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Tax preparer sentenced for tax evasion and filing false GST returns

A tax preparer based in the northeastern B.C. community of Kelly Lake has been fined $2.95 million after pleading guilty to tax evasion and filing false goods and services tax returns.

A tax preparer based in the northeastern B.C. community of Kelly Lake has been fined $2.95 million after pleading guilty to tax evasion and filing false goods and services tax returns.

Shawna Gauthier must also service a conditional sentence of two years less a day and perform 200 hours of community service work.

The sentences were meted out Wednesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.