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   Revenue Canada wrongly took $11K from me: Carleton student  :CRA SOTW   
      
   Heather Gilberds was taxed a quarter of $45K in scholarships after submitting   
   incorrect paperwork   
      
   CBC News   
      
   An Ottawa woman says the Canada Revenue Agency took $11,000 out of her bank   
   account for scholarship money she didn't have to pay taxes on because she was   
   a full-time student.   
      
   Heather Gilberds is a PhD student at Carleton University, and received more   
   than $45,000 in scholarships in 2010.   
      
   Because she was a full-time student, she didn't have to pay taxes on the   
   scholarships, but she didn't file the right form when she initially filed her   
   taxes through H&R Block.   
      
   Gilberds has since been reassessed and repeatedly submitted the proper form,   
   but CRA continued to claim that Gilberds owes $11,000 in taxes for the   
   scholarship money.   
      
   She went back to H&R Block four or five times in 2011 and 2012 to deal with   
   the CRA and resubmit the correct forms by fax and post. The agency repeatedly   
   told her she either hadn't submitted the proper form or it hadn't received it,   
   she said.   
   Gilberds received another notice in late January and decided to bring it to   
   H&R Block with her in April when she filed her taxes for 2013.   
       
   For three years, Ottawa student Heather Gilberds has been trying to fix a tax   
   filing error that resulted in the Canada Revenue Agency taking $11,000 out of   
   her personal savings account. (CBC)   
   The senior manager for the H&R Block branch called the CRA to complain, and   
   Gilberds said she thought the issue was resolved.   
      
   About two weeks later, $11,000 was removed from her bank account.   
      
   H&R Block manager calls case 'outrageous'    
   "I went into my bank account to pay some bills, and I noticed that there was a   
   legal demand payment ... and $11,000 had been withdrawn from my personal   
   savings account," Gilberds said. "So I called my bank and they informed me   
   that the Canada Revenue    
   Agency had taken $11,000 out of my personal savings account."   
      
   The CRA is now reassessing Gilberds's file for the sixth time since 2010. She   
   said she'll be speaking with a tax lawyer to find out what she should do next.   
      
   H&R Block files show that Gilberds had resubmitted the correct form several   
   times over the years.    
      
   "When she came back this year, I tried to rectify that again. I think her   
   balance owing is to the tune of $11,000 to $12,000, and that's really   
   outrageous when it's something that should have been fixed automatically. When   
   your tuition gets applied and    
   you're a full-time student, all your scholarships are tax free," said Martine   
   Guertin, a manager at H&R Block.   
      
   The CRA said it cannot comment on specific cases.   
      
   They did, however, provide a statement saying if a taxpayer disputes their   
   assessment or reassessment, he or she can file a notice of objection.   
      
   If the two sides aren't able to come to a mutually acceptable agreement after   
   90 days — or no objection is filed — the CRA can take legal action to   
   collect money owed.   
      
   The CRA said its policy is to warn the taxpayer in advance, either in writing   
   or by phone, that funds are being taken out of the taxpayer's account.   
      
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