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You cannot avoid paying
the taxes you owe by not filing a tax return, or by not reporting all of
your income. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) uses a variety of tools to
identify non-compliance and take action to address mistakes or tax
cheating.
The CRA is committed to
promoting the integrity of the tax system through a number of compliance
activities. In 2006-2007 the CRA:
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identified a total
dollar value of non-compliance of about $12.7 billion
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obtained more than
800,000 returns from taxpayers who had not filed their returns
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made almost
820,000 adjustments to individual tax returns after comparing
the information reported by taxpayers with data filed by third
parties (such as employers)
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reviewed more than
6,400 businesses to ensure that they were maintaining proper
books and records
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conducted over
393,000 audit and review actions including 20,635 underground
economy audits and more than 1,300 investigations of taxpayers
suspected of earning income from illegal activities
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undertook legal
action that resulted in the conviction of 1,266 taxpayers who
had not filed tax returns or not registered for GST/HST
More information on the
compliance and enforcement activities of CRA undertook in the past year
can be found in the 2006-2007 Annual Report to Parliament available at
www.cra.gc.ca/annualreport.
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This information presented is only of a
general nature, may omit many details and special rules, is current only as
of the published date, and accordingly cannot be regarded as legal or tax
advice. Please consult our office for more information on this subject and
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