2017 to 2018 Fees Report

A message from the Minister
General fees information

A message from the Minister

On behalf of the Canada Revenue Agency, I am pleased to present the 2017 to 2018 Report on Fees.

On June 22, 2017, the Service Fees Act^{Footnote 1} received royal assent, thereby repealing the User Fees Act^{Footnote 2} .

The Service Fees Act introduces a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through enhanced reporting to Parliament, improved transparency and oversight. The act provides for:

a streamlined approach to consultation and the approval of new or modified fees
a requirement for services to have service standards and reporting against these standards, along with a policy to remit fees to fee payers when standards are not met
an automatic annual fee adjustment by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to ensure that fees keep pace with inflation
annual detailed reporting to Parliament in order to increase transparency

This 2017 to 2018 Fees Report is the first report to be prepared under the Service Fees Act. The report includes new information such as a detailed listing of all fees along with future year fee amounts. Additional fee information will be included starting next fiscal year, once the Canada Revenue Agency fully transitions to the Service Fees Act regime.

I welcome the increased transparency and oversight that the Service Fees Act’s reporting regime embodies, and I am fully committed to transitioning the Agency to this modern framework.

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The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, P.C., M.P.
Minister of National Revenue

General fees information

The tables that follow provide information on each category of fees, including:

the name of the fee category
the date that the fee (or fee category) was introduced and last amended (if applicable)
service standards
performance results against these standards
financial information regarding total costs, total revenues and remissions

In addition to the information presented by fee category, there is a summary of the financial information for all fees as well as a listing of fees under the department’s authority. This listing includes the existing fee dollar amounts and the adjusted dollar fee amount for a future year.

General and financial information by fee category

General information

Fee category

Access to information processing fee

Fee-setting authority

Access to Information Act^{Footnote 3}

Year introduced

1983

Year last amended

1992

Service standard

Processing time of 30 calendar days for the Access to Information Act (ATIA), with reasonable time extensions for large volumes and operational impacts, or for consultations - if claimed in the first 30 days. The CRA's internal processing standard is to complete 90% of filed requests within the legislative deadline.

Performance results

Of the requests made under the ATIA that were closed in 2017 to 2018, 78% were completed within the legislative timeframe, as compared to 62% in 2016 to 2017. In 2018-2019, the Agency will continue to expedite an action plan to reduce inventories, and continue to implement continuous improvement initiatives to maximize efficiency.

Other information

Not applicable

Financial information (dollars)
2016 to 2017 Revenue	2017 to 2018 Revenue	2017 to 2018 Cost^{table 1 note *}	2017 to 2018 Remissions^{table 1 note †}
Table 1 Notes Table 1 Note * The amount includes direct and indirect costs, where such costs are identifiable and material. Return to table 1 note * referrer Table 1 Note † A remission is a partial or full return of a fee paid. Under the Service Fees Act, departments are required to develop policies that determine when fees will be remitted to fee payers should service standards not be met. The requirement for departments to remit is anticipated to come into effect on March 31, 2020. This effective date allows departments time to develop remissions policies and adjust service standard tracking and remittance systems. During fiscal year 2017 to 2018, some departments may have issued remissions, in accordance with their authority of their enabling legislation or regulation, as opposed to the authority given by the Service Fees Act. It is remissions issued under enabling legislations or regulations that are shown above Return to table 1 note † referrer
12,471	11,711	8,496,901	575

General information

Fee category

Advance income tax ruling fee

Fee-setting authority

Financial Administration Act^{Footnote 4} , paragraph 19(1)(b)

Year introduced

1970

Year last amended

2000 to 2001

Service standard

The service standard target is to issue 85% of advance income tax rulings within 90 business days of receipt of all essential information from the client.

Performance results

During 2017 to 2018, 83% of advance income tax rulings were issued within 90 days of receipt of all essential information from the client

Other information

Not applicable.

Financial information (dollars)
2016 to 2017 Revenue	2017 to 2018 Revenue	2017 to 2018 Cost^{table 2 note *}	2017 to 2018 Remissions^{table 2 note †}
Table 2 Notes Table 2 Note * The amount includes direct and indirect costs, where such costs are identifiable and material. Return to table 2 note * referrer Table 2 Note † A remission is a partial or full return of a fee paid. Under the Service Fees Act, departments are required to develop policies that determine when fees will be remitted to fee payers should service standards not be met. The requirement for departments to remit is anticipated to come into effect on March 31, 2020. This effective date allows departments time to develop remissions policies and adjust service standard tracking and remittance systems. During fiscal year 2017 to 2018, some departments may have issued remissions, in accordance with the authority of their enabling legislation or regulation, as opposed to the authority given by the Service Fees Act. It is remissions issued under enabling legislations or regulations that are shown above. Return to table 2 note † referrer
1,754,987	1,441,700	2,300,308	Not applicable

General information

Fee category

Taxation statistical analyses and data processing services fees

Fee-setting authority

Financial Administration Act^{Footnote 4}, paragraph 19(1)(b)

Year introduced

1992

Year last amended

Not applicable

Service standard

Provide statistical data to taxpayers within an average of 30 calendar days of receipt of all essential information.

