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Originally Posted by puckluck2
You still aren't getting it. The guy did not ask to be paid under the table. He wrote them an invoice without a GST number which is totally normal. Even if it is mandatory for that company, it has nothing to do with tax evasion. The guy did not ask for GST without a GST number, he only wanted what he was supposed to be paid so if he's not collecting GST and under 30k then he is not evading taxes.
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Read the post and entire premise again.....
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Originally Posted by Potty
I work in the construction industry and hired a guy to do some subcontract work, who I didn't know at the time was a freeman. On the purchase order I sent him, it said he needed an active GST number in order for any payments to be processed, which he obviously didn't read.
Fast forward two years and he stops by the office every couple weeks to rant and rave and yell at me for not paying him and I tell him to give me the GST number per the purchase order he received and I'll cut him a cheque on the spot. He obviously won't do it because the government will immediately garnish the payment to cover unpaid taxes, so we go round and round in circles with no end in sight.
It's a pretty decent chunk of cash, like 3-4 months salary. I almost feel bad for the guy but then I look at the government deduction on my pay cheque to pay for all the services that he takes advantage of for free and I get over it haha.
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1) The guy is a freeman who doesn't believe in paying taxes which was unknown by the contractor until after the contract was awarded.
2) He was sent a purchase order specifically outlining the need for a GST number to receive payment.
3) Once he gets a GST # he will receive full payment.
What's the problem here? The guy is willing to pay him, once he plays by federally mandated laws. It would be no different, than me asking my employer, to pay me in full as a regular, non contracted employee, and let me worry about paying the taxes on my own. It's not going to happen.
If he hates paying tax so much, he should not have accepted the job, as having a registered GST number was disclosed to him as a condition to receiving payment, prior to starting the work. And it is obvious now, since he refuses to get that number, that he is hiding something. Any contractor that is collecting under $30k/yr in revenue in this city is either a horrible contractor, or blatantly hiding something. People working at Tim Hortons full time are earning that nowadays.