The real cost to you for depreciation, maintenance, and fuel is going to be at least 30 cents / km. This is a real money that you're paying every time you go drive a km. The result is going somewhere just 100 kms away would cost you around 30 dollars. Obviously this depends on your vehicle, driving habits, etc. but it is real money out of your pocket.
Are you telling me that now I've pointed this out too you, you're going to stop volunteering? Or is a mileage charge on top of that just too much? Or is it something about it being a bill from the government that causes your volunteering to dry up?