The Pathfinder End of Season Statement
Payments
The Bill shows what payments camp has received for your camper.If you made a Deposit, then a Balance of payment, it will show both of those.
Expenses
The Bill shows the basic Camp Fee in US or CN funds depending on which currency your family paid.
Tuck Deposit
The Tuck Deposit is part of the total payment you made. It is held on account for your boy, covering his purchases and incidental expenses during this camp session. These are listed below as Various Expense Lines.
PST tax
The PST is the Provincial Sales Tax. Pathfinder collects and pays 3% of fee for PST.
GST tax
The GST is the Goods Services Tax. Pathfinder collects and pays 7% of fee for GST.
*If you are from outside Canada, and wish to recover this amount as a tax rebate, visit the Parent Info. page of the website and click to obtain the Tax Rebate application. Use the Pathfinder final billing statement and a Canada Revenue form to submit your request for tax rebate.
It is not guaranteed that the rebate will be awarded, but it's worth a try.
Tuck Deposit Credit
The Tuck Deposit Credit shows how much tuck money was on account for your camper.
Various Expense Lines - all shown in Canadian funds
Park Lease Tax - every family pays 4% of the basic Camp fee to Algonquin Park.
Tripping / Trucking - when your camper goes on canoe trips, any vehicle transportation to or from the trip is charged equally among the members of the trip. Any overnight camping permits are charged by Parks Canada to camp for each member of the party; your tuck bill will include your son's overnight fees (generally $4.50 to $6.00 depending) and an equal share of the guide staff's fees (generally $8.00 nightly divided 4 - 8 ways).
*Trucking charges can be quite high for older campers, such as Ottawas and AAs.
Their long trips often involve long truck transports or train fares with canoe freight.
Laundry - laundry is offered weekly at camp. If the boys are in-camp they can drop off laundry at the Kitchen dock one morning, and collect it the next. Each camper's laundry is washed separately and kept with his own laundry bag. The service comes from Huntsville. We are charged roughly $8.50 per load washed, folded and delivered. A camper's laundry charge per bag may vary depending on its size. Most boys have a couple of laundry's per session. Older campers may only have one because they're on trip.
Gear / Candy Store - Parents sometimes call Sladds, shocked that their camper ate $200 worth of candy! Actually, this account covers a multitude of things. Gear / Candy Store includes candy bars or lifesavers, letter paper and envelopes, postage, candy store dry goods such as books, pamphlets, toothbrushes and soap, batteries and flashlights, ball caps, t-shirts, sweatshirts, water bottles, Park maps, etc. etc. The Camp yearbook called Camp Trails is automatically billed to this account at $40cn and is mailed home in winter for each camper.
Of course any gear ordered for the camper, such as sleeping bag, life vest, dry bag, or paddle is billed on this account.
Transportation - this is the cost of any van or motor coach ride(s) the camper took to or from camp. For example, the bus trip from Buffalo to camp this year was $68.75cn per camper. Van shuttle to and from the Toronto Airport, or from Buffalo at Two-Weeker Changeover is billed similarly. Total cost is divided equally among riders for that trip.
Miscellaneous / Medical - this line is for medical bills such as doctor's visit, hospital treatment, or prescription med.s for your camper. Receipts from these are sent home so you can recover part or all of the expense from your medical coverage. The Misc. items here are generally tiny: a trip meal is bought at McDonald's, or an ice cream treat from Bartlett Lodge on Cache Lake. CITs may draw petty cash and that is shown on this line.
GST - This is the GST charged only on certain of the above expenses.
Tuck balance (cn) - this is the remaining credit or balance owed in Canadian funds.
xUS conversion - each summer we set a conversion rate based on exchange rates for June through August. This year it was .80 to bring Canadian funds to their US equivalent.
If you're a US family or from overseas, we make this conversion to give you a final balance in US funds. If you're a Canadian family, we omit this calculation and show your balance in CN funds.
Balance Due Camp / Credit - it's one or the other: a positive balance you owe Camp, a negative balance Camp owes you. Amounts under $5.00 either way are waived.
If you have multiple brothers attending, each sibling after the first camper is credited $100us or $150cn at this point. This is a hand-written notation by Sladds.