Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Orono Weekly Times - 5 Bakery owners decry "unfair" audit by Sue Weigand A sign in front of Yummy Pleasures, a retail bakery and tea room on King Ave. West in Newcastle, takes aim at the Ontario government, and includes a representation of a cheque from the business for $45,000 made payable to Premier Dalton McGuinty. Proprietors Randall St. Denis and Peter Dokter put up the sign on July 24, following a sales tax audit they claim was unfair. After using the "true estimate" method to audit the bakery over a four-year A sign in front of Yummy Pleasures at 123 King Ave. West in Newcastle targets Premier Dalton McGuinty, following a sales tax audit of the bakery which the owners claim is unfair. period of operation, the government has determined that Yummy Pleasures owes $23,000 in sales tax and $22,000 in penalties, according to St. Denis. "We will be forced to close, to go out of busi- ness," he says in a statement to customers, who are being asked to sign a petition calling on the govern- ment to stop what, he says, "amounts to extortion". Advertise in the ORONO WEEKLY TIMES 905-983-5301 oronotimes@rogers.com