The Ministry of Revenue has many responsibilities. To manage them, we divide our expertise and work in different units.
- Office of the Deputy Minister
- Strategic Communications
- Compliance Programs Division
- Operations Division
- Tax Administration Policy and Partnership Division
- Modernizing Ontario's Systems for Tax Administration
- Legal Services Branch
- The Deputy Minister oversees the day-to-day management and operation of the Ministry of Revenue.
- Provides communication expertise and advice within the minsitry.
- Supports the ministry's and government's goals by developing communications products and services.
- Provides expertise to other ministries on tax and benefit related communications.
Responsible for the audit, inspection and investigation functions for the ministry to ensure compliance with Ontario's tax statutes.
The division plays a key role in promoting public confidence in the fairness and integrity of Ontario's tax system by:
- directing and executing excellence in the audit function using risk based techniques, modern technology and best practices; and
- providing high quality, effective investigations and inspections.
The Operations Division focuses on operational and service delivery, benefits administration, revenue collection and the integration of current transformational projects to support our commitment to continuous improvement and modernization.
- Supports the administration of tax statutes as well as a number of tax incentive and benefit programs.
- Encourages compliance through taxpayer services.
- Maintains data integrity in sustaining an efficient tax administration system and collections function for all Ministry of Revenue administered tax statutes.
- Provides support to fiscal policy formation in determining tax incentives and benefit programs.
The Tax Administration Policy and Partnerships Division is responsible for strategic management services, relationship management and business development, tax advisory services and tax appeals.
- Oversees the ministry's strategic management services.
- Develops proactive and effective tax administration policy that supports the government's competitive business environment and Open for Business priorities.
- Maintains and monitors inter-governmental relationships, third party service provisions and issues.
- Explores new business development opportunities.
- Provides service excellence in the tax advisory and tax appeals functions.
Modernizing Ontario's Systems for Tax Administration (MOST) is a multi-year project and one of the largest business transformation and IT projects currently underway in the Ontario Public Service. MOST will modernize the ministry's current information systems and implement a state-of-the-art tax administration computer system.
This initiative will provide:
- accessible, integrated, streamlined processes that will assist tax clients to better understand and voluntarily comply with Ontario's tax laws; and
- new business and system processes which will improve tax administration services to Ontario's tax clients.
- Provides legal services and advice to the minister and to the ministry.
