The Canada Revenue Agency's Voluntary Disclosure
Program (VDP) has gone through a number of organizational changes
over the past few years. For many years, disclosures were made to
the local Tax Services Office. More recently, the CRA has moved the
handling of disclosures to Regional Centres; Shawinigan – Sud
Tax Centre for the Atlantic, Quebec, and Ontario Regions, Winnipeg
Tax Centre for the Prairie Region and Surrey Tax Centre for the
Pacific Region.
With the move of the VDP to Regional Centres, the CRA has
implemented a new screening process. Screeners are now reviewing
disclosure packages soon after receipt and are comparing the
package to a CRA developed checklist. If any item on the checklist is
missing or incomplete, then the CRA returns the package to the
sender, along with a covering letter and a checklist that
identifies the missing or incomplete information. There are,
however, certain issues that have arisen with respect
to the CRA's screening process
