Summary of the Corporate Business Plan 2014-2015 to 2016-2017
Financial tables
Planning summary
Planned spending refers to those amounts for which a Treasury Board submission approval has been received by no later than February 1, 2014. This cut-off date differs from the Main Estimates process. Therefore, planned spending may include amounts incremental to planned expenditure levels presented in the 2014-15 Main Estimates.
As shown in the planned spending trend figure on the right, the total spending includes all parliamentary appropriations (Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates) and revenue sources. These include funding appropriated to the Canada Revenue Agency for: policy and operational initiatives arising from various federal budgets and economic statements; transfers from the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada for accommodations and real property services; disbursements under the Softwood Lumber Agreement; responsibilities related to the administration of corporate tax in Ontario and the harmonization of sales tax in Ontario and British Columbia and the children's special allowance payments.
| Actuals 2011-2012 |
Actuals 2012-2013 |
Forecast Spending 2013-2014 |
Planned Spending 2014-2015 |
Planned Spending 2015-2016 |
Planned Spending 2016-2017 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Programs | 130,396,200 | 55,534,010 | 45,000,000 | |||
| Total Spending | 4,610,141,309 | 4,318,468,143 | 4,379,681,438 | 3,746,400,122 | 3,719,805,860 | 3,704,052,873 |
For fiscal years 2011-2012 to 2013-2014, total spending includes certain technical adjustments, such as the CRA's carry forward adjustments from the previous year and funding for maternity and severance benefits.
The CRA's appropriations also show a decline in fiscal years 2011-2012 to 2016-2017 primarily as a result of:
- the gradual implementation of savings measures arising from the Budget 2012 spending review and the Budget 2013 targeted review savings; and
- the fluctuation in the CRA's Statutory Authorities for the Children's Special Allowance payments for eligible children in the care of agencies and institutions, the disbursements to the provinces under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006, the rates for the contributions to employee benefit plans, and the spending of revenues received through the conduct of operations pursuant to Section 60 of the Canada Revenue Agency Act.
The October 16, 2013 Speech from the Throne signalled that the Government will freeze the overall federal operating budget, which is not reflected in the Main Estimates or this Plan. The CRA is preparing mitigation strategies to enable it to operate within the available operating budget.
The planned spending trend figure also depicts funding in fiscal years 2014-2015 to 2016-2017 that will eventually "sunset", i.e., related to the Softwood Lumber Agreement (expiring after 2015-2016) and the project to upgrade the CRA's personal income tax processing system.
As depicted in the CRA activities figure, over the same period, the CRA's work volumes, as measured by totalling administered revenues and value of benefit payments processed, have been trending upward.
The Federal and Provincial Benefits payments decreased in 2012-2013 due to the sunset of the Ontario Sales Tax transition benefit.
For information on our organisational appropriations, please see the 2014-2015 Main Estimates publications.
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total administered revenues | 310,759.9 | 334,731.5 | 346,838.3 |
| Federal and provincial benefits payments | 22,090.0 | 22,264.6 | 21,819.9 |
CRA planned spending and full-time equivalents
CRA Main Estimates, planned spending and full-time equivalents
| 2013-14 forecast spending |
2014-15 planned spending |
2015-16 planned spending |
2016-17 planned spending |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Main Estimates | 4,276,823,253 | 3,861,256,109 | 3,761,268,399 | 3,735,659,600 |
| Disbursements to the Provinces under the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement, 2006 (forecast provided for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 only at this time) |
minus (283,000,000) | minus (80,000,000) | ||
| Taxpayers' Ombudsman | minus (3,244,301) | minus (3,167,366) | minus (3,169,366) | minus (3,170,366) |
| Supplementary Estimates | ||||
| 2013 Federal Budget | 15,540,213 | 14,071,471 | 13,393,273 | |
| Transfer of funds to Shared Services Canada (SSC) - to adjust as a result of the creation of Shared Services Canada |
minus (6,585,649) | |||
| Other Adjustments | ||||
| Adjustment to the respendable non-tax revenues | minus (19,449,536) | - | - | - |
| Funding for salary increases |
7,067,559 | |||
| Planned base spending | 3,971,611,326 | 3,793,628,956 | 3,772,170,504 | 3,745,882,507 |
| Taxpayers' Ombudsman | 3,244,301 | 3,167,366 | 3,169,366 | 3,170,366 |
| Items not yet included in outer years' planned spending | ||||
| Carry forward from 2012-2013 | 299,825,811 | - | - | - |
| Maternity and Severance payments (funding included for 2013-2014 only at this time) |
75,000,000 | - | - | - |
| Statutory disbursements to the Provinces under the |
30,000,000 | 80,000,000 | - | - |
| Total planned spending | 4,379,681,438 | 3,876,796,322 | 3,775,339,870 | 3,749,052,873 |
| Respendable non-tax revenues pursuant to the Canada Revenue Agency Act |
minus (174,329,650) | minus (179,308,529) | minus (177,041,732) | minus (175,962,593) |
| Cost of services received without charge | 438,547,289 | 423,084,369 | 422,089,866 | 419,714,150 |
| Total CRA spending | 4,643,899,077 | 4,120,572,162 | 4,020,388,004 | 3,992,804,430 |
| Human resources (full-time equivalents) | ||||
| Canada Revenue Agency | 40,727 | 38,220 | 38,040 | 37,784 |
| Taxpayers' ombudsman | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Total (planned) |
40,758 | 38,251 | 38,071 | 37,815 |
CRA planned spending by program and full-time equivalents
| 2013-14 forecast spending |
2014-15 planned spending |
2015-16 planned spending |
2016-2017 planned spending |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxpayer and business assistance | 333,291,371 | 350,905,225 | 267,093,889 | 260,696,720 |
| Assessment of returns and payment processing | 625,842,648 | 598,411,852 | 619,375,174 | 613,033,592 |
| Collections and returns compliance | 502,878,989 | 440,670,268 | 441,295,370 | 445,886,632 |
| Reporting compliance | 1,121,187,162 | 1,062,102,673 | 1,052,259,656 | 1,041,278,958 |
| Appeals | 197,714,416 | 194,675,861 | 191,002,004 | 189,591,545 |
| Benefit programs | 389,407,671 | 390,442,143 | 391,983,010 | 394,904,973 |
| Internal services | 1,206,114,880 | 836,420,934 | 809,161,401 | 800,490,087 |
| Taxpayers' ombudsman | 3,244,301 | 3,167,366 | 3,169,366 | 3,170,366 |
| Total planned spending Footnote 1 | 4,379,681,438 | 3,876,796,322 | 3,775,339,870 | 3,749,052,873 |
| Respendable non-tax revenue pursuant to Canada Revenue Agency Act | minus (174,329,650) | minus (179,308,529) | minus (177,041,732) | minus (175,962,593) |
| Cost of services received without charge | 438,547,289 | 423,084,369 | 422,089,866 | 419,714,150 |
| Total CRA spending | 4,643,899,077 | 4,120,572,162 | 4,020,388,004 | 3,992,804,430 |
| Human resources (full-time equivalents) | ||||
| Canada Revenue Agency | 40,727 | 38,220 | 38,040 | 37,784 |
| Taxpayers' ombudsman | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Total (planned) | 40,758 | 38,251 | 38,071 | 37,815 |
Overview of 2014-15 planned spending
| Legend | Percentage | Dollar amount |
|---|---|---|
| Taxpayer and business assistance | 15% | $350,905,225 |
| Assessment of returns and payment processing | 9% | $598,411,852 |
| Collections and returns compliance | 11% | $440,670,268 |
| Reporting compliance | 27% | $1,062,102,673 |
| Appeals | 5% | $194,675,861 |
| Benefit programs | 10% | $390,442,143 |
| Internal services | 22% | $836,420,934 |
| Taxpayers' ombudsman | 0.08% | $3,167,366 |
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