Finance committee  I appreciate the question. At the agency, obviously, we need to strive for 100% accuracy. Any level of error is not acceptable. Notwithstanding that our internal stats show roughly a 92% accuracy rate, it's just not acceptable. We appreciate that. We have a taxpayer relief progr

Finance committee  This specific concern was brought to light a number of years ago, and it was actually the first time the minister—it was Minister Shea—received the Golden Scissors Award from the CFIB where we instituted a written online question service. To address that specific concern, taxpay

Finance committee  We're up to more than 100 agreements, tax exchange agreements and others. They kind of help us at two levels. At the first level, among practitioners just the existence of the agreement has a deterrent effect. It would discourage those who want to hide money offshore, although

Finance committee  The Government of Canada, together with the Department of Finance, plays a leadership role in terms of politics. The agency itself oversees certain committees. We work closely with our partners through more then 100 international arrangements on data transfers. We are also workin

Finance committee  If I understand what you are saying, your question is about the way we have handled the the lists we received in 2010. I can tell you that we have aggressively pursued the individuals on those lists. More than 200 audits have been carried out, helping us recover $21 million. We

Finance committee  I just confirmed that, in the 21 cases where an audit was carried out, the applicable penalties were certainly imposed. In the other voluntary disclosure cases, the due taxes and interests were paid. Only a penalty amount was not imposed, in compliance with the program rules and

Finance committee  —when the disclosure was received. That is one of the applicable rules.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. We have more than 6,000 auditors. One unit is dedicated to the international tax non-compliance of large companies. Another unit focuses on individuals with funds abroad. In fact, 1,400 of our auditors are assigned to those tasks. As mentioned in th

Finance committee  According to the updated figures, we have received nearly 2,000 calls, 522 of which are specific disclosures. Of those, 200 are in writing. When we implemented this project, we said that payments would be made to whistleblowers only once the audit had been carried out. So far, w

Finance committee  I deliberately said it was about 12 to protect—

Finance committee  To protect the confidentiality of whistleblowers, I deliberately used a vague number. The exact figure is around 12, but we cannot reveal it because those whistleblowers could be targeted.

Finance committee  Under the program, the minimum amount is $100,000 in taxes.

Finance committee  The amount would be about $1 million. We cannot have a specific figure before the audit is completed. The 12-odd cases alone could help us recover several million dollars.

Finance committee  It would be a matter of consistency, so we're looking at non-registrants, or people who are filing corporate income tax returns or personal income tax returns but not filing GST. They're filing a T2 and they're not filing a GST return. It's not an audit. It's basically looking at

Public Accounts committee  I can confirm that they are handled in exactly the same manner.