I’ve complained before about crooked preparers who file false expense or donation claims for (sometimes) clueless taxpayers. The taxpayers get the refund, pay the preparer’s fee (which is often pretty generous) and then are reassessed for the bogus claims (with gross negligence penalties being thrown in for good measure). I’ve complained that the preparers seem to get away with it. They take off for parts or countries unknown with their ill-gotten fees, and the (sometimes) clueless taxpayers are left holding the bag.
Of course, the CRA likes to publicize the cases where it does chase the crook successfully. Here’s a case where the CRA extradited a preparer from Italy so that she could serve her 10-year sentence and pay her $699,608 fine.
