I want to tell you folks a story here about something that happened in Canada a few years ago. Now, I can't remember all the details, but it goes something like this: the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) wanted Paypal to hand over all the information on their Canadian users. The reason for this was obvious: lots of Canadians were making big Paypal sales and not reporting it. I think Paypal at first refused to hand anything over, but then I believe the CRA went to the Federal Court and the judge gave Paypal two options: either cooperate with the CRA or get out of the country. Paypal had no choice here but to hand everything over. I'm pretty sure THOUSANDS of Canadians got into BIG trouble! Now, I don't think police officers kicked their doors down and arrested them or anything like that, however, they did have to pay their taxes AND interest AND massive fines!
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