CRA execs treated to soirees at private club amid KPMG probe

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CRA execs treated to soirees at private club amid KPMG probe

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Receptions at posh Rideau Club took place while tax agency and KPMG pursued settlement in offshore case

By Harvey Cashore, Kimberly Ivany, Katie Pedersen, Fréderic Zalac, CBC News Posted: Apr 17, 2016

Senior enforcement officials from the Canada Revenue Agency were treated to private receptions at an exclusive Ottawa club, hosted by a small group of influential tax accountants that included personnel from KPMG — even as the firm was facing a CRA probe for running a $130-million tax dodge in the Isle of Man.

The two soirees took place at the posh Rideau Club in 2014 and 2015, at the same time Canada's tax agency was in confidential talks with KPMG over its refusal to hand over the names of its multimillionaire clients who used the offshore scheme.

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