Lebouthillier announces major boost to tax practitioners’ dispute resolution practices

CRA will invest $444 million (over what time period, the Minister did not say) to expand the auditing and litigation of suspected tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, resulting in a 12-times increase in the number of “schemes” being examined, and an increase in the number of examinations of high-risk taxpayers from 600 to 3000 per year - as well as the hiring of an additional 100 auditors to investigate “high-risk” multinationals. “To make sure these investments deliver results, the CRA will embed legal counsel within investigation teams, so that cases can be quickly brought to court.”

Neal Armstrong. Summary of 11 April 2016 CRA Press Release “Government of Canada cracks down on tax evasion” under s. 152(1).