Another reader, Emily, writes that her “boss intends to apply for the free money but we will not be working…. Many employers will take the 75 per cent but not pass it on to the employees as they cannot actually operate their business yet.” She wanted to know how she could report her former employer to the CRA.
In a normal year, the Leads Program typically has informants reporting on taxpayers who are not declaring all their income, creating false expenses or tax deductions, taking cash “under the table,” setting up a fake business to claim losses and reduce taxes, and falsely claiming tax benefits or credits. For 2020, those false benefits include inappropriate claims for the CERB, the CESB and the CEWS.
For the CERB, the CRA wants you to provide as much detail as you can about the individual’s work situation, their employer and why they may not be eligible. For example, did they earn more than $1,000 in allowable income in the four-week eligibility period? Or perhaps they didn’t earn at least $5,000 in employment income in 2019 .
For the CEWS, the CRA wants information about the employer , the type of business, the number of employees affected, and whether workers are considered to be employees or subcontractors. While the CRA is encouraging employees to bring any CEWS concerns to their employer first, it seems unlikely that employees, who are either still working or who hope to be rehired by their employer in the future, would confront their own employer about suspected CEWS fraud, for fear of retribution.
The real cheating is happening with CEWS. Anecdotally I’ve heard of a number of companies who’ve gamed it. Same with the interest free $40k loan which only requires a repayment of $30k. It’s a free $10k.
This is literally the worst take on Covid yet.
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