A Canada Revenue Agency office accused of corrupt practices is committed to full transparency, according to managers that wrote a report to Parliament. MPs have yet to investigate whistleblower complaints senior auditors manipulated sweetheart tax settlements for offshore corporations.
According to Blacklock's Reporter, the Competent Authority Services Division in its Annual Report to the House of Commons made no mention of the allegations. Complaints under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act concerned tax settlements called “advance pricing arrangements” for large corporations.
“The Advance Pricing Arrangement program has become a key compliance tool for the Revenue Agency while fostering a collaborative and cooperative relationship between taxpayers and other tax administrations,” said the report. “It demonstrates that communication, transparency and compromise permit mutually agreeable resolution of complex transfer pricing issues.”
Records show Agency management in 2019 and 2020 manipulated a seven-figure tax saving for an unidentified corporate lobbyist. At least five managers were involved in the scandal.
Federal Court documents named Ted Gallivan, a former assistant revenue commissioner, as the senior executive who approved the “secretive tax deal” for the lobbyist. Gallivan left the Revenue Agency back in 2021.
“There is a willingness for Gallivan and those near him to manipulate tax outcomes for specific taxpayers that are outside the normal procedures...
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