The casino of wisp with the tax office
Valérie Dufour
The Newspaper of Montreal
07/05/2007
Winnings in raffle are not imposed in Canada.
1,2 million who passed in transit Privileges of a player on the card find themselves counted in his incomes.
Holder of the card Privileges casino, be wary! The tax office has access to expenses counted on this tool of promotion of Lottery-Quebec and he can use it to make you pay the levy. A lot of levy.
It is what learnt with stupefaction Luke (fictitious name) on March 29th of this year by opening a letter of Income Canada. In the missive, the federal agency points out to to him that he skipped to declare 1,2 million dollars in incomes.
Made in a store of pieces of furniture, this resident of Montreal made the object of a check for 2001s in 2004. According to the documents which were delayed to him by the tax office, the counting of not declared incomes is principally based on "reports" of its expenses of casino.
How Returned Canada laid the hand thereupon? Knowing that Luke was tenured of the card Privileges casino, the interviewer in the file asked Lottery-Quebec for notings down of operations and the state society delayed him documents.
« The getting of information of third parties is part of the power of check on the Agency which am enchassé in law on the levy. Can be applied verbally or written », specified the spokeswoman of the federal agency, Kareen Dionne.
$30 000 wage
Luke supposes that he went in a regular manner to the Casino of Montreal at the beginning of 2000s, but he swears that his annual income is 30 000 $ and that it has never hidden incomes from the tax office.
« It is not small sums about which they speak here. Let us see therefore! This does not have common sense that the tax office uses this card to calculate additional incomes », he says by adding that he sometimes let members of his family and of knowledge to use his card to collect more points.
Besides reporting the activities of Lottery-Quebec in the file, Luke supports that the tax office wanders by deducting that sums compromised on the card of points come from hidden incomes. « They can put 200 $ and earn 1500 $ and play again it immediately. »
Well brought up penalty
The tax office is not of this opinion and claims the levy owed on $1,2 M of not declared incomes, that is about 240 000 $. In this sum, informs the federal interviewer in the letter of March 29th, will add a penalty « equal to 50 % of the increase of levy attributable to this omission ».
« It is clear that I shall go bankrupt if I have to pay this sum », Luke accepts ingenuously. To help it to take out of this financial quagmire, it delayed its file to tax specialists. « They used the card Privileges casino to trap it. It is disgusting. Lottery-Quebec should inform his customers of inherent risks in the use of their card of fidélisation », underlines a friend of Luke to whom he asked for advice.
Winnings in raffle are not imposed in Canada.
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The customers are not informed
Valérie Dufour
The Newspaper of Montreal
07/05/2007
Lottery-Quebec does not inform the holders of its cards of fidélisation that their habits of game can be scanned in the magnifier by the tax office.
«In any logic, the ministry of Income has a power of inquiry which stretches in all fields. They think therefore that it does not there take place to announce it to our customers. The tax office can examine everything, the purchase of a home, an auto, etc », explains the spokesman of Lottery-Quebec, Jean-Pierre Roy.
Rare
«By virtue of law, we are required to transmit this information in the tax office when it applies us for it. [] and if the casino wrote a check in the name of this person, they also mention it in our report », points out Mr Roy.
This one points out that the Society of casinos accepted only " some dozens " requests of this type for ten years and he maintains that, in most cases, it is customers who make the object of a check on the tax office who apply for it.
To help the tax office
«The data of program Casino Privileges allow to estimate the volume of game. It is not easy to know how much a customer played, if he played again or if he got paid, because he does not always use his card. [] it is not an absolute, but this gives an order of greatness », adds Mr Roy.
Why Lottery-Quebec does keep data on his the most faithful customers during so for a long time in its computer system?
«Between others, because it is the information which is likely to be asked by the ministry of Income », underlines the spokesman.
NOTE:Theses texts were translated from french to english.
scary huh!
Valérie Dufour
The Newspaper of Montreal
07/05/2007
Winnings in raffle are not imposed in Canada.
1,2 million who passed in transit Privileges of a player on the card find themselves counted in his incomes.
Holder of the card Privileges casino, be wary! The tax office has access to expenses counted on this tool of promotion of Lottery-Quebec and he can use it to make you pay the levy. A lot of levy.
It is what learnt with stupefaction Luke (fictitious name) on March 29th of this year by opening a letter of Income Canada. In the missive, the federal agency points out to to him that he skipped to declare 1,2 million dollars in incomes.
Made in a store of pieces of furniture, this resident of Montreal made the object of a check for 2001s in 2004. According to the documents which were delayed to him by the tax office, the counting of not declared incomes is principally based on "reports" of its expenses of casino.
How Returned Canada laid the hand thereupon? Knowing that Luke was tenured of the card Privileges casino, the interviewer in the file asked Lottery-Quebec for notings down of operations and the state society delayed him documents.
« The getting of information of third parties is part of the power of check on the Agency which am enchassé in law on the levy. Can be applied verbally or written », specified the spokeswoman of the federal agency, Kareen Dionne.
$30 000 wage
Luke supposes that he went in a regular manner to the Casino of Montreal at the beginning of 2000s, but he swears that his annual income is 30 000 $ and that it has never hidden incomes from the tax office.
« It is not small sums about which they speak here. Let us see therefore! This does not have common sense that the tax office uses this card to calculate additional incomes », he says by adding that he sometimes let members of his family and of knowledge to use his card to collect more points.
Besides reporting the activities of Lottery-Quebec in the file, Luke supports that the tax office wanders by deducting that sums compromised on the card of points come from hidden incomes. « They can put 200 $ and earn 1500 $ and play again it immediately. »
Well brought up penalty
The tax office is not of this opinion and claims the levy owed on $1,2 M of not declared incomes, that is about 240 000 $. In this sum, informs the federal interviewer in the letter of March 29th, will add a penalty « equal to 50 % of the increase of levy attributable to this omission ».
« It is clear that I shall go bankrupt if I have to pay this sum », Luke accepts ingenuously. To help it to take out of this financial quagmire, it delayed its file to tax specialists. « They used the card Privileges casino to trap it. It is disgusting. Lottery-Quebec should inform his customers of inherent risks in the use of their card of fidélisation », underlines a friend of Luke to whom he asked for advice.
Winnings in raffle are not imposed in Canada.
--------------------------------------------------------
The customers are not informed
Valérie Dufour
The Newspaper of Montreal
07/05/2007
Lottery-Quebec does not inform the holders of its cards of fidélisation that their habits of game can be scanned in the magnifier by the tax office.
«In any logic, the ministry of Income has a power of inquiry which stretches in all fields. They think therefore that it does not there take place to announce it to our customers. The tax office can examine everything, the purchase of a home, an auto, etc », explains the spokesman of Lottery-Quebec, Jean-Pierre Roy.
Rare
«By virtue of law, we are required to transmit this information in the tax office when it applies us for it. [] and if the casino wrote a check in the name of this person, they also mention it in our report », points out Mr Roy.
This one points out that the Society of casinos accepted only " some dozens " requests of this type for ten years and he maintains that, in most cases, it is customers who make the object of a check on the tax office who apply for it.
To help the tax office
«The data of program Casino Privileges allow to estimate the volume of game. It is not easy to know how much a customer played, if he played again or if he got paid, because he does not always use his card. [] it is not an absolute, but this gives an order of greatness », adds Mr Roy.
Why Lottery-Quebec does keep data on his the most faithful customers during so for a long time in its computer system?
«Between others, because it is the information which is likely to be asked by the ministry of Income », underlines the spokesman.
NOTE:Theses texts were translated from french to english.
scary huh!