Miyuki Sushi Bar inc. owner Thahn Long Pham is being fined $50,000 on Nov. 17, 2014.
The restaurant was audited after Revenue Québec obtained a search warrant and seized records in Dec. 2009 and discovered irregularities.
Thahn was accused of using a sales suppression device to alter the records in the cash register and therefore the amounts of QST and GST due…
…He plead guilty to the charges. Revenue Québec spokesperson Geneviève Gauthier stressed that this is the first infraction for this restaurant.
“When a device is used to erase sales, then the appropriate taxes are not paid,” Gauthier said. Revenue Québec is responsible for collecting both taxes so the Canada Revenue Agency will not be going after this restaurant as well, she said.
There are software programs on the market like the ‘zapper’ that can suppress sales. According to the New York Times, Revenue Québec routinely prosecutes zapper cases and has found more than 30 programs that work on a dozen cash register systems.
