Holyrood man fined $4,000 for not filing tax returns

Published on November 1, 2012; Published on November 1, 2012

Topics :: Canada Revenue Agency , Holyrood

A Holyrood man pleaded guilty Wednesday in provincial court in St. John’s for failing to file his 2009 and 2010 personal tax returns and was fined $2,000 on each of the charges for a total fine of $4,000.

The Canada Revenue Agency said in a news release today, Arthur J. Hickey is to pay the fine within 10 days and will need to file his 2009 and 2010 returns within 30 days.

The CRA says taxpayers who have not filed returns for previous years, or who have not reported all of their income, can still voluntarily correct their tax affairs. “They may not be penalized or prosecuted if they make a valid disclosure before they become aware of any compliance action being initiated by the CRA against them,” the CRA said in its release. “These taxpayers may only have to pay the taxes owing, plus interest.”

More information on the Voluntary Disclosures Program can be found on the CRA's website at www.cra.gc.ca/voluntarydisclosures.

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Loida

- November 1, 2012 at 23:42:41

Do anybody out there really think that because someone did not file their taxes for the past two years that this is newsworthy and that their name should be blasted up there like a common criminal? I do file my taxes every year and each year I get so frustrated with having to pay back taxes after already being taxed to the max....so I can certainly understand why people get fed up with our tax system and just do not file...not saying it is right or wrong...but frustration can drive people to do things that they would not normally do...I just think the middle man/woman takes all the crap for everybody else in society! Just sayin'

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