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Statement from the Canada Revenue Agency
Recent media coverage raises questions about leaked documents from a Panama law firm relating to the offshore financial affairs of numerous individuals worldwide.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is committed to combating the abusive use of offshore jurisdictions and protecting the integrity of the Canadian tax system.
The CRA continues to pursue audits related to offshore tax evasion including some Canadian clients associated with law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The Agency is actively pursuing the cooperation of its tax treaty partners and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to obtain all of the leaked records that pertain to Canadian residents.
Since 2015, the CRA has collected data on international funds transfers, and is actively identifying high risk taxpayers, high risk jurisdictions, and high risk intermediaries.
The Minister of National Revenue has instructed CRA officials to obtain the data leaked through the Panama Papers in order to cross-reference this information with the data already obtained through the Agency’s existing investigation tools. The CRA will be communicating with its treaty partners to obtain any further information that may not currently be in its possession. We will continue to analyze relevant information from all sources to identify Canadian taxpayers who may have used accounts to hide or conceal money offshore in an effort to avoid or evade paying tax.
Compliance actions are being taken according to the information available in each case, including referrals to the CRA’s Criminal Investigations Directorate and, where appropriate, the Public Prosecution Services of Canada for possible criminal prosecution.
International tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance are complex global issues. Budget 2016 allocated over $440M for the CRA to combat tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, including offshore. This investment enhances the effective tools the CRA already has to detect offshore non-compliance, including access to international Electronic Funds Transfers, information from the Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) and exchanges with treaty partners.
Since January 2015, the CRA has collected information on all international funds transfers over $10,000, including those to Panama and other jurisdictions of concern.
OTIP allows the CRA to pay individuals who confidentially provide specific information about major international tax non-compliance. If the CRA collects more than $100,000 in federal taxes resulting from this information, the person who provided it could be awarded between 5% and 15% of the amount collected. Since the program started in January 2014, it has received calls from over 800 individuals and is reviewing over 120 cases.
Information sharing and international cooperation are key to deterring international tax evasion and avoidance, and identifying tax non-compliance and abuse. Canada has one of the most extensive tax treaty networks in the world, with 92 tax treaties and 22 Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) in force as of April 4, 2016. Treaties and TIEAs are important tools that enhance Canada's ability to obtain information to enforce our laws and to see that all Canadians, including those with operations and investments abroad, pay their appropriate share of taxes.
Recent media coverage raises questions about leaked documents from a Panama law firm relating to the offshore financial affairs of numerous individuals worldwide.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is committed to combating the abusive use of offshore jurisdictions and protecting the integrity of the Canadian tax system.
The CRA continues to pursue audits related to offshore tax evasion including some Canadian clients associated with law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The Agency is actively pursuing the cooperation of its tax treaty partners and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to obtain all of the leaked records that pertain to Canadian residents.
Since 2015, the CRA has collected data on international funds transfers, and is actively identifying high risk taxpayers, high risk jurisdictions, and high risk intermediaries.
The Minister of National Revenue has instructed CRA officials to obtain the data leaked through the Panama Papers in order to cross-reference this information with the data already obtained through the Agency’s existing investigation tools. The CRA will be communicating with its treaty partners to obtain any further information that may not currently be in its possession. We will continue to analyze relevant information from all sources to identify Canadian taxpayers who may have used accounts to hide or conceal money offshore in an effort to avoid or evade paying tax.
Compliance actions are being taken according to the information available in each case, including referrals to the CRA’s Criminal Investigations Directorate and, where appropriate, the Public Prosecution Services of Canada for possible criminal prosecution.
International tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance are complex global issues. Budget 2016 allocated over $440M for the CRA to combat tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, including offshore. This investment enhances the effective tools the CRA already has to detect offshore non-compliance, including access to international Electronic Funds Transfers, information from the Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) and exchanges with treaty partners.
Since January 2015, the CRA has collected information on all international funds transfers over $10,000, including those to Panama and other jurisdictions of concern.
OTIP allows the CRA to pay individuals who confidentially provide specific information about major international tax non-compliance. If the CRA collects more than $100,000 in federal taxes resulting from this information, the person who provided it could be awarded between 5% and 15% of the amount collected. Since the program started in January 2014, it has received calls from over 800 individuals and is reviewing over 120 cases.
Information sharing and international cooperation are key to deterring international tax evasion and avoidance, and identifying tax non-compliance and abuse. Canada has one of the most extensive tax treaty networks in the world, with 92 tax treaties and 22 Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) in force as of April 4, 2016. Treaties and TIEAs are important tools that enhance Canada's ability to obtain information to enforce our laws and to see that all Canadians, including those with operations and investments abroad, pay their appropriate share of taxes.
