A British Columbia couple who ran educational seminars promoting the bogus notion that people don't have to pay taxes have lost their appeal against tax bills on $1.4 million in revenue from the scheme.

The Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver ruled this week that Russell Porisky and Elaine Gould's appeal of the tax assessments on revenue generated between 2004 and 2008 had "no merit," after the Tax Court of Canada rejected their arguments last year.

Porisky and Gould were convicted of tax evasion in 2016, years after they ran educational seminars under the banner of Paradigm Education Group, which promoted ways to avoid taxation that they believed was a form of slavery.

The Tax Court of Canada ruled last year that Gould and Porisky did derive taxable income from Paradigm's activities,

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