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There are two organisations that I fear: - Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) - Department of Fisheries and Oceans (long story) I do not fear CSIS, the RCMP, or the
by afreak 13y ago
There are two organisations that I fear:
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans (long story)
I do not fear CSIS, the RCMP, or the CSE oddly.
The CRA (like the IRS) will make your life a living hell if you do not file properly. I was once a member of a not-for-profit organisation that was shutdown by the CRA due to the incompetence of its treasurer. The treasurer refused to file on a yearly basis under the guise that it wasn't necessary. It was difficult to remove the person as it was a three-person body that ran the NFP company with a directors board underneath to handle all other affairs--I had several years in the directors board.
Looking back it was a dumb structure but it made sense at the time at least.
Eventually the CRA got wind of our not-filing due to our status as a corporation under the Business Corporations Act in British Columbia, and thus seized all assets and shut it down. It recently rebirthed as a non-profit organisation (with people who do know what the hell they're doing), but it left a good friend of mine almost in a compromised financial state, another person unable to get a business of their own due to disqualification from tax credits, and another person (the treasurer themselves) ended up going AWOL.
Don't fuck with the government body that wants your tax dollars even if you don't have to do anything more than fill out a one-page form.
- cperciva 13y agoThe CRA (like the IRS) will make your life a living hell if you do not file properly If you don't file at all, sure. If you make the occasional mistake? Not really a problem -- the CRA just phones up and asks you to clarify the situation. I've had my tax returns fixed this way several times, without any penalties or even paperwork required.
- afreak 13y agoInnocent mistake? Probably going to be fine. Not filing because you're clueless? Different story.
- raldi 13y ago> Department of Fisheries and Oceans (long story) Oh no, don't you dare. You cannot just say something like that and then just leave the entire Internet hanging.