Another way to look at it is the amount of time between the assessment, the discussions, and how long it takes those disputes to be resolved, whether they escalate to Tax Court and then get dismissed, and all the time and money wasted by both sides of the house if it goes all the way to Tax Court and ultimately it's dismissed. That's a lot of wasted time for the government and taxpayers. What we do know—there are statistics out there—is that the number of notices of objection has noticeably increased over the years without necessarily a commensurate increase in cash in the government's pocket. The key is they should be measuring the ultimate. They shouldn't be incenting the CRA just to bring anything up.
