Program directory · Canada Revenue Agency
Registered Plans
- Department
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Program code
- BRA10 (CCRA)
- Core responsibility
- Tax
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Registered Plans Directorate (RPD) is part of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The RPD is responsible for registering and monitoring deferred income and savings plans to make sure they comply with the Income Tax Act, Income Tax Regulations and related administrative rules. The RPD gives information and advice to employers, plan administrators, promoters, issuers, their advisors and other tax professionals on the legislation and administrative rules related to deferred income savings plans in order to help them fulfill their tax obligations. Investing in people, education, technology, and responsible enforcement activities allows the RPD to protect the integrity of Canada’s deferred income and savings plan regime and to provide Canadians with knowledge and tools that support compliance with legislative requirements.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Plans | This program | 2017-18 – 2028-29 | $181M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
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 | Employees (FTEs) 196, against 141 in 2018-19 (+39%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $20.6M, against $15.4M in 2018-19 (+34%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
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 | ≥ 85% | 2019 | 97% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 94% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85% | 2021 | 81% Please note that this Program Inventory indicator is also an external service standard. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) processing times were impacted by an emphasis on implementing Canada’s Economic Response Plan to support Canadians and businesses facing hardship, and by public health measures that limited the number of staff permitted in CRA offi… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 85% | 2022 | 92.9% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 85% | 2023 | 92% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 85% | 2024 | 90% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 85% | 2025 | 92% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 85% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 | — | $17.3M |
| 2018-19 | $14.8M | $15.4M |
| 2019-20 | $19M | $20.6M |
| 2020-21 | $20.2M | $24.7M |
| 2021-22 | $21.6M | $22.5M |
| 2022-23 | $22.7M | $24.9M |
| 2023-24 | $25.3M | $27.5M |
| 2024-25 | $26.4M | $28M |
| 2025-26 | $30.1M | — |
| 2026-27 | $24M | — |
| 2027-28 | $22.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $22.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 162 | 137 |
| 2018-19 | 165 | 141 |
| 2019-20 | 201 | 196 |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 200 |
| 2021-22 | 208 | 192 |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 211 |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 219 |
| 2024-25 | 238 | 229 |
| 2025-26 | 255 | — |
| 2026-27 | 216 | — |
| 2027-28 | 206* | — |
| 2028-29 | 206* | — |
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 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $14,821,526 | $14,900,890 | $14,902,186 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $19,004,650 | $19,133,908 | $19,138,525 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $20,164,088 | $20,215,447 | $20,263,347 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $21,629,335 | $21,712,626 | $21,868,274 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $22,748,083 | $26,030,003 | $25,728,820 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $25,292,612 | $25,026,385 | $26,082,129 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $26,369,173 | $24,709,622 | $23,767,963 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $30,061,838 | $25,012,765 | $24,376,297 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $24,005,704 | $22,377,186 | $22,372,710 | ||||||||
| Actual | $15,385,993 | $20,647,400 | $24,686,875 | $22,490,893 | $24,890,374 | $27,485,795 | $28,001,608 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
