ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoHe followed a debunked conspiracy theory to claim a tax refund. So why did the CRA agree to a $40M payout?www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkHe followed a debunked conspiracy theory to claim a tax refund. So why did the CRA agree to a $40M payout?www.cbc.caValueSubtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agoSeems to me the obvious thing here would be to check and see if the money had actually been paid to the government, and if it hadn’t, to a) begin fraud charges and b) get that money back.
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days ago Of the money the CRA had wrongly paid out, $4 million had already been transferred to other banks or spent on purchases. good luck to the government
Seems to me the obvious thing here would be to check and see if the money had actually been paid to the government, and if it hadn’t, to a) begin fraud charges and b) get that money back.
good luck to the government
Seize everything.