Section III: Supplementary Information - Financial Highlights

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Agency planned spending and full-time equivalents

Footnote 1

Planned spending does not include certain technical adjustments made in 2011-2012, primarily carry forward from the previous year ($178 M in 2011-2012) and maternity and severance benefits ($80 M in 2011-2012). These are in-year adjustments.

Footnote 2

Excludes forecasted disbursements to the provinces for the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006, which are unavailable at this time ($140 M in 2011-2012 and $280 M in 2012-2013).

Footnote 3

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Footnote 1a

Planned spending does not include certain technical adjustments made in 2011-2012, primarily carry forward from the previous year ($178 M in 2011-2012) and maternity and severance benefits ($80 M in 2011-2012). These are in-year adjustments.

Footnote 2a

Excludes forecasted disbursements to the provinces for the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006, which are unavailable at this time ($140 M in 2011-2012 and $280 M in 2012-2013).

Footnote 3a

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Details on transfer payment programs

Children's special allowance payments (CSA)

Strategic outcome: Eligible families and individuals receive timely and correct benefit payments.

Program activity: Benefit programs

Name of transfer payment program: Children's special allowance payments (CSA) (Statutory)

Start date: August 28, 1995 Footnote 1b

End date: Ongoing

Description: Tax-free monthly payments made to agencies and foster parents who are licensed by provincial or federal governments to provide for the care and education of children under the age of 18 who physically reside in Canada and who are not in the care of their parents. CSA payments are equivalent to Canada Child Tax Benefit payments. CSA payments are governed by the Children's Special Allowances Act which provides that this allowance be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Expected results: Monthly payments issued on schedule.

Footnote 1b

Responsibility for Children's special allowance payment was transferred from Human Resources Development Canada, effective August 28, 1995 ( P.C. Order 1995-342)

Footnote 2b

Other Transfer payment is a transfer payment based on legislation or an arrangement that normally includes a formula or schedule as one element used to determine the expenditure amount. However, once a payment is made, the recipient may redistribute the funds among several categories of expenditure in the arrangement.

Disbursements to provinces under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006

Taxpayers meet their obligations and Canada's revenue base is protected. Taxpayer and business assistance Disbursements to provinces under the (Statutory)

Start date: October 12, 2006

End date: October 12, 2015 (pending approval of legislation)

The export charge, to be levied by Canada on exports of softwood lumber products to the United States, is collected and administered by the Canada Revenue Agency ( ) with support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on behalf of the provinces. Under the (Act), the is responsible for making disbursements to the provinces of a portion of the charge collected over the course of the application of the (Agreement). These disbursements will be reduced by several factors: refunds paid to the industry, costs for the administration and implementation of the Agreement and the Act as well as the costs incurred for certain litigation resulting from the Agreement or Act. The Act applies to the following regions: Interior, Coastal, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Exports from the remaining provinces and territories are excluded.

Expected results: Disbursements will continue on a quarterly basis until the termination of the Agreement, unless lumber market prices increase to the point where no export charge is applicable for that period.

Footnote 1c

Other transfer payment is a transfer payment based on legislation or an arrangement that normally includes a formula or schedule as one element used to determine the expenditure amount. However, once a payment is made, the recipient may redistribute the funds among several categories of expenditure in the arrangement.

Footnote 1d

Services received without charge are reported on a gross basis.

Footnote 2d

Details may not add to totals due to rounding

Sources of respendable non-tax revenue and non-respendable non-tax revenue

Footnote 1e

Forecast revenue 2011-2012 has been adjusted for the transfer to Shared Services Canada from November 15, 2011 to March 31, 2012.

Footnote 2e

Details may not add to totals due to rounding

Footnote 3e

Comprised mainly of a basic fee charged to the provinces for recoveries provided under tax collection agreements ( TCA) and other provincial cost recovery initiatives ( e.g. refund set-off and benefit programs).

Footnote 4e

Comprised mainly of information technology services provided to the Canada Border Services Agency ( CBSA).

Footnote 1f

Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

Footnote 2f

This table reflects the approach taken in the Audited Financial Statements of the Agency where a clear distinction is made between Agency activities and administered activities. Interest and penalties collected for personal, corporate and other taxes which are part of the Agency's administered activities rather than Agency's activities, are excluded.

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