Canada Revenue Agency paying non-employees still.
Aren't they the ones who are supposed to know better?
First the OLGC fiasco, then this. Who's next?
I think it's every man for himself now.
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OTTAWA -- The Canada Revenue Agency has issued at least $3 million in paycheques to people who don't work there, a new audit says.
"Overpayments generally occur when employees leave the agency and through errors or omissions their pay is not stopped on time," the internal report says.
The problem dates back at least to 1999 and has been getting worse in recent years, the investigators found.
There were 1,922 people who received pay they didn't deserve in the 2005-06 fiscal year, says the document. The number rose to 2,258 the following year.
By February last year, the outstanding amount not yet returned to the agency had reached $3 million, up from $2.2 million two years earlier.
"Although the amount of overpayments represents a small fraction of CRA's total payroll costs, a 36% increase over two fiscal years is significant," the audit, dated last October, concludes.
The agency is attempting to identify the older amounts "with the intent of writing off any uncollectable balances."
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Aren't they the ones who are supposed to know better?
First the OLGC fiasco, then this. Who's next?
I think it's every man for himself now.
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OTTAWA -- The Canada Revenue Agency has issued at least $3 million in paycheques to people who don't work there, a new audit says.
"Overpayments generally occur when employees leave the agency and through errors or omissions their pay is not stopped on time," the internal report says.
The problem dates back at least to 1999 and has been getting worse in recent years, the investigators found.
There were 1,922 people who received pay they didn't deserve in the 2005-06 fiscal year, says the document. The number rose to 2,258 the following year.
By February last year, the outstanding amount not yet returned to the agency had reached $3 million, up from $2.2 million two years earlier.
"Although the amount of overpayments represents a small fraction of CRA's total payroll costs, a 36% increase over two fiscal years is significant," the audit, dated last October, concludes.
The agency is attempting to identify the older amounts "with the intent of writing off any uncollectable balances."
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