Performance results

Average time to respond to external requests for statistical data is 3 days.

Other information

Not applicable

Financial information (dollars)
2016 to 2017 Revenue	2017 to 2018 Revenue	2017 to 2018 Cost^{table 3 note *}	2017 to 2018 Remissions^{table 3 note †}
Table 3 Notes Table 3 Note * The amount includes direct and indirect costs, where such costs are identifiable and material. Return to table 3 note * referrer Table 3 Note † A remission is a partial or full return of a fee paid. Under the Service Fees Act, departments are required to develop policies that determine when fees will be remitted to fee payers should service standards not be met. The requirement for departments to remit is anticipated to come into effect on March 31, 2020. This effective date allows departments time to develop remissions policies and adjust service standard tracking and remittance systems. During fiscal year 2017 to 2018, some departments may have issued remissions, in accordance with the authority of their enabling legislation or regulation, as opposed to the authority given by the Service Fees Act. It is remissions issued under enabling legislations or regulations that are shown above. Return to table 3 note † referrer
22,780	68,392	156,703	Not applicable

Financial totals for all fee categories

Total revenues, cost and remissions (dollars)
2016 to 2017 Total revenue	2017 to 2018 Total revenue	2017 to 2018 Total cost	2017 to 2018 Total remissions
Note: the totals are the sums of the revenues, costs and remissions reported for all fee categories in the “Financial information” tables.
1,790,238	1,522,848	10,953,912	575

Fees under the department’s authority

Fee amounts for 2017 to 2018, 2019 to 2020, and a future fiscal year, as applicable (dollars)
Name of fee	2017 to 2018 Fee amount	2019 to 2020 Adjusted fee amount^{table 4 note *}	Future fee amount and fiscal year^{table 4 note †}
Table 4 Notes Table 4 Note * Fees are adjusted annually in one of two ways: Under the Service Fees Act, fees are adjusted in each fiscal year by the percentage change over 12 months in the April All-Items Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada for the previous fiscal year. The Consumer Price Index rate for this report is 2.2%. The fee is subject to a periodic adjustment at a predetermined rate, in accordance with another authority in legislation or regulation. Return to table 4 note * referrer Table 4 Note As the AS and CR groups have been replaced by the Services and Programs (SP) group at the CRA, the Agency uses the hours worked by the SP equivalents to the AS and CR groups to calculate this fee. Return to table 4 note referrer Table 4 Note † The “Future fee amount and fiscal year” is the new amount of the fee, in a future fiscal year other than 2019 to 2020, adjusted by a predetermined rate, in accordance with the authority in legislation or regulation. Return to table 4 note † referrer
Advance Income Tax Ruling Fee	$100 for each of the first 10 hours or part of an hour and $155 for each subsequent hour or part of an hour.	$102 for each of the first 10 hours, $158 for each subsequent hour or part of an hour thereafter.	Not applicable
Taxation Statistical Analyses and Data Processing Services Fees	See rows below for each fee	See rows below for each fee	Not applicable.
Computer analyses and programming services	$51.45 per hour	$52.58 per hour	Not applicable
Use of computer facilities	$0.05 per resource unit	$0.05 per resource unit	Not applicable
Customized statistical analyses provided by a member of the Economics, Sociology and Statistics (ES) group	ES 05 $62.65 per hour ES 04 $56.65 per hour ES 03 $49.10 per hour ES 02 $41.70 per hour ES 01 $37.05 per hour	ES 05 $64.03 per hour ES 04 $57.90 per hour ES 03 $50.18 per hour ES 02 $42.62 per hour ES 01 $37.87 per hour	Not applicable
Data conversion services:	preparation of work for data conversion $22.40 per hour routing cards $23.00 per 1,000 cards data conversion $11.00 per hour use of terminal $ 1.00 per hour	preparation of work for data conversion $22.89 per hour routing cards $23.51 per 1,000 cards data conversion $11.24 per hour use of terminal $ 1.02 per hour	Not applicable
Output services^{table 4 note **}: (a) administrative support services provided by a member of the Administrative Services (AS) or Clerical and Regulatory (CR) group	AS 02 $40.95 per hour CR 04 $30.55 per hour CR 03 $30.05 per hour	AS 02 $41.85 per hour CR 04 $31.22 per hour CR 03 $30.71 per hour	Not applicable
(b) printouts	$0.19 per 1,000 lines	$0.19 per 1,000 lines	Not applicable
(c) magnetic tapes	$20.00 each	$20.44 each	Not applicable
(d) 3480 self-loading cartridges	$5.50 each	$5.62 each	Not applicable

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2017 to 2018 Fees Report

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A message from the Minister

General fees information

General and financial information by fee category

General information

Table 1 Notes

General information

Table 2 Notes

General information

Table 3 Notes

Financial totals for all fee categories

Fees under the department’s authority

Table 4 Notes

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