Finance committee  That's right.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I believe the policy applies only to the restaurant industry. I would need to verify that.

Finance committee  That is in the case of restaurant workers. We have tried to come up with a reasonable percentage. We are mindful that in some instances, the percentage may be lower, or higher.

Finance committee  Of course, sir.

Finance committee  I understand, but out of a workforce of 44,000, we are not talking about a large number of people.

Finance committee  This problem was not addressed in the budget because we have the resources within CRA to manage personnel. I'm well aware of the problem. In fact, I attended a briefing this morning on these problems, which primarily affect the Quebec region. We are currently doing an analysis to determine the cause of some of these problems.

Finance committee  Even if only 1 per cent of the workforce is affected, it's important to try and resolve these problems. Initially, our strategy was to review the situation and consider possible solutions, while keeping both of the country's compensation centres in operation. Clearly, that is the most efficient option.

Finance committee  It is easier for some companies to file their tax returns in foreign currency, for example, in US dollars, Euros or British pounds. The aim of this international trend is to facilitate business management. This will allow us to do everything we need to do in terms of tax administration, while respecting the currency used by the company.

Finance committee  I believe the timeframe was 2008-2009.

Finance committee  We've just checked and it's slated to start in 2009 for returns...

Finance committee  No. Some time ago we established a policy whereby a certain percentage of tip earnings would be taxed. It is almost impossible to calculate the amount for each taxpayer working in the restaurant industry. I'm not sure how long ago it was, but some time ago, we decided that in order to simplify the system, to cut down on monitoring workers, it would be easier to come up with a percentage.

Finance committee  The financial institutions will be administering the vehicles for the investments, of course. They're all, as you know, actively advertising these as we speak. But take the $5,000 in a given year. It's not required that the individual taxpayer do the entire $5,000 worth of business with a given financial institution.

Finance committee  It's true that just about every year there's some form of advertising around the tax-filing season. It changes every year, too, depending on the new tax measures that are introduced through the budget. So every year, as a matter of standard course—and I believe this is true for advertising across the Government of Canada—you're required to make a separate submission and get approval for that.

Finance committee  The advertising that will be carried out tries to accomplish two things. One is to advise the public of the availability of particularly new tax measures--and we've had a lot of them in the last few years--so that they're aware of them.