CRA Annual Report to Parliament 2011-2012 (PDF - Agence du ...

Benefit programs and benefit-related services delivered
by the Canada Revenue Agency
ANNUAL REPORT
2011-2012
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY
Six federal benefit programs
Canada Child Tax Benefit Children’s Special Allowances
Disability tax credit Universal Child Care Benefit1 Goods and services tax / harmonized sales tax credit Working income tax benefit advance payments
1 On behalf of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
25 ongoing benefit programs for provinces and territories
1st year 1st year
British Columbia – BC family bonus 1996 Nunavut – territorial worker’s supplement 1999
Alberta family employment tax credit 1997 Newfoundland and Labrador child benefit 1999
New Brunswick child tax benefit 1997 Newfoundland and Labrador seniors’ benefit 1999
New Brunswick working income supplement 1997 Saskatchewan low-income tax credit 2000
Newfoundland and Labrador harmonized sales tax credit 1997 Newfoundland and Labrador – mother baby nutrition
supplement
2001
British Columbia – BC earned income benefit 1998 Ontario child benefit 2007
Saskatchewan child benefit 1998 British Columbia low income climate action tax credit 2008
Northwest Territories child benefit 1998 Ontario senior homeowners’ property tax grant 2009
Northwest Territories – territorial worker’s supplement 1998 Ontario sales tax credit 2010
Nova Scotia child benefit 1998 British Columbia harmonized sales tax credit 2010
Yukon child benefit 1999 Nova Scotia affordable living tax credit 2010
Nunavut child benefit 1999 Ontario energy and property tax credit 2011
Northern Ontario energy credit 2011
Ten one-time payment programs
1 st year 1 st year
Relief for heating expenses (federal) 2000 Energy cost benefit (federal) 2005
British Columbia – BC energy rebate 2001 Alberta 2005 resource rebate 2005
Alberta energy tax refund 2001 Ontario home electricity relief 2006
Ontario taxpayer dividend 2001 British Columbia climate action dividend 2008
Nova Scotia taxpayer refund 2003 Ontario sales tax transition benefit 2010
50 income verification data exchanges with provinces to support
programs
Five data transfers with provinces to support top-ups for
CRA-administered child benefit programs
Six data exchanges and transfers to support the new Nova Scotia
pharmacare program, the British Columbia low income climate action
tax credit, Ontario senior homeowners property tax grant, Ontario sales
tax credit, Ontario sales tax transition benefit and to assist the ministère
du Revenu du Québec in administering the Quebec Taxation Act
81 data exchange and data transfer services
Ten National child benefit supplement data exchanges with provinces
and territories to facilitate the calculation of social assistance
Two data transfers of income and child information to support
administration of the Ontario child care supplement and Quebec family
allowance programs
Eight data exchanges and data transfers to support federal
administration of the Employment insurance family supplement,
Guaranteed income supplement, Canada learning bond, additional
canada education savings grant, Registered disability savings plan and
Canadian disability savings grant and Old age security