Canadian Government Response to Auditor General Report on the Taxation of E-Commerce

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has issued the government's statement in response to the report from the Auditor General on the taxation of e-commerce. The report includes the following two recommendations for the CRA, which the CRA has agreed to:

Recommendation. Within its legislative authority, the Canada Revenue Agency should expand its compliance activities and leverage available third-party data to enhance its ability to detect and deter non-compliance for the GST/HST in e-commerce, i…