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From: Canuck57@nospam.com
On 10/11/2011 2:31 PM, Viejo Vizcacha wrote:
> On Nov 10, 4:24 pm, simplicity wrote:
>> On Nov 10, 11:25 am, Alan Baggett wrote:
>>
>>> Revenue Canada mistakes created tax mess for dying woman : CRA SOTW
>>
>> CRA applying interest on the amounts that they send to people by
>> mistake is not a new thing.
>>
>> Something similar happened to the friend of mine. He was laid off by
>> Nortel and collecting EI. For a reason I do not recall - I think he
>> was late with his biweekly report, his EI was suspended for two weeks
>> or so. He ignored it and did not appeal because he was in the process
>> of accepting the offer. After few months, he found extra $800
>> deposited to his account. When he called SC, he was told that this
>> amount is a "correction" - some $970 in total minus income tax
>> withheld as usually. After few more months SC called him and said that
>> the "correction" was a mistake and he has the overpayment of just over
>> $1000. Why $1000? Oh, it $970 plus 12% annual interest compounded
>> daily on the outstanding balance. The balance they created!!! How
>> about the tax withheld? - he asked. Oh, you will receive T4 and claim
>> it with your next return - he was told.
>>
>> This is the quality of those intellectual giants who work for the
>> government bureaucracy. Each of them, no doubt, passed the strict
>> qualifying exams.
>
> The funny thing with this type of disputes with Revenue Canada is
> that, if you go to court, most likely you will win, but the cost of
> going to court will be several times the amount in dispute. So, you
> either accept your loss, or dispute, win, and then lose a lot more.
Good point, and we know they screw over people for $20-100 here and
there all the time.
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