Program directory · Canada Revenue Agency
Reporting Compliance
- Department
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Program code
- BRA12 (CCRA)
- Core responsibility
- Tax
- In Departmental Plans
- 2021-22 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
We protect the integrity of Canada's self-assessment tax system through education and proactive efforts that are aimed at helping those who want to comply. We also work to ensure that Canada receives its share of taxes from international and large entities with complex financial transactions and taxpayers with offshore accounts.
We identify non-compliance both domestically and internationally, through extensive business intelligence and risk assessment activities, including predictive analytics, legislative reviews and work with informants. Depending on the level of risk identified, the appropriate approach is taken to address and deter non-compliance through a graduated approach including targeted communications, examinations, audits, and where warranted, penalties or criminal investigations. We work closely with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), domestic law enforcement agencies, and international partners to ensure that the most serious cases of tax evasion and fraud are thoroughly investigated and referred for criminal prosecution.
We are committed to ensure that applicants for tax assistance and incentives have the information and timely services they need, are aware of their tax obligations, and that tax credits, incentives and 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 2021-22. 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 | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2017-18 – 2022-23 | $3.19B |
| Reporting Compliance | This program | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Appears to replace Domestic Compliance | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Audit Change Rate; Direct Audit Revenue Effects | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Audit change rate (percentage of risk-assessed audit activities resulting in detection of non-compliance by individuals and corporations) | Departmental Results Framework (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 75% | 2022 | 78% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 75% | 2023 | 77% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 75% | 2024 | 76% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 75% | 2025 | 77% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 75% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ $13B | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $1.27B | $1.3B |
| 2022-23 | $1.45B | $1.43B |
| 2023-24 | $1.56B | $1.72B |
| 2024-25 | $1.64B | $1.73B |
| 2025-26 | $1.71B | — |
| 2026-27 | $1.76B | — |
| 2027-28 | $1.75B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $1.72B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 10,644 | 10,556 |
| 2022-23 | 11,917 | 11,740 |
| 2023-24 | 12,775 | 13,015 |
| 2024-25 | 12,878 | 13,183 |
| 2025-26 | 13,053 | — |
| 2026-27 | 12,434 | — |
| 2027-28 | 12,465* | — |
| 2028-29 | 12,190* | — |
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 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 plan | $1,270,174,879 | $1,268,002,248 | $1,272,000,245 | |||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,445,003,565 | $1,407,996,966 | $1,396,284,435 | |||||
| 2023-24 plan | $1,559,760,862 | $1,572,589,017 | $1,559,059,170 | |||||
| 2024-25 plan | $1,641,496,562 | $1,658,083,730 | $1,650,916,178 | |||||
| 2025-26 plan | $1,710,191,849 | $1,697,520,660 | $1,681,238,161 | |||||
| 2026-27 plan | $1,756,509,886 | $1,753,436,409 | $1,717,412,662 | |||||
| Actual | $1,297,914,401 | $1,426,330,005 | $1,723,048,871 | $1,727,012,679 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
