oh well.
An Ottawa man must pay more than $190,000 in back taxes despite an arrangement through an outsourcing company that he and thousands of other indigenous employees believed made them exempt from paying personal income tax on income earned off-reserve.
Miche Jette received a notice from the Canada Revenue Agency last week informing him he owes $191,471.97 in income tax for work in Ottawa that began more than a decade ago.
"It's urgent. It eats at me. I can't sleep. I'm miserable. I'm depressed. I cry a lot. I'm angry. I'm sad. And I want it dealt with," he said.
Jette was hired through the outsourcing company Native Leasing Services to work at the now-defunct advocacy group Aboriginal Healing Foundation in 1999.
As part of the O.I. Group of Companies, the outsourcing company's head office is based in Six Nations of the Grand River, a First Nation near Brantford, Ont.
mo
CRA orders First Nations man to pay $190,000 in back taxes - Ottawa - CBC News
An Ottawa man must pay more than $190,000 in back taxes despite an arrangement through an outsourcing company that he and thousands of other indigenous employees believed made them exempt from paying personal income tax on income earned off-reserve.
Miche Jette received a notice from the Canada Revenue Agency last week informing him he owes $191,471.97 in income tax for work in Ottawa that began more than a decade ago.
"It's urgent. It eats at me. I can't sleep. I'm miserable. I'm depressed. I cry a lot. I'm angry. I'm sad. And I want it dealt with," he said.
Jette was hired through the outsourcing company Native Leasing Services to work at the now-defunct advocacy group Aboriginal Healing Foundation in 1999.
As part of the O.I. Group of Companies, the outsourcing company's head office is based in Six Nations of the Grand River, a First Nation near Brantford, Ont.
mo
CRA orders First Nations man to pay $190,000 in back taxes - Ottawa - CBC News
