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The CRA can have the taxpayer charged for tax evasion. It can come in the form of a charge for failure to file or tax evasion. If the taxpayer is unsuccessful at trial, besides obtaining a criminal record which will follow the taxpayer for the rest of his or her life unless he or she obtains a pardon, the loss of a trial can mean serious fines of up to $25,000 per count in the case of failure to file an information return. Further, the taxpayer may be subject to being imprisoned upon a conviction, and written up on the CRA’s website in the Media Room section under “Convictions.”