Thank you, Chair.
From a little bit different perspective, I will be directing my question to CRA, should they come before committee on this. But perhaps you can give me some clarification, because I'm also going to wear the hat of a person who has 30-some-years' experience in business and actually was, and fairly so, subject to audit, which would be solidly understandable.
When taking a look at the amount of money that's owing, we certainly recognize the need for penalty and interest accumulation and everything that goes along with trying to encourage people to pay the arrears. The challenge, of course, is how, why, when, and where we do this.
I'm not going to get into a collection process with you right now, but what I am concerned about...and I'll give you one quick, little hardship case and then I'll ask my question. A particular constituent owed $1.5 million. They ended up paying $1.6 million. They ended up owing, still, another $800,000. That's pretty onerous.
But of course, that's not the question to you. The question for you is this. When you calculate the receivable that is outstanding—the significant accumulation of interest and penalty versus principal—have you actually separated how much is an actual debt and how much is an accumulation of penalty and interest?