I suspect my landlord is not paying tax on my rent

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Locke

First of all, the CRA does have a whistle-blowing hotline. Secondly, they almost never take it seriously.

For every honest whistleblower there are 100 people with ulterior motives such as attempting to 'screw' a previous employer or former spouse or whatever.

Sorry, I wanted to clarify this point:

For every honest whistleblower, there are 100 people who want to use the reporting service for their own benefit, to screw someone else, whatever, but you also have to remember something very important:

Even the honest whistleblowers rarely have any evidence other than a 'hunch' or any form of confirmable information. This is a big reason as to why most of these claims are dismissed out of hand, the reliable reports and information the CRA receives through this method every year number probably in the single digits while the number of calls is likely in the thousands.

Further, most of those calls probably come from the 'nosy neighbours' type of people who again, dont actually know anything, they just suspect.

Tax information is kept private and confidential, so reliable information on transgressions of others held by regular citizens is so rare as to be deemed irrelevant. Not to mention the methods by which that information is likely to have been obtained would make it more dangerous for the holder to reveal than it would be to the person implicated and by extension probably inadmissable in any case.

[Shazam]

Give him a break, he's a freeman!

[Traditional_Ale]

I think everyone in this thread needs to eat some Chicken and Waffles and chill the eff out.

[Ramsayfarian]

Years ago, I used to work in an office where a few of us regularly pranked each other. One time I was asked to help with some payback on a co-worker who had phoned another co-worker's house and convinced his wife that they one the home lottery.

I had a female friend leave him a voice mail saying she was from Revenue Canada and that he better get his papers together as he was being audited.

Needless to say that had the desired effect. After a few days of watching him sweat, we let him off the hook, as he was about to hire a tax attorney, but not until I had another friend phone him up and tell him his audit had been moved up to the next day.

He got me back though. I left my email unattended one day and he sent an email to the entire department from my account announcing that I was starting to procede with a sex change and would be dressing as a woman from now on.

[Flames_Gimp]

pretty dirty move agreeing to a cash deal and then ratting him out

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by 4X4

When I call Locke, I'll get him to write off the losses the business takes from the ###### tenants that let their dogs chew the baseboards.

I'll do the same for my losses from my tenants kicking apart my fence and punching holes in the walls every week.

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

I'll do the same for my losses from my tenants kicking apart my fence and punching holes in the walls every week.

Slumlord?

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

So, at least 4 times. Maybe more.

And your point being?

Originally Posted by FlaminFeva

Wow First Lady if you are going into politics please inform us so we can steer clear of voting for you. I can just imagine how many 'investigations' (beit CRA, border crossing, CSIS, hell even the FBI and DEA would probably end up being employed by your investigative team) we'd have on our hands eating all our tax dollars up. lol. Wow, just wow.

Nice exaggeration. All the same, yes, I can be a bit of bulldog....

Originally Posted by kipperfan

She ran for alderman in this past civic election, and lost.

Jane Morgan's the name, lets all make sure we remember her posts in this thread if we ever see her name on another ballot, god knows I will.

I'll help you out. I've put a permanent link to this thread on my blog. In fact I will probably personally direct many people to this thread. I'm one of the few in this thread who's real name "is out there". I don't post anything I wouldn't be willing to say or repeat in public. Can you say the same?


And thanks to Locke for a balanced and knowledgeable response.

[pylon]

nm

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by pylon

Trevor Majeski says yes, I can say the same.

Also emoticons are not neccesary for punctuation of every sentence.

And I would say that to you in person.

I like your glasses, Trevor.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I like your glasses, Trevor.

Whoosh?

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by pylon

Whoosh?

Looked you up on Facebook.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by First Lady

I'll help you out. I've put a permanent link to this thread on my blog. In fact I will probably personally direct many people to this thread. I'm one of the few in this thread who's real name "is out there". I don't post anything I wouldn't be willing to say or repeat in public. Can you say the same?

I knew that the only reason you even participated in this thread was to gain brownie points with your followers.

JANE MORGAN DOES NOT LIKE TAX EVASION! VOTE FOR JANE MORGAN!

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by puckluck

I knew that the only reason you even participated in this thread was to gain brownie points with your followers.

JANE MORGAN DOES NOT LIKE TAX EVASION! VOTE FOR JANE MORGAN!

LOL, yeah that's it. I like coming here to be verbally beaten up for brownie points.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Looked you up on Facebook.

lol, I thought I set my profile to private. I have nothing to hide anyway. With all the tickets I have sold here, and all people I've met, there have gotta be 20 or 30 people at least that know where I work and who I am.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by First Lady

LOL, yeah that's it. I like coming here to be verbally beaten up for brownie points.

Verbally beaten up on CP

What you've said in this thread would make you look like a hero to most voters come election time.

JANE MORGAN STANDS UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES! VOTE JANE MORGAN!

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by pylon

lol, I thought I set my profile to private. I have nothing to hide anyway. With all the tickets I have sold here, and all people I've met, there have gotta be 20 or 30 people at least that know where I work and who I am.

Haha it's private don't worry. I could only see your profile pic.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by puckluck

I knew that the only reason you even participated in this thread was to gain brownie points with your followers.

JANE MORGAN DOES NOT LIKE TAX EVASION! VOTE FOR JANE MORGAN!

I think it is a pretty safe bet that most people don't like tax evasion. I also think most people really wouldn't bother reporting a 'possible' case of tax evasion like this, for any number of reasons stated in this thread.

Also, my identity is a click away in my sig.

[JustAnotherGuy]

Originally Posted by First Lady

And your point being?

....

My point being that you might a complainer rather than a fixer. That you have a low level of flexibility and understanding.

I was pretty tired of all of the election signs as well but I didn't phone 311 3 times in the few weeks that they were out. I knew that it would be over once the election was over.

Did you phone the candidate who owned the signs first?

What are some other reasons that you phoned 311? Did you talk to the people affected first?

[CrusaderPi]

I'm pro tax avoidance though.

I've always wondered what percentage a "cash only" business like Peter's Drive In reports. I think the only number you could name that would surprise me would be 100.