SimpsonWigle Law LLP Tax News

I’ve just published a permanent page to my blog on voluntary disclosures.

A few months ago, I wrote a post complaining about how the CRA tends to go after the taxpayers who get the caught in the middle of tax schemes rather than the schemers themselves. Karen Cooper has written an interesting piece on a set of cases where the CRA went after both the schemers and the taxpayers.

The following article appeared in a recent edition of the Hamilton Law Association Law Journal.

The police execute a search at your client’s house. They find pot plants and a large amount of cash. They seize the cash and charge your client with trafficking, and he is later convicted of that crime. (more…)

Mr. Mortensen was convicted of tax evasion in respect of some commissions he earned but failed to report. He filed an appeal with the Tax Court, and the Crown responded by bringing a motion to dismiss the appeal. The taxpayer, the Crown argued, shouldn’t be permitted to contest the tax owing and the gross negligence penalties imposed in respect of amounts for which he had been convicted of evasion. (more…)

Ok, so you make some rather large ‘mistakes’ on your tax return, and you end up owing the government a lot of money. What’s the worst that could happen? (more…)