It does make up for not paying taxes. The employer is being taxed per ghost employee (obviously I don't how they do it) that's why I don't get the minimum wage pay. The government is still getting the right amount of taxes needed to be collected. It's just not done legally. I'm just being practical here in case you don't notice. All I'm saying is I did my part. Blame it on the employer.
Overstayed in Canada
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This isn't at all how taxation works.
Anyway, ultimately irrelevant to the discussion.
I think your question has been answered and you know your options for leaving. Best option is to obtain a temporary or emergency travel document from your county and pay for the flight yourself. Alternatively if you turn yourself into CBSA, you have to be prepared that you may be held for an unknown period of time.
Ofcourse it doesn't work that way at all. That's why I said it's illegally done. If the minimum wage required is $15/hr and I only get paid $12/hr, then that $3 (assumed tax deduction) difference goes to the government (the employer won't pocket it coz it's on paper). Obviously that's not how taxation works 'cause it's more complicated than that and I would still call it tax evasion coz it didn't go under a legal process. Like I said before I'm just being practical here. Therefore at the end of the day (again I don't know how my employer filed their taxes) the government still gets to collect the taxes just not in a way that's being audited normally. Now despite that, the government being the law of the land they are, would still want that underpaid $12/hr be taxed and I get that. By the way, just a little rant, I spent thousands of dollars trying to stay here permanently but it didn't work out for me. I hope you understand my sentiment, but whatever.
Note: None of my explanations matter anyway coz I obviously worked illegally after my work permit expired. All of the cash that I earned afterwards are invalid earnings. But only if I get to court. Until then, I'm taking the money home with me. I'm not sorry coz I worked hard for it.
Anyway (like you said), thank you for guiding me to do the most practical way to deal with my situation.
You know what, I realized you have a point. If I can get a direct flight to my home country with my country's local airline, it might be possible. After all, it's my country. I'm going to take a look at it. Thank you.
If the employer issued you a T4, then yes, they remitted your taxes to CRA. If they didn’t issue you a T4, then the employer abused you and took advantage of you. Employer cannot pay taxes on non-existent or ghost employees. Neither can CRA collect taxes on the same. The $3 difference has been pocketed by your employer. Also, $3 is 20% of $15. That’s too high a tax rate for minimum wage IF the employer is remitting that to CRA. Plus, your SIN must be valid for your employer to remit taxes on your behalf.
Good luck to your future endeavors.