Hello David, I am trying to find someone who can advise me on getting out of an oppressive $60,000 debt to CRA. It resulted from an audit and ½ of it is interest and penalties. Is there not some way to negotiate down to a lower amount to be paid on a lump sum basis?---------------------------------------------
I spoke to a lawyer or interne at DiGuardio & Assoc and they basically wanted money to review my records so they could then ‘possibly’ work a deal with CRA. It sounded like they were collection agents for CRA frankly.
Any ideas?
david ingram replies belatedly -
If you have not solved this, see Murray Morisson at (604) 930-9013 - He is a bankruptcy lawyer who looked after my own tax bankrupcy. You can find a link to his site on the front page of my site at www.centa.com. He does not pay to be there. I put him there because he is good, fair and competent if you are in BC..
He is a small office without the massive advertising overhead of those other guys and can do anything that they can do.
I can tell you that if you have the assets, it is unlikely that anything will be reduced much.
My own story follows as submitted to the Western Investor in February 2004 and published in March 2004. After this article, I would bet that close to 2,000 individuals phoned or contacted me about their own tax bills. I encouraged most to make a proposal or just plain go bankrupt depending upon their story. Three and a half years later, i still get the occasional phone call from some one who put it aside, kept on fighting and is now willing to pull the plug.
david ingram �
