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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; French: Agence du revenu du Canada; ARC) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes , administers tax law and policy , and delivers benefit programs and tax credits. [ 4 ]
A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).
Income taxes in Canada constitute the majority of the annual revenues of the Government of Canada, and of the governments of the Provinces of Canada. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, the federal government collected just over three times more revenue from personal income taxes than it did from corporate income taxes .
The GST applies nationally. The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and is applied under the same legislation as the GST. The HST is in effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The 2009 initial funding, the 2010 initiation, the 2016 implementation, and ongoing operation of what would become the Phoenix pay system, was overseen by a series of the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada Ministers, spanning the tenure of former-Prime Minister Harper (February 6, 2006 – November 4, 2015) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2015–).
To gain charity status, organizations must first register with the federal Canadian Revenue Agency under the Income Tax Act. [5] To be eligible for charitable tax status, charities need to provide a public benefit, such as poverty relief or education, [6] and they are limited in their business and political activities, including making profit or engaging in partisan behavior. [7]
Corporate taxes in Canada are regulated at the federal level by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). As of January 1, 2019 the "net tax rate after the general tax reduction" is fifteen per cent. [1] The net tax rate for Canadian-controlled private corporations that claim the small business deduction, is nine per cent. [1]
It was created from the merging of Revenue Canada with Canada Customs. [1] [2] The CCRA was subsequently split into the Canada Border Services Agency and Canada Revenue Agency. [1] [2] During the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, QC, the department was called the Department of National Revenue Customs and Excise.