Program directory · Canada Revenue Agency
Domestic Compliance
- Department
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Program code
- BRA04 (CCRA)
- Core responsibility
- Tax
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
We protect the integrity of Canada's voluntary compliance tax system through education and proactive efforts that are aimed at helping those who want to comply. We identify, address, and deter non-compliance through a risk-based, graduated approach including targeted communication, examinations, audits and where warranted, penalties. We work to ensure that applicants for tax assistance and investment tax credits have the information and timely services they need and are aware of their tax obligations, providing assistance to those who want to comply, and that the tax credits or cash refunds are delivered in a prompt, consistent, and predictable manner.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2017-18. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Compliance | This program | 2017-18 – 2022-23 | $3.19B |
| Reporting Compliance | Later program (name match, low confidence) | 2021-22 – 2028-29 | $6.17B |
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Renamed from “Domestic compliance” to “Domestic Compliance”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2021-22 | Appears to be replaced by Reporting Compliance | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 75% | 2019 | 79% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 75% | 2020 | 81% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 75% | 2021 | 77% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | — | $790M |
| 2018-19 | $710M | $744M |
| 2019-20 | $752M | $798M |
| 2020-21 | $778M | $860M |
| 2021-22 | $785M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $786M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 6,776 | 6,804 |
| 2018-19 | 7,002 | 6,963 |
| 2019-20 | 7,181 | 7,294 |
| 2020-21 | 7,275 | 7,191 |
| 2021-22 | 7,257* | — |
| 2022-23 | 7,220* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $710,344,784 | $714,555,595 | $716,738,990 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $751,522,536 | $751,364,285 | $749,552,257 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $778,391,100 | $784,897,888 | $785,534,364 | ||
| Actual | $744,281,990 | $798,143,772 | $860,364,454 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
