Kelowna Accountant Stripped of Designation for Misleading Clients

In a scathing decision from the regulatory body, a Kelowna accountant has been stripped of his professional designation for, among other things, telling his clients they could simply ignore the CRA .

The claims against Guerette by his former clients included allegations that he failed to prepare and file statements and tax returns despite telling his clients he had, and didn't respond to his clients or cooperate with other accountants who took over his clients' matters. The panel says Guerette's clients suffered significant “losses, penalties, and hardship” as a result of his “careless tax advice,” but Guerette “recklessly dismissed them by telling his clients that they can simply ignore the CRA.”

“His consistent pattern of misconduct, and his flagrant lack of concern for his clients, was damaging to them and damaging to the reputation of the profession,” the panel wrote in its decision.

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