Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. We have not studied the impact of a possible agreement on our activities to fight tax evasion. In the past, we have published reports on our tax gap. One of those specifically dealt with the issue of international observation. We could sen

Finance committee  The comment I'll make is that typically these large corporations do not just operate in one province. They're everywhere in the world, including in all provinces and territories, in terms of how they do business, so there would be a need for very close relations between the two a

Finance committee  Do you hear me?

Finance committee  Okay. Thank you for the question. Naturally, we haven't done any type of study in terms of the potential savings on the Quebec side, but we have looked, I would say, at a very high level to see what would be the initial impact in terms of associated costs. We do have experience

Finance committee  Yes, but this would need to be refined based on the agreement that it would need to be taken from. There are, as I mentioned before, significant considerations from an IT perspective, from a workflow perspective, from a staffing perspective, HR, real property. There are a lot of

Finance committee  We do not have an impact [Technical difficulty—Editor] because it would depend on the modality of the [Technical difficulty—Editor] the fact that we have organized our workforce and our flow of work in such a way as to optimize our operations and to ensure consistent service to a

Finance committee  We do not have scenarios of that kind, given the current nature of the discussions. We have estimates of the possible fixed costs of such a transition, basing ourselves specifically on the experience with Ontario. I can share that with you now, if you are interested. I can also

Finance committee  Yes, I can send it to you.

Finance committee  We have not done scenarios of that kind.

Finance committee  In terms of the complexity...I just want to confirm the question being asked.

Finance committee  In terms of its administration, the tax system is extremely complex. If you just look at the law and also the different types of provisions, it is necessarily extremely complex, like a lot of systems. I would say that the CRA takes a lot of pride in the work that it does and actu

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. Our conversations have been on two levels. We are continuing to work with all the provinces and territories to make sure that the forms used to administer the income tax system are as simple as possible. We have entered into discussions with

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. The job losses that I mentioned in my introductory statement would be in the agency's operations that produce tax returns. There is the paper form, the integrated form, and there is the administration by means of which the Government of Queb

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. As I said in my answer to the previous question, the issue is one of procedure. Information is exchanged every day between various departments, including between the different levels of government. Technology allows that. The modalities of the agreem

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. We are aware of the Robillard Commission report published several years ago. The agency did not do that kind of comparative analysis. Based on the current experience with Revenu Québec's administration of the GST/HST, the costs of the provin