{"id":1162,"date":"2018-02-01T02:36:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2018-02-01T02:36:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:36:22","slug":"wealthy-ghost-immigrants-using-empty-homes-to-claim-citizenship-tax-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Wealthy ‘ghost immigrants’ using empty homes to claim citizenship: tax expert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Ghost immigrants’ faking a presence in Canada<\/a><\/div>\n
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Tax and immigration specialist David Lesperance explains how so-called ‘ghost immigrants’ circumvent Canada’s immigration system.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Josh<\/a>Josh K. Elliott<\/a>,\u00a0CTVNews.ca<\/span><\/p>\n

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Published Monday, January 29, 2018 10:58AM EST\u00a0<\/span>
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Some foreign investors, particularly those from China, are taking advantage of Canadian loopholes to become ghost immigrants, according to David Lesperance, a tax and immigration consultant with Lesperance & Associates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesperance cites one recent judge\u2019s decision from a lawsuit in which the judge said Chinese millionaire Guoqing Fu bought multiple multi-million-dollar homes in Canada while claiming just $97 in worldwide income on his taxes. The judge\u2019s 600-page ruling in the case was posted online earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat was really pushing the edge,\u201d Lesperance told CTV\u2019s Your Morning on Monday. He says the situation would have gone unnoticed if Fu\u2019s family and his partners, the Xia family, had not turned on each other and\u00a0exposed their activities in court<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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