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Canada - Court Update: R v Gibbs - The Newspaper Article
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Jun 10, 2003 17:44 PDT
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This is the article which I was referring to in the previous
email.
You can see what Mr. Watson & I were railing on about.
-----Original Message-----
From: TRD
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:50 PM
To: Sandra Gibbs
Subject: Bookkeeper fined for failing to file - Vancouver
Sun
http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=247fcce2-ebc4-414
c-8fd7-cbb017fd2777
Bookkeeper fined for failing to file tax returns
$4,000 penalty imposed in Vancouver provincial court
Neal Hall - Vancouver Sun - Tuesday, June 10, 2003
A Vancouver bookkeeper has been convicted of failing to
file income tax returns and fined $4,000, the Canada Customs
and Revenue Agency announced Monday.
Sandra Gibbs was found guilty May 23 in Vancouver
provincial court of two counts of failing to file her
personal income tax returns and two counts of failing to
file corporate tax returns for Count On Us Bookkeeping
Services.
The fines were imposed when Gibbs was sentenced Friday.
She was also ordered to file the two personal income tax
returns by July 31, or face further court sanctions.
In addition to any fines imposed by the courts,
individuals and corporations must also pay the full amount
of taxes owing, plus interest, as well as any penalties that
may be assessed by the Customs and Revenue, the government
agency pointed out.
"Honest Canadians should not have to shoulder the tax
burden for those who refuse to comply," said Kathleen
Keenlyside, Revenue Collections Manager for Customs and
Revenue.
The federal tax department collected $277 million from
the nearly 6,000 Canadians who voluntarily corrected their
tax returns last year.
Customs and Revenue encourages people who have not filed
tax returns or have understated their income to contact
their local tax services office. In setting the record
straight, they will have to pay outstanding taxes and
interest but will avoid civil penalties and criminal
prosecution.
A total of 87 Lower Mainland residents were convicted of
failing to file tax returns last year, resulting in $231,000
in court fines and 88 days in jail time. Fifty-five people
were convicted for the same offence in the Lower Mainland in
2001.
© Copyright 2003 Vancouver
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=683324200-11062003>This
is the article which I was referring to in the previous
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> TRD <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday,
June 10, 2003 1:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Sandra Gibbs<BR><B>Subject:</B> Bookkeeper
fined for failing to file - Vancouver Sun<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P><B>Bookkeeper fined for failing to file tax returns</B> <BR><B>$4,000 penalty
imposed in Vancouver provincial
court</B></CENTER>
<CENTER>Neal Hall - Vancouver Sun - Tuesday, June 10, 2003</CENTER>
<P> A Vancouver bookkeeper has been convicted of failing to
file income tax returns and fined $4,000, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
announced Monday.
<P> Sandra Gibbs was found guilty May 23 in Vancouver
provincial court of two counts of failing to file her personal income tax
returns and two counts of failing to file corporate tax returns for Count On Us
Bookkeeping Services.
<P> The fines were imposed when Gibbs was sentenced Friday.
She was also ordered to file the two personal income tax returns by July 31, or
face further court sanctions.
<P> In addition to any fines imposed by the courts,
individuals and corporations must also pay the full amount of taxes owing, plus
interest, as well as any penalties that may be assessed by the Customs and
Revenue, the government agency pointed out.
<P> "Honest Canadians should not have to shoulder the tax
burden for those who refuse to comply," said Kathleen Keenlyside, Revenue
Collections Manager for Customs and Revenue.
<P> The federal tax department collected $277 million from the
nearly 6,000 Canadians who voluntarily corrected their tax returns last year.
<P> Customs and Revenue encourages people who have not filed
tax returns or have understated their income to contact their local tax services
office. In setting the record straight, they will have to pay outstanding taxes
and interest but will avoid civil penalties and criminal prosecution.
<P> A total of 87 Lower Mainland residents were convicted of
failing to file tax returns last year, resulting in $231,000 in court fines and
88 days in jail time. Fifty-five people were convicted for the same offence in
the Lower Mainland in 2001.
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