Enforcement Notification - Surrey bookkeeper cooked the books and underreported almost $1 million in GST/HST

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Enforcement Notification - Surrey bookkeeper cooked the books and underreported almost $1 million in GST/HST

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VANCOUVER, BC, May 16, 2025

VANCOUVER, BC, May 16, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that Aeddy Leung of Surrey, British Columbia, received a conditional sentence order for two years less a day and two years probation on April 15, 2025, at the Provincial Court of British Columbia (Robson Square). Leung pleaded guilty to willfully evading remittance tax and to making false statements in Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) returns.

A CRA investigation revealed that Leung, as the bookkeeper of the Quality Hotel Airport (South) and the Coast Vancouver Airport Hotel, intentionally filed false GST/HST returns and failed to file GST/HST returns as required for the 2014-2018 reporting periods. This resulted in the evasion of $987,863 in net GST/HST that was owed by the hotels.

All case-specific information above was obtained from the court records.

The CRA would like to acknowledge the significant contribution of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) to this investigation.

Combatting tax evasion and other financial crimes is important for the protection of Canada's tax base. The majority of Canadians pay their taxes in full and on time. To ensure that the tax system is fair for everyone, the CRA makes sure that people who try to avoid or evade paying taxes are held accountable. Willfully failing to follow Canada's tax laws could result in serious consequences, including reassessments, the imposition of civil penalties, criminal tax investigations and prosecutions resulting in court imposed fines, jail time and a criminal record.

In addition to the court imposed fines and/or jail sentences, convicted taxpayers have to pay the full amount of tax owing, plus related interest and any penalties assessed by the CRA.

The CRA is dedicated to maintaining the integrity of Canada's tax system, thereby contributing to the social and economic well-being of Canadians. The CRA continues to aggressively pursue tax evasion, and false claims with all the tools available to it. The CRA works to make sure that individuals and businesses report all income earned and only claim benefits to which they are entitled, so that important benefit programs can be administered to those who need them. Any individual or business who underreports income, or claims losses or benefits to which they are not entitled may have to repay the benefit amounts and may be subject to other possible action.

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Reporting suspected tax or benefit cheating in Canada
Voluntary Disclosures Program

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SOURCE Canada Revenue Agency