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Bill C-31 hands the CRA two new weapons for audits: a $50-a-day notice it can issue without going to court first, and a penalty worth 10% of your total tax for every year a court order covers. The agency that gives corre…
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The CRA has 48,774 employees. When the Auditor General called with basic tax questions, they got the answer right 17% of the time. This week the CRA announced layoffs, and the usual crowd is panicking about service. Our…
The Canada Revenue Agency touches nearly every Canadian's life. Every worker. Every business owner. Every retiree. Every corporation. But what happens…
$60,000. That's what the CRA demanded from a woman in Quebec because one of its employees marked her as an immigrant. She was born here — and the CRA…
Bill C-31 just cleared the House finance committee. It hands the CRA two new penalties. The first is a notice of non-compliance: $50 a day, up to $25,…
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