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Program directory · Canada Revenue Agency

Financial Management Services

Program code
ISS05 (CCRA)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Financial management services involve activities undertaken in the department to ensure the prudent use and stewardship of financial resources in an effective, efficient and economic manner. Activities include planning, budgeting, accounting, costing, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems.

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).

2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Financial Management Services 2017-18: $63.1MFinancial Management Services 2018-19: $48.4MFinancial Management Services 2019-20: $37.4MFinancial Management Services 2020-21: $55.5MFinancial Management Services 2021-22: $53.1MFinancial Management Services 2022-23: $64.1MFinancial Management Services 2023-24: $73.4MFinancial Management Services 2024-25: $75.2MFinancial Management Services 2025-26: $109MFinancial Management Services 2026-27: $88.7MFinancial Management Services 2027-28: $86.9MFinancial Management Services 2028-29: $127MFinancial Management ServicesFinancial Management Servi…Financial Management Services
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Financial Management ServicesThis program2017-18 – 2028-29$470M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Renamed from “Financial Management Services - Canada Revenue Agency” to “Financial Management Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2020-21Spending $55.5M, against $37.4M in 2019-20 (+48%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned employees (FTEs) 913, against 717 in 2024-25 (+27%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $109M, against $75.2M in 2024-25 (+45%).Latest Departmental Plan
2028-29Planned employees (FTEs) 1,341, against 743 in 2027-28 (+80%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2028-29Planned spending $127M, against $86.9M in 2027-28 (+46%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2017-18: $63.1M2017-182018-19: $66.6M2018-19: $48.4M2018-192019-20: $75M2019-20: $37.4M2019-202020-21: $83.3M2020-21: $55.5M2020-212021-22: $66.1M2021-22: $53.1M2021-222022-23: $86.2M2022-23: $64.1M2022-232023-24: $81.7M2023-24: $73.4M2023-242024-25: $80.1M2024-25: $75.2M2024-252025-26: $109M2025-262026-27: $88.7M2026-272027-28: $86.9M2027-282028-29: $127M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18—$63.1M
2018-19$66.6M$48.4M
2019-20$75M$37.4M
2020-21$83.3M$55.5M
2021-22$66.1M$53.1M
2022-23$86.2M$64.1M
2023-24$81.7M$73.4M
2024-25$80.1M$75.2M
2025-26$109M—
2026-27$88.7M—
2027-28$86.9M*—
2028-29$127M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2017-18: 6772017-18: 5972017-182018-19: 7262018-19: 6092018-192019-20: 7442019-20: 6322019-202020-21: 7132020-21: 6612020-212021-22: 7202021-22: 6962021-222022-23: 8312022-23: 7142022-232023-24: 8692023-24: 7172023-242024-25: 7952024-25: 7172024-252025-26: 9132025-262026-27: 7562026-272027-28: 7432027-282028-29: 1,3412028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18677597
2018-19726609
2019-20744632
2020-21713661
2021-22720696
2022-23831714
2023-24869717
2024-25795717
2025-26913—
2026-27756—
2027-28743*—
2028-291,341*—

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.