Newsgroups: can.general
Path: utzoo!utgpu!tmsoft!mason
From: mason@tmsoft.uucp (Dave Mason)
Subject: Re: income tax tips #18: "But they let me claim it last year!"
Message-ID: <1989Jan30.121016.29269@tmsoft.uucp>
Followup-To: can.general
Reply-To: mason@tmsoft.UUCP (Dave Mason)
Organization: TM Software Associates, Toronto
References: <1989Jan11.095319.12575@lsuc.uucp> <1989Jan16.105305.5278@utzoo.uucp> <1989Jan29.173547.25428@lsuc.uucp>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 89 12:10:16 GMT

In article <1989Jan29.173547.25428@lsuc.uucp> dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman) writes:
>...
> An audit
>needn't be feared.  Also, note that even if an auditor reassesses
>you adversely, there are avenues of appeal both within Revenue Canada
>and to the courts which can be pursued.

An article in Sunday's Toronto Star talks about a recent study by some
law types at Osgoode Hall & UofToronto.  It points out that even if
you are caught, the courts will probably treat your $100,000 tax
avoidance (or even tax fraud) much more favourably than some other
hienious economic crimes (like a welfare mother not reporting the
$200 extra she gets a month delivering papers to extend her welfare
payments so she can live and still care for her children).

The study also claims that 1 in 4 people do cheat to some extent on
their taxes.

	../Dave