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   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   Roy wrote:   
   > On Jul 12, 7:31 am, Alan Baggett  wrote:   
   >> How Brian Mulroney Encouraged Tax Evaders in Canada - Part 1 : CRA   
   >> SOTW   
   >>   
   >> Strange to think that a former Canadian Prime Minister and veteran   
   >> lawmaker would embolden tax evaders in Canada. But that's exactly   
   >> what our ex-PM did. And the sad thing is. is that neither he nor the   
   >> Canada Revenue Agency has yet realized the deleterious effect Mr.   
   >> Mulroney's devious display is having on a once law-abiding Canadian   
   >> public.   
   >>   
   >> To set the table, I worked for Canada's Revenue Agency for a number   
   >> of years and, during that time as a public servant, it was very rare   
   >> to hear a taxpayer threaten to 'go off the grid' and 'not pay taxes'   
   >> - though some indeed did threaten to do exactly that.   
   >>   
   >> After quitting the CRA, I penned Canada's best ever tax publication -   
   >> the Tax Collector's Bible - and have helped thousands of Canadians   
   >> win their CRA battles. But, of late (the last couple of years), I   
   >> have noticed an unusual trend. As a private citizen helping others   
   >> with their tax problems ONCE it was rare to hear someone say that   
   >> they were not going to declare their full income on their tax   
   >> return. Or perhaps not bother to file at all.   
   >>   
   >> But no longer is hearing such a threat rare.   
   >>   
   >> And I trace the increase in these threats back to Brian Mulroney and   
   >> the Airbus affair.   
   >>   
   >> And, not only are some Canadians threatening to declare/pay less than   
   >> the Income Tax Act mandates, they are also commonly asking where can   
   >> they stash this undeclared income to keep it away from you know who's   
   >> prying eyes. Brian Mulroney split his undeclared income in a safe at   
   >> home and in a safety deposit box in a New York bank. But this is a   
   >> remedy that does not suit all Canadians.   
   >>   
   >> Now I want to say for the record that I never tell folks to declare   
   >> less than what they have earned and I do not tell them to hide   
   >> undeclared income. But if someone comes to me asking for an   
   >> explanation of how the CRA works or if they have a tax question about   
   >> this or that I will do my best to honestly answer that question. What   
   >> they do with that answer and that information is their business, not   
   >> mine. I just give them the facts.   
   >>   
   >> The one thing I do ask people who make these threats and ask these   
   >> questions is: "What are you going to do if you get nailed?"   
   >>   
   >> And they usually reply with words to the effect 'Mulroney did it so   
   >> why shouldn't I?' If I think that they're (the CRA) on to me then   
   >> I'll just come in and make a declaration and get a deal like Mulroney   
   >> ('pulling a Mulroney' is what this is popularly called). Either that   
   >> or I'll just go bankrupt.   
   >>   
   >> NEXT WEEK: What did Brian Mulroney do to encourage tax evasion in   
   >> Canada?   
   >>   
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   >> Alan Baggett -http://taxcollectorsbible.com/- Tax Collector's Bible   
   >   
   > ==   
   > We all know what BM did. What we don't know is why he didn't get about   
   > six years in prison for doing it.   
   > ==   
      
   We know why. He had connections and made deals and knows where the bodies   
   are buried.   
      
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