In Canada it’s a common argument as to why the CRA goes after waitresses for unclaimed tips and similar trivial cases, versus tackling high-net worth and corpor

In Canada it’s a common argument as to why the CRA goes after waitresses for unclaimed tips and similar trivial cases, versus tackling high-net worth and corporate tax evasion/fraud. It comes down to dollars recovered per agent hour as a metric for the government. The average joe can’t afford to tie up the CRA in court for years with high-paid legal teams, which means that their KPI results are negatively correlated with the financial resources of their target. Why spend years potentially recovering millions when you can spend minutes recovering hundreds or thousands with virtually no risk?