Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National Revenue
Agency executives
Bob Hamilton, Commissioner
Brigette Diogo, Deputy Commissioner
Child agency
Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson
Website
www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; French: Agence du revenu du Canada; ARC) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes, administers tax law and policy, and delivers benefit programs and tax credits.[4] Legislation administered by the CRA includes the Income Tax Act, parts of the Excise Tax Act, and parts of laws relating to the Canada Pension Plan, employment insurance (EI), tariffs and duties.[5] The agency also oversees the registration of charities in Canada, and enforces much of the country's tax laws.[6]
From 1867 to 1999, tax services and programs were administered by the Department of National Revenue, otherwise known as Revenue Canada. In 1999, Revenue Canada was reorganized into the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA). In 2003, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) was created out of the CCRA, leading to customs being dropped from the agency's mandate and the agency's current name.
The CRA is the largest organization in the Canadian federal public service by number of personnel, employing 54,933 people and has an operating budget of $5.1 billion[7] as of the 2018–19 fiscal year. The agency's headquarters are based in Ottawa, itself divided into five program branches, which directly support the CRA's core responsibilities, and seven corporate branches, which deliver internal services within the organization. The CRA also has operations throughout the rest of Canada, including 4 Tax Centres (TCs), 3 National Verifications and Collections Centres (NVCCs), and 25 Tax Services Offices (TSOs), organized into four regions: Atlantic, Ontario, Quebec, and Western.
During the 2017 tax year, the CRA collected approximately $430 billion in revenue on behalf of federal and provincial governments, and administered nearly $34 billion in benefits to Canadians.[7]
The CRA is responsible to Parliament through the minister of national revenue (Marie Claude-Bibeau since 2023). The day-to-day operations of the agency are overseen by the commissioner of revenue (Bob Hamilton since 2016).
^"Canada Revenue Agency Act". 21 June 2021.
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^"Structure and operational framework". Canada Revenue Agency. November 1999. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
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^Government of Canada (24 May 2019). "Top 10 facts about the regulation of charities". Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
^ abCanada Revenue Agency (2018). "Summary of the Corporate Business Plan (2018-19) with perspectives to 2020-21" (PDF). Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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