Note: if you have questions about your own personal income taxes, or you are mailing a personal income tax