{"id":2978,"date":"2020-08-31T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/cta-to-industry-turn-driver-inc-companies-over-to-cra-leads-program\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:45:02","slug":"cta-to-industry-turn-driver-inc-companies-over-to-cra-leads-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/cta-to-industry-turn-driver-inc-companies-over-to-cra-leads-program\/","title":{"rendered":"CTA to Industry: Turn\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc\u00a0Companies Over to CRA Leads Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driver\u00a0Inc. companies are the scourge of the trucking industry. They cheat on taxes, break numerous labour laws and, according to a detailed safety analysis of convicted offenders, many are also unscrupulously unsafe operators.<\/p>\n<p>So, then, it shouldn\u2019t come as any surprise that\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. carriers would set their sights on public support funding and may be defrauding the Government of Canada through CEWS and CERB, says Canadian Trucking Alliance president Stephen Laskowski.<\/p>\n<p>PSB workers are meant to be contractors \u2013 not employees \u2013 which makes these\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. companies ineligible to receive any funds under the CEWS. Yet there are growing reports that\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. companies are taking advantage of the benefits of the CEWS by shifting their payroll classifications of their supposed PSB workforce to employees for the sole purpose of receiving the CEWS subsidy and then planning to switch back to the \u201cPSB\u201d model following the crisis and end of the subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCTA continues to work with the Canada Revenue Agency and ESDC to educate the industry on understanding the tax and labour implications of being a legal Personal Services Business, while stamping out Driver Inc. from our industry,\u201d said Laskowski. \u201cBut now the federal government has another reason to go after these law-breaking companies \u2013 COVID-19 relief fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are additional reports that\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. companies are trying to maintain their driving workforce during the crisis by not only topping up\u00a0driver\u00a0pay with ill-gotten CEWS funds but also with \u201cunder the table\u201d payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile CTA works with the Government of Canada on enforcement and audits of\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc\u00a0companies \u2013\u00a0including those already convicted by Ontario\u2019s WSIB of\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. offenses \u2013 we are asking the industry to report\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. companies to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-overview.html\">CRA tax cheat tip line<\/a>,\u201d added Laskowski. \u201cKnown as the CRA Lead Program, this platform is an excellent way for everyone in our industry to demand action against\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc.\u00a0 companies and\u00a0drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are the type of cheating offenses covered by the CRA Lead Program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>not declaring all income<\/li>\n<li>creating false expenses or tax deductions<\/li>\n<li>taking cash \u201cunder the table\u201d<\/li>\n<li>not filing tax returns when required<\/li>\n<li>setting up a fake business to claim losses and reduce taxes<\/li>\n<li>businesses not remitting proper source deductions<\/li>\n<li>falsely claiming tax benefits or credits<\/li>\n<li>creating false or deceptive documents or records<\/li>\n<li>charities making profits from non-charitable activities<\/li>\n<li>individuals receiving the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-information-include.html#benefit-leads\">Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)<\/a>\u00a0who do not meet the eligibility criteria<\/li>\n<li>individuals receiving the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-information-include.html#benefit-leads\">Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB)<\/a>\u00a0who do not meet the eligibility criteria<\/li>\n<li>businesses or charities that are misusing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-information-include.html#benefit-leads\">Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about the CRA Leads Program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-overview.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Laskowski also reminded Ontarians to use the\u00a0anonymous\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ontruck.org\/ota-urges-widespread-use-of-tip-line-as-wsib-audits-continue-uncovering-major-driver-inc-violators\/\">WSIB hotline<\/a>\u00a0(1-888-745-3237)\u00a0to provide them with new auditing targets in the battle against\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of carriers have been convicted and their names have been provided to both CRA and ESDC for action and Laskowski is urging the industry to help expand the list of\u00a0Driver\u00a0Inc. being targeted for enforcement action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver\u00a0Inc. companies are the scourge of the trucking industry. 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