A technician for Revenu Québec has not paid its taxes

Simon-Pier Ouellet

Tuesday, 6 march 2018 22:40

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GATINEAU | contractor who was installing machinery approved by Revenu Québec in restaurants to ensure that they comply with the tax laws did not pay his taxes to the government.

Marc Lépine was sentenced to pay a fine of 83 756 $ to the tax authorities after pleading guilty to the offences which were alleged to have committed the 22 of February at the palace of justice in Gatineau.

Ironically, the business of the human System SMC, was authorized by Revenu Quebec to install cash registers and sales recording modules (SRM).

The MEV has been made mandatory in November 2011 in the restaurants, just to avoid the tax frauds. This module allows the tax authorities to follow to the letter the transactions and the taxes that are due.

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Geneviève Laurier, a spokesperson Revenu Québec

“In addition to not produce his tax reports and remit to the tax authorities the taxes he has collected, Mr. Lépine has also admitted to not having produced the income tax returns of his personal income tax “, explains the spokesperson of Revenu Québec Geneviève Laurier.

57 000 $ in bills

The man was able to short-changing the taxman over a period of six years, i.e. 2010 to 2016.

According to the website of Revenu Québec, the pricing of the technicians who install this type of module is $ 250 per hour.

In total, the company of Marc Lépine has charged an amount of $ 57,000 in taxes to the companies that held its services. This amount, however, has never been handed over to the government.

Reached by telephone by The Newspaper yesterday, Mr. Lépine has shown tight-lipped and refused to comment on the record.

“I don’t want to talk about it. But this is not quite finished, ” he said before hanging up.

However, the man pleaded guilty to the charges and he now has a time limit of 18 months to pay the fine.

“From the moment he acknowledged his guilt, for us, the condemnation is in force, and it must now pay,” says Ms. Laurier.

Accreditation revoked

The spokeswoman for Revenu Québec, said that the tax authority has withdrawn the authorization to the enterprise System SMC to install sales recording modules.

“Its lien was removed as soon as we have conducted searches in may 2016,” she said.

Implementation mandatory in every restaurant of the MEV has enabled Revenu Québec to recover more than $ 400 million each year.