Action Task Force on Small Business Issues

The Canada Revenue Agency's Action Task Force on Small Business Issues was created in the summer of 2006 to identify which of the administrative practices of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) imposed the greatest burden on small businesses, develop solutions to reduce the burden, and introduce a systemic approach to burden reduction across the CRA.

In March 2007, the Action Task Force identified 61 concrete actions to be taken by the CRA to reduce the compliance burden on small businesses in its report Helping Small Businesses by Reducing the Compliance Burden.

The CRA has progressed in addressing three keys areas identified by the Task Force:

• Simplifying, improving, and where appropriate, reducing the frequency of small business interactions with the CRA;
• Improving how and when the CRA communicates with small businesses; and
• Making burden reduction systemic within the CRA.

Closing report

In its Closing Report on Action Items - October 2011, the CRA has demonstrated how it has addressed all 61 action items identified by the Action Task Force.

Preceding progress reports

The CRA's progress is described in two preceding progress reports.

• Update on Final Report on Action Items - November 2009
• RC4483, Final Report on Action Items - Helping Small Businesses by Reducing the Compliance Burden - November 2008

Date modified:

2012-05-31