It goes unsaid that many sp's feel immune to the income tax scene, and indeed many get away with it for a long time until one fine day they are caught up with. Such is the scenerio with an SP who used to work in the Vancouver area and made reasonable money from a very few clients. I was a participant in her activity, and realized she was very private and with drawn about her personal affairs, and not aware of her total activity, so had no idea how much she made. Discussing income tax wasnt' the reason we got together. Our relationship lasted six years over which we got to know each other a lot better, and became friends of a sort. I became aware she had not filed her taxes for several years, but now needed to so that she could get a certain government benefit. She cooked up those unpaid years with several false returns and signed and filed them. I was not unaware of the extent of her false claims, but was aware that there were copious bank records, car purchases, expenditures on credit card and so on that denied the truth of her filed claims. Considering that the CCRA can without any notification or search warrant get into your bank accounts, and other records, there was no reason to believe she would not be found out if an investigation ensued. An investigation did ensue, and the only clue she had was that her benefit claim was delayed, once, then again, and finally after close to a year she received a call from the CCRS telling her the car was about to be taken and her bank accounts were frozen. True. She was also told that her activity was criminal and that she could get jail time, and a charge was being prepared. All this over the last month. At the present time, she is beside herself, not aware what to do next and really believing she may go to jail. She might! If convicted she becomes a criminal.
I had at one point advised her not to file false returns, but rather there was an amnesty window under the Income Tax provisions, and that she should use it. Being young, smart and knowing more than those more wise in these ways, she went on a full charge into crime.
Just a word to you SP's out there, got a bank account, got a credit card, got any financial records of substance that give away your income. Collect it all up and claim your income properly. A criminal record can be averted by owning up under the amnesty program, and straightening things out.
The sad part about this Sp in the story, she wanted out of the trade, got herself through school with the help of a few of us, got a certificate, got a good job, and was set to make a new life for herself. Within weeks of this job, she is being dealt with. I hope that in her dealings with the law, that some judge takes a kind look at those facts and sees she had rehabed herself into a life that some of us financed, and probably would not have the chance to cheat further anyway.
Likely many of you will read this and move on, doing nothing. Might be a bad move.
I had at one point advised her not to file false returns, but rather there was an amnesty window under the Income Tax provisions, and that she should use it. Being young, smart and knowing more than those more wise in these ways, she went on a full charge into crime.
Just a word to you SP's out there, got a bank account, got a credit card, got any financial records of substance that give away your income. Collect it all up and claim your income properly. A criminal record can be averted by owning up under the amnesty program, and straightening things out.
The sad part about this Sp in the story, she wanted out of the trade, got herself through school with the help of a few of us, got a certificate, got a good job, and was set to make a new life for herself. Within weeks of this job, she is being dealt with. I hope that in her dealings with the law, that some judge takes a kind look at those facts and sees she had rehabed herself into a life that some of us financed, and probably would not have the chance to cheat further anyway.
Likely many of you will read this and move on, doing nothing. Might be a bad move.
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