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How much are the rich paying in taxes? Are you in the top one per cent? You...
The recent Occupy protests that have spread around the globe got us wondering how much the top one per cent of income earners in Canada is really paying in taxes and who is included in that one per...
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F-35 fighter jets aren’t the only problem found by the Auditor General
Cost overruns, misleading ministers, the twisting of rules, and the choice of the F-35 as far back as 2006 — for the Auditor General, Michael Ferguson, his first report on government spending is...
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Investigation underway about why media got answers from CRA that a senator...
NOTE: This post was corrected on Wednesday, June 13 to reflect the fact the information commissioner’s office has been asked to investigate, not the Canada Revenue Agency. The Canada Revenue Agency...
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Canada Revenue Agency has no evidence to show its organized crime plan is...
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it has increased staff in a new unit to investigate charities – from 19 to 31 full-time equivalent workers for the current year. But as it adds staff to increase...
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Highlights from the fall report of Canada’s auditor general
OTTAWA – Here are some key findings of the fall 2013 report of the federal auditor general: –Some people who pose a threat to Canadians’ security have managed to enter the country illegally because of...
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NDP urge investigation of privacy breaches at Canada Revenue Agency
OTTAWA – The Opposition New Democrats want an investigation of new privacy concerns at the Canada Revenue Agency after the agency was unable to tell the NDP just how many privacy breaches it had...
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Tax collection agency looking to cut auditors
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is planning to cut auditors at the same time it acknowledges difficulty in tracking and collecting billions of dollars in unreported income from domestic and...
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Canada Revenue Agency reviewing issue of taxpayers wrongfully declared dead
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it hasn’t yet been determined whether the CRA has a “systemic issue” with wrongfully declaring taxpayers dead, despite briefing notes to the new minister...
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Federal government’s tax evaders whistleblower program delayed
OTTAWA — A whistleblower program announced last March by the federal government that would pay cash rewards to snitches with tips on tax evaders is several months overdue, and isn’t expected to be up...
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Federal ombudsman says taxpayers being declared dead a ‘systemic issue’
OTTAWA — The federal taxpayers’ ombudsman says the Canada Revenue Agency does, indeed, have a “systemic issue” with taxpayers wrongfully declared dead, even though the CRA says that determination has...
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Taxpayers’ ombudsman monitoring possible service impacts from Canada Revenue...
OTTAWA — The federal taxpayers’ ombudsman says he’s keeping a close eye on a six-month backlog at the Canada Revenue Agency in resolving tax disputes and how more than $300 million in cuts to the CRA...
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Tax cheats whistleblower hotline up and running
OTTAWA — Ten months after it was first trumpeted in the budget, the Conservative government announced Wednesday its whistleblower hotline to crack down on tax cheats is finally operational. A week...
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Cutbacks reduce revenue agency’s nine libraries to one
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has consolidated nine internal libraries into one research centre, as the closing of federal libraries extends to several government departments and raises more...
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Conrad Black owes $5.1M in back taxes, court rules
TORONTO – Conrad Black owes the Canadian government $5.1 million in taxes on income and taxable benefits from 2002. That’s the decision of a tax court that sided with the Canada Revenue Agency’s...
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Federal budget will target charitable groups linked with terrorism or...
OTTAWA – Next week’s federal budget will contain changes that could affect the charitable status of certain organizations, as some environmental groups now being audited by the federal government worry...
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Federal budget: Government pledges crackdown on some charities over potential...
OTTAWA – The federal government is promising to crack down on some Canadian charities with links to terrorist organizations and to review income-tax exemptions for non-profit groups, such as trade and...
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Harper government seeks extra $8.5 million for ad campaigns
OTTAWA — The Conservative government is seeking an extra $8.5 million in the current 2013-14 fiscal year for more federal advertising initiatives, including its “Economic Action Plan” ads,...
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Main estimates: Budget cuts pressing down on federal departments
OTTAWA – The Conservative government’s billions of dollars in budget reductions and efforts to eliminate the deficit are firmly taking hold across federal departments and agencies, new spending...
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Cuts to StatsCan won’t harm its mandate, government argues
OTTAWA — The Conservative government says a major review of how Statistics Canada collects its data is necessary because multiple federal departments often gather the same information, and it argues a...
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Opinion: Canada’s chief electoral officer on what’s wrong with the new...
Following is the text of remarks Thursday by Marc Mayrand, Canada’s chief electoral officer, on Bill C-23 (An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments...
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