Finance committee  The agency is really focused on electronic services and real-time data. Not that it's a silver bullet, but the hope is to have real-time data exchange and have people use the electronic services to help decrease the pressure those deadlines create.

Finance committee  For both corporations and GST, and GST would have just caught up to individuals, it would be in the range of 84% to 85%. We can confirm that off-line. For corporations, T2 would be close to 90% this year, if not over.

Finance committee  In other words, if somebody's able to file electronically easily, then it's not so cumbersome for them to meet the deadline, because it's a simple click of the mouse—

Finance committee  Sure. I was speaking to a tax practitioner last week and they talked about a case of succession, so either on the death of the parents or planning for that eventuality, the business was transferred to the children. That scenario gives rise to a lot of voluntary disclosures. If t

Finance committee  We have a very close relationship from small to large, so with the CFIB, the Canadian Payroll Association and CPA Canada, the accounting community, with seven formal subcommittees, we have regular cross-communication. In other words, they push out communication messages to their

Finance committee  The figure I'd share is the total income involved in the last fiscal year was $1.3 billion came in through voluntary disclosures.

Finance committee  I can tell you that our criminal investigations program is focused on stakeholders and promoters. We are no longer spending our days going after small companies for small amounts of money. Promoters and professionals who participate in that environment are the focal point of our

Finance committee  I think that they are, as the number of disclosures has doubled. Last year, the number of international disclosures went from 5,000 to 10,000. When we launched our disclosure line, we started receiving information on offshore transactions of more than $10,000. Over the course of

Finance committee  Various figures are used depending on how far back in time you go. It's 400% if you go back to 2008-09 depending on the year you pick, and you don't want to cherry-pick. I'll just talk about fiscal 2013-14 to the fiscal year that just ended, 2014-15. Overall we went from $15,800

Finance committee  They run the gamut. When there's a criminal conviction, we now publish the criminal conviction and the information related to the crime, and then we encourage people who may have a similar situation or fact set to make a voluntary disclosure. In response to media inquires and new

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  Last fall we released a renewed three-year underground economy strategy. What's new is a focus on the demand side, on the consumer side, working in partnership with key stakeholders. The minister established an advisory committee, and we have people from the CFIB, Canadian Home B

Finance committee  If we focus only on the HSBC Bank cases, I would like to point out that a number of files were examined to determine whether there were grounds for an investigation in order to lay criminal charges. We don't have sufficient evidence to carry out an investigation in any of those c

Finance committee  The concern was there is no written record of a phone conversation, and so, to go back to a phone conversation, it's taxpayer relief. The taxpayer would have to contact the CRA and indicate that they were given inaccurate information. Under the criteria of taxpayer relief, depart

Finance committee  I'll make three quick points. First, the 6,000 auditor workforce I mentioned previously all receive sensitivity training on business realities, and then specific training around sector-specific issues. We provide that training up front. A second thing I'd mention is last year