CRA - Are They Really That Bad?

For those of you that have met me you know that I share what I know about the CRA.  Having worked there for 15 years I saw and experienced a lot of things.  Being out in the private sector now, I am seeing things from the opposite side of the fence.  Given my experience at the CRA I am in a position to share unique perspectives and information that are not common knowledge to most people.  Many accountants do not possess the knowledge that I do, which is why I try to share what I know with as many people as possible.

On many occasions I have made assertions to clients and friends alike.  They all listen to what I say, but you can see in their eyes, or in the questions they ask (“It can’t take that long, can it?”) that they don’t truly believe.  They know I worked at the CRA, they know I have no reason to lie, but yet they refuse to accept the truth.  I understand the skepticism so whenever possible I try to show proof.  In this regard I ask you to read the letter contained in the JPEG file that you will find below.  I recently submitted a Notice of Objection to the CRA on behalf of a client.  I told the client that it was going to take at least 3 to 6 months for the appeal to be addressed, and that it would likely be almost a year to get everything resolved.  I could see that the client did not want to believe because CRA cannot be that slow.  So….drumroll please ………  Here is the letter from the CRA that I received.  I scanned it so that there would be no doubt that it is what I say it is.  I have blocked out the clients information to preserve confidentiality of the clients information.