Time’s Up: CRA’s 100 Day Mandate for Improvement
After years of frustration on the part of tax professionals and taxpayers alike, the Finance Minister ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to clean up its act in 100 days. Specifically, the improvement plan was to run from September 2 through December 11. Finance Minister and Minister of National Revenue, Francoise-Phillippe Champagne instructed CRA to fix “unacceptable wait times and service delays.” Time’s up this week and CRA has released an update on progress. What gets measured, gets done. Let’s see what CRA’s metrics show.Audit Defence - Documenting the Client Experience
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CRA Breach – 900 Taxpayers Affected
CRA reveals that Social Insurance Number data for 900 taxpayers was accessed through its systems due to the Heartbleed bug.
Nova Scotia Provincial Budget
The 2014 Nova Scotia provincial budget was tabled on April 3, 2014. The budget contained no new taxes or credits, but it did contain several adjustments.
Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Budget
The Newfoundland and Labrador provincial budget was presented on March 27. The budget contained a number of tax changes.
Quebec Provincial Budget
The Quebec provincial budget was delivered on February 20. The budget introduced provincial changes that match the recently-announced federal changes.
Northwest Territories Territorial Budget
The Northwest Territories budget was delivered on February 6. The budget contained no income tax measures.
