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Prior to Confederation, the collection of taxes and customs duties was the responsibility of the Department of Customs in each of the British North American colonies.

9.1 Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson.

2.3.3 National Verifications and Collections Centres (NVCC).

2.1.2 Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer.

The day-to-day operations of the Agency are overseen by Bob Hamilton, the Commissioner of Revenue. The CRA is responsible to Parliament through Diane Lebouthillier, the incumbent Minister of National Revenue. The CRA also has operations throughout the rest of Canada, including 4 Tax Centres (TCs), 3 National Verifications and Collections Centres (NVCCs), and 25 Tax Services Offices (TSOs), organized into four regions: Atlantic, Ontario, Quebec, and Western.ĭuring the 2017 tax year, the CRA collected approximately $430 billion in revenue on behalf of federal and provincial governments, and administered nearly $34 billion in benefits to Canadians. The Agency's headquarters are based in Ottawa, itself divided into 5 program branches, which directly support the CRA's core responsibilities, and 7 corporate branches, which deliver internal services within the organization. The CRA is the largest organization in the Canadian federal public service by number of personnel, employing 43,908 people and has an operating budget of $5.1 billion as of the 2018-19 fiscal year. In 2003, the Canada Border Services Agency was created out of the CCRA, leading to its current name. In 1999, Revenue Canada was reorganized into the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.

įrom 1867 to 1999, tax services and programs were administered by the Department of National Revenue, otherwise known as Revenue Canada.

#SEARCH CANADA REVENUE AGENCY REGISTRATION#

The Agency also oversees the registration of charities in Canada, and ensures their compliance with tax and common law. Legislation administered by the CRA includes the Income Tax Act, parts of the Excise Tax Act, and laws relating to the Canada Pension Plan, employment insurance (EI), softwood lumber, and tobacco. The CRA collects taxes, administers tax law and policy, and delivers benefit programs and tax credits for the federal government and most provincial and territorial governments. The Canada Revenue Agency ( CRA French: Agence du revenu du Canada, ARC) is the revenue service of the Government of Canada.