About: Canada Revenue Agency

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; French: Agence du revenu du Canada, ARC) is the revenue service of the Government of Canada that is responsible for the collection of taxation and administration of tax laws and tax policy, such as international trade legislation, and various social and economic benefit and incentive programs delivered through the tax system, for the federal government and most provincial and territorial governments. It also oversees the registration of charities in Canada, and tax credit programmes. It was previously known as the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and Revenue Canada before that.