The importance of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audits to the administration of the Canadian tax system is self-evident. So is the need for CRA to conduct high-quality audits. While audit outcomes are subject to appeals and court challenge, it is not desirable to rely frequently on appeals and the...

Governments transfer resources to low-income families both directly, with social assistance payments, and indirectly, through the tax system. In Canada, several important benefits aimed at low-income families are delivered through the tax system, but only to those who file tax returns....