Canada Revenue Agency
What Canada Revenue Agency spent in fiscal year 2012-13: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through National Revenue; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Canada Revenue Agency does
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is the federal institution responsible for administering tax laws, enforcing compliance, and delivering key benefit programs to individuals and businesses across Canada. Established in 1999 under the Canada Revenue Agency Act, the CRA collects the taxes that make up most federal revenues, and it administers benefits and credits paid to Canadians, including the Canada Child Benefit and the GST/HST credit.
Spending, 2012-13
Net spending, 2012-13
$4.32B
spent by Canada Revenue Agency, less revenues it kept
Share, 2012-13
1.9%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Canada Revenue Agency spend its budget in 2012-13?
By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending. Transfer payments are broken into their largest named programs.
Spending by standard object, 2012-13
Personnel
Transfer payments
Professional and special services
Rentals
Transportation and communications
Repair and maintenance
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Utilities, materials and supplies
Information
Other subsidies and payments
External revenues
Internal revenues
$3.35B
$375M
$348M
$307M
$125M
$77.5M
$32.8M
$24.1M
$8.9M
$2.3M
-$148M
-$183M
Total: $4.32B.
Spending by program, 2012-13
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $4.32B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
Workforce, 2012-13
Full-time equivalents
39,521
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$3.35B
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$85K
personnel spending divided by full-time equivalents
A full-time equivalent is a measure of employment, not a headcount: two half-time employees are one FTE. Personnel spending includes benefits and pension contributions, so per FTE it is not an average salary.
Transfer payment programs, 2012-13
The grants, contributions and other transfers Canada Revenue Agency paid, program by program: $375M in all, against $375M for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
Contracts of $10,000 and under
Contracts this small are not published one by one: Treasury Board publishes each organization's totals, by calendar year, for contracts of $10,000 and under (their original value and their amendments) and for acquisition card purchases. They are the value of contracts entered into, not what was paid in a fiscal year, so they are not part of the net expenditure above, and the years are calendar years.
| Calendar year | Goods | Services | Construction | Acquisition cards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $65,260 | -$452,215 | $0 | $33,815,988 | $33,429,033 |
| 2023 | $513,478 | $74,268,621 | $0 | $51,318,310 | $126,100,409 |
| 2021 | $450,276 | $606,611 | $1,476 | $49,611,894 | $50,670,258 |
| 2020 | $450,276 | $606,611 | $1,476 | $49,611,894 | $50,670,258 |
| 2019 | $651,278 | $809,430 | $0 | $48,839,846 | $50,300,554 |
| 2018 | $889,069 | $414,684 | $0 | $48,022,876 | $49,326,629 |
| 2017 | $1,271,138 | $503,021 | $0 | $39,406,012 | $41,180,172 |
Canada Revenue Agency’s share of federal net spending
Each year is the organization that existed that year:
- Canada Revenue Agency, 2005-06 to 2025-26
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, 2002-03 to 2004-05
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2013, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada 2013, Volume II: Transfer payments, by ministry
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Spending (programs_spending.csv)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Employees (programs_ftes.csv)
- Proactive Publication - Contracts: Aggregated Total - Contracts $10K and under
Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.
