Program directory · Department of Finance Canada

Tax Policy and Legislation

Department

Department of Finance Canada

Program code

BUV01 (FIN)

Core responsibility

Economic and Fiscal Policy

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program provides analysis, research, and advice to the Minister of Finance so that the Minister can make informed decisions on the Government of Canada’s tax policy agenda. The Program focuses on personal income tax, business income tax, sales and excise tax, and Indigenous tax policy. To support the government’s tax policy agenda, senior departmental officials provide advice and recommendations on improving the competitiveness, efficiency, simplicity and fairness of the tax system while generating sufficient revenue to finance government programs and priorities. This Program develops and evaluates federal taxation policies and legislation, and negotiates international tax treaties, tax information exchange agreements, and tax elements of comprehensive land claim and self government agreements with Indigenous governments. The Program is also involved with international tax policy matters, federal provincial tax harmonization and coordination, federal provincial Tax Collection and Reciprocal Taxation Agreements, federal Indigenous Tax Administration Agreements, and tax policy research and evaluation.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. 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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.