To declare or not to declare?

[pjc2007]

Say for instance, someone was working at a place that didn't declare its employees and so the employee didn't pay taxes, but the person had had some extra part-time work and those places had declared the employee as taxable, should this person declare their part-time finances, or would this open up a can of worms?

Any advice? If the tax people suspect something due to a minimal amount being earned in the past year compared to a substantial amount during the previous few years, do they investigate thoroughly, and does anyone know of anyone who's had experience of this before?

[citizen k]

Any income in a company you have worked for where the company has withheld taxes will be in the system when you go to file. You produce your identification number and they will look up all income that was paid legally to you in your file.

The question you have about declaring your part-time finances then becomes moot; it will be on file if tax has been withheld. The bigger question to consider is whether your work permit allows you to have part-time jobs. I've heard of people being questioned about low income, but never investigated. I would assume that they have bigger fish to chase.