Millbrook First Nation businesswoman charged with evading $2.2M in taxes

The Canada Revenue Agency has charged a businesswoman from a First Nation in Nova Scotia with evading $2.2 million in taxes.

In a news release, the agency alleges Lisa L. Marshall, the operator of the Traditional Trading Post, failed to collect or remit GST/HST totalling $2,284,144.72 on sales of tobacco to non-Indigenous people. The convenience store is located on Millbrook First Nation reserve land in Cole Harbour, N.S.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tobacco-sales-gst-hst-millbook-first-nation-tax-evasion-1.4886256