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Congrats Brotha man... I remember way back how stressed it made you when it first started... that's amazing news !!!

Canada, shmanada. You all look the same to me.

glad it turned out in your favor

I dred the day when that happens to me! Knock on wood!!!!

Nice News, WiredGuy.Its got to be a great feeling to have those pesky rabbits off your back.

congrats i bet it feels great

wicked man. Tell Paul Martin and McGuinty to Go Fuck Themselves.
They claim to support and promote Canadian entrepeneurs and this is the third instance I've heard of this since Nov last year.

I am not surprised at all bro. You beleived in your rights and they tried to be bully. I am glad you stuck to you guns and did what you did.

Now let;s go party baby !!!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Consequences Smonsequences

congrats WG... that's excellent to hear man!

Awesome news Charles! :thumbsup

As long as I'm rich, baby!

That's what WG was saying. ;-}

congrats :)
that's how its got to be!

always nice to win against the gov. AND have them owe YOU money!
fuckin nice!

wow Chrles I remember you talking about the audit all that time ago on the boards...you were saying that the curacao trip was something they were trying to get you to pay for in full, and not use as a tax write off, like it should be...

It's taken a hell of a long time i guess, but I am very happy for you to hear that things have finally ended, and in your favour too.

way to go. I'll raise a glass to you tonight.

That was one of the big items I fought right through to the end. Thankfully, I was able to prove as a result of that trip, I brought in so and so income from certain sponsors and the appeals board accepted that even though that convention did not qualify as a convention according to the CCRA's definition of allowable conventions. I was willing to give up on this one item but my accountant kept saying we could win it, and he was right :)

WG

Thanks everyone for the nice comments too, I'll be partying it up tonight!
WG

Many congrats, Charles...the nightmare is finally over!! Whoooohooo!! Get outta the damn office now and go enjoy yourself :)

If i was there we would go dancing tonight and get shit faced. I think i knew something good was going on because last night i partied like a rockstar!!hehe I love ya Charles and I am glad that you are happy!!!

Sunny

hehe, i luv ya too Sunny, I'm sure I'll make up for it at Phoenix Forum!!
WG

Charles call Cam I heard about this club in Guelph we need to check out.

How deep did they go? Did they ask to have access to all your affiliate stats and compare them to what you declared?

Congrats. nothing like getting rid of some stress.

Congrats to you!

i thought this was about grimshawn

hahahaha, I know exactly which club you're talking about :)
WG

They asked for it, I wouldn't release it. Their concern is the invoices and my bank accounts, as long as they matched, there's no grounds for any further investigation as far as I was concerned. If they're still suspecting suspicious activity, they are more than welcome to contact my sponsors. Luckily, they happened to be outside of the CCRA's jurisdiction :)

WG

that's really great news. i'm getting ready for my own ccra battle...

cheers wg.

could you shoot me any info on how things went, and/or which lawyer you were using? i think you have my addy. if not, no worries.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now mail me back about Morty's if you still wanna go :banana

And they accepted that? Can't they force you to have access to your stats?

good stuff bro

;]

We're really in two different ballparks, my GST issue was open and shut because I'm a webmaster for US based companies. You owning paysites puts you in a completely different ballpark. But there is a great document my accountant referenced that includes a provision for paysite operators and membership sites that could work in your favour (Bulletin B-090 dated July 2002 from the CCRA). While it is old, it held up for me. I have the PDF so if you want it, email me (i forgot your email) and I'll send it to you. It has tons of examples and paysite owners fall directly into category 15 and category 2 (subscription based models).

Good luck on your upcoming case, and let me know how it goes. Could be very useful if I ever start a paysite on how GST holds up in your case.

WG

Done! Beers on me tomorrow if you make it.
WG

Wow! Congratulations WG! That's fucking awesome!

thanks for the info, and the pdf would be great. quiet @ ultra-sites dot com

cheers

Not without a court order. If you show you have co-operated with the CCRA (as I have done by showing invoices and bank statements), I doubt anyone would contest that. When I first met with them, they were really trying to intimidate me and trying to gather everything they could. As soon as I got an attorney involved, they backed off on almost everything. They can try to get it from you, but as soon as it gets to that point, consult your accountant, they'll tell you what they can and can't get.

WG

Sent, good luck with it :)
WG

I love how they act all intimidating...I try to tell most people that are getting audited to be prepared for a lot of accounting work, and possibly be ready to pay some money for back owing taxes, etc....but to not let it get to them other then that. CCRA is all about money, as long as you settle your account, they're not going to cut your balls off and throw you in jail. Accounting mistakes happen, they're there to make sure they get fixed and the account is settled.....but they act like they're judge, jury and executioner

Congrats, hon. I'm sorry that you had to go through that in the first place.

congrats, keep fighting the power man.

congrats - you must be very relieved

Wow, Charles!

Congratz to you, my friend!

:thumbsup :thumbsup

:pimp :pimp

Nothing feels better than beating the government at their own game

Glad to hear that man. :thumbsup

Congrats man.. I'm sure that was quite stressful for you. Glad it worked out.

Nice Charles... now you just need Shawn to pay you! :winkwink:

Yay for tax evasion!



(kidding)

This is Great News Charles.

Congratulations, you should celebrate this weekend.

Cory.