nucklehead Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kpmg-canada-revenue-agency-receptions-conferences-1.3540285 Quote Senior enforcement officials from the Canada Revenue Agency were treated to private receptions at an exclusive Ottawa club, hosted by a small group of influential tax accountants that included personnel from KPMG — even as the firm was facing a CRA probe for running a $130-million tax dodge in the Isle of Man. The two soirees took place at the posh Rideau Club in 2014 and 2015, at the same time Canada's tax agency was in confidential talks with KPMG over its refusal to hand over the names of its multimillionaire clients who used the offshore scheme. The CRA wouldn't confirm who attended the events, and none of the known industry or government attendees contacted by CBC News would talk about them. The Rideau Club operates under a code known as the "Chatham House Rules": to encourage open discussion, you can't reveal what others say at meetings. The CRA also has strict dictates against wining and dining its staff: Employees must "not accept gifts, hospitality, or other benefits that will, or could, have a real, apparent or potential influence on your objectivity and neutrality in performing your CRA duties." Gifts of alcohol are banned, and anything worth more than $50 must be flagged. The agency wouldn't answer specific questions about what hospitality was offered at the Rideau Club, where the menus for private receptions at the time included such sumptuous fare as scallop ceviche, duck rillettes crostini and herb-roasted rack of lamb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Those dodgy accountants! Gotta watch out for them. We are going to take over the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hmm. I'll admit it makes me more hesitant to apply there. I'll probably still do it and see if they'll give me an offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Definitely no conflict of interest would happen at something like this. Move along folks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 7 hours ago, Shift-4 said: Those dodgy accountants! Gotta watch out for them. We are going to take over the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Corrupt CRA officials? This is nothing but a conspiracy theory, our leaders would never let this go unpunished. I always pay my taxes and look forward to the great social programs headed my way, and because I know without a doubt evading taxes never goes unpunished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I will be offering thousands in a week to help with the bar tab. yay gvt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 1 hour ago, SaintPatrick33 said: Corrupt CRA officials? This is nothing but a conspiracy theory, our leaders would never let this go unpunished. I always pay my taxes and look forward to the great social programs headed my way, and because I know without a doubt evading taxes never goes unpunished I don't know if this post is sarcastic or if it's naive. Anyone can be corrupt, including leaders of state. Evading taxes has been a problem everywhere in the world. Nobody really wants to pay it, especially those who could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 50 minutes ago, Dazzle said: I don't know if this post is sarcastic or if it's naive. Anyone can be corrupt, including leaders of state. Evading taxes has been a problem everywhere in the world. Nobody really wants to pay it, especially those who could. Finally my friend dazzle, something we can agree on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 You expect the leaders and politicians to fix this when in our own BC government stuff like this is happening? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/christy-clarks-salary-being-topped-up-by-donations-to-bc-liberal-party/article29767196/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Don't blame them, CRA is an unorganized dump unfortunately. Good that the Liberals are starting to pump more money into it as they're able to collect more in return from tax evaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 7 minutes ago, LuckyLuciano said: Don't blame them, CRA is an unorganized dump unfortunately. Good that the Liberals are starting to pump more money into it as they're able to collect more in return from tax evaders. Do you go to H & R block or use Ufile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, SaintPatrick33 said: Do you go to H & R block or use Ufile? Just download one the free programs listed on the CRA site. If your returns basic why pay H&R Block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPatrick33 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just now, LuckyLuciano said: Just download one the free programs listed on the CRA site. If your returns basic why pay H&R Block. Free programs? mang i been paying for ufile all these years... thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I remember this offshore loophole, and I know of another one too which I won't be posting here, and I was like that's legal? Yep. Wow, okay. If you're wealthy and know the right people you can virtually pay 0 tax. Specifically if you own your own business. If you own your own business you can pay yourself with paying not a single dollar of tax,personally. The only thing is it's only possible if you're company is really profitable. In short its like you give us your money we give you a loan that isn't taxable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 On 4/30/2016 at 9:43 PM, Shift-4 said: Those dodgy accountants! Gotta watch out for them. We are going to take over the world Did you hear about the accountant who was constipated? ....he worked it out with a pencil.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 'CRA treated sores resulting from a private anal probe' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewismyname Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 When i was appealing a 2000 penalty for acidentally not seeing a second t4 in the email from my employer, i notified the cra of the fact that I would have had an more of a return had i reported it (I have over 150 extra taken off my pay as a form of savings which was enough proof it wasn't a malicious action). The cra officer, in a page long response, refused to even acknowledge this fact and proceeded to remind me of the 200 dollars i failed to report the previous year from some casual work and my failure to report the ten dollars of rrsps i had to withdraw to close my account. I also reminded them that 2000 dollars is more than two weeks pay for me and as a single man it would put me behind drasticly in my finances which wasn't the type of penalty for the average joe while drug charges are regularly thrown out of courts. The fact they wouldn't even touch on the rational and basically just listed the offences and declined to appeal showed me the types of 'civil servants' we have workingfor us in the cra. This story doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 7 minutes ago, Drewismyname said: When i was appealing a 2000 penalty for acidentally not seeing a second t4 in the email from my employer, i notified the cra of the fact that I would have had an more of a return had i reported it (I have over 150 extra taken off my pay as a form of savings which was enough proof it wasn't a malicious action). The cra officer, in a page long response, refused to even acknowledge this fact and proceeded to remind me of the 200 dollars i failed to report the previous year from some casual work and my failure to report the ten dollars of rrsps i had to withdraw to close my account. I also reminded them that 2000 dollars is more than two weeks pay for me and as a single man it would put me behind drasticly in my finances which wasn't the type of penalty for the average joe while drug charges are regularly thrown out of courts. The fact they wouldn't even touch on the rational and basically just listed the offences and declined to appeal showed me the types of 'civil servants' we have workingfor us in the cra. This story doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Sorry to hear what you went through. It's quite a shame the way the Revenue Agency attracts the little fellow, simply because they know the little fellow is easy prey, yet the large corporations with law firms get away without paying their fair share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewismyname Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Im all for industry Im not only for the little guy it was rather the individuals choice to not use his power to give this guy a break as to teach me a lesson, when it was an honest mistake. Shows the personality of their workers and their superiors failure to ensure they are working for the ones paying their wages Also it was the first time i had ever received two t4s from the same year and he could of checked so much. Add to this all, the cherry on top was he didnt even list his name only his title so i couldnt report him haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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