User fees - Departmental Results Report 2016-2017
- Fee name
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Fee levy under the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program (CPTC)
- Fee type
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Regulatory fee
The Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) is responsible for determining whether a production is a Canadian film or video production and for estimating eligible labour expenditures for the CPTC.
The fees allow CAVCO to administer the program and recommend to the Minister of Canadian Heritage the issuance of a Canadian Film or Video Production Certificate and a Certificate of Completion for productions that meet Canadian content requirements and are thus eligible for the CPTC.
There are also fees for an amended certificate and certified copy of an already issued certificate.
- Fee-setting authority
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Department of Canadian Heritage Act, Financial Administration Act.
CAVCO, a directorate of Canadian Heritage, co-administers this program with the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Year last modified
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February 26, 2004
- Reason for change of existing fee
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CAVCO is a Vote Netted Revenues organization. It had two objectives for originally establishing the fee structure:
- To establish fees that would be simple and equitable for the entire audio-visual industry; and
- To recover the cost of the services provided by CAVCO.
In 2004, CAVCO modified the user fee structure for the CPTC program to maintain service standards.
- Performance standards
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Issuance of certificates within 90 to 120 working days from receipt of a complete application.
- Performance results
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The 90 to 120 working days processing standard was met 82% of the time.
| 2016-17 ($ dollars) |
Planning years ($ dollars) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast revenue | Actual revenue | Full cost | Fiscal year | Forecast revenue | Estimated full cost |
| 3,300,000 | 3,363,363 | 3,185,030 | 2017-18 | 3,380,000 | 3,300,000 |
| 2018-19 | 3,400,000 | 3,300,000 | |||
| 2019-20 | 3,400,000 | 3,300,000 | |||
More detailed information on CAVCO user fees, visit the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) Program web page.
- Fee name
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Fee Levy Under the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Program (PSTC)
- Fee type
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Regulatory fee
The Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) is responsible for determining whether a production is an accredited production.
The fees allow CAVCO to administer the program and recommend to the Minister of Canadian Heritage the issuance of an Accredited Film or Video Production Certificate for productions that qualify and are thus eligible for the PSTC.
There are also fees for an amended certificate and certified copy of an already issued certificate.
- Fee-setting authority
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Department of Canadian Heritage Act, Financial Administration Act
CAVCO, a directorate of Canadian Heritage, co-administers this program with the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Year last modified
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The accreditation fees have never been modified since their introduction on October 24, 1997.
- Reason for change of existing fee
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CAVCO is a Vote Netted Revenues organization. It had two objectives for originally establishing the fee structure:
- To establish fees that would be simple and equitable for the entire audio-visual industry; and
- To recover the cost of the services provided by CAVCO.
The user fee structure for the PSTC established in 1997 has never been modified.
- Performance Standards
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Issuance of certificates within 90 to 120 working days from receipt of a complete application.
- Performance results
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The 90 to 120 working days processing standard was met 90% of the time.
| 2016-17 ($ dollars) |
Planning years ($ dollars) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast revenue | Actual revenue | Full cost | Fiscal year | Forecast revenue | Estimated full cost |
| 1,100,000 | 1,827,289 | 1,061,676 | 2017-18 | 1,700,000 | 1,200,000 |
| 2018-19 | 1,500,000 | 1,200,000 | |||
| 2019-20 | 1,500,000 | 1,200,000 | |||
More detailed information on CAVCO user fees, visit the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) Program web page.
- Fee name
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Fees charged for processing access requests files under the Access to Information Act
- Fee type
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Other products and services
- Fee-setting authority
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Access to Information Act
- Year last modified
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2006
- Reason for change of existing fee
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N/A
- Performance Standards
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Response provided within 30 days of receipt of request. Response time may be extended pursuant to s. 9 of the Act. A notice of extension is sent within 30 days of receipt of request.
- Performance results
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Taking into account external factors, 94% of requests were completed within the prescribed time frame.
| 2016–17 ($ dollars) |
Planning years ($ dollars) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast revenue | Actual revenue | Full cost | Fiscal year | Forecast revenue | Estimated full cost |
1,250 |
2,300 |
780,839 |
2017–18 |
2,500 |
840,000 |
2018–19 |
(See Note 2) |
(See Note 3) |
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2019–20 |
(See Note 2) |
(See Note 3) |
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Other Information:
- Note 1: This figure consists of salary and O&M costs in relation to the administration of the Access to Information Act.
- Note 2: This figure cannot be provided as revenue is based on information requests received under the Access to Information Act.
- Note 3: Budget information is not provided in advance. Hence it is not possible to provide figures for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 fiscal years.
- Access to Information Act.
- Access to Information Regulations.
- Since May 5, 2016, All fees (except the 5$ application fee) are now waived, following the Interim Directive on the Administration of the Access to Information Act.
- Fee name
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Canadian Conservation Institute user fees
Publications and Special Products - Fee type
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Other products and services
- Fee-setting authority
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Financial Administration Act, paragraph 19 (1) (b)
Department of Canadian Heritage Act, subsection 8 (1) - Year introduced
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1996
- Year last amended
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2016-2017
- Performance standard
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Publications and special products are delivered within a week of receiving payment.
- Performance results
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The one week delivery standard was met 100% of the time.
- Other information
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Fees for recent publications available for purchase are determined at the time of publishing and are based on a comparison of comparable CCI and/or market prices.
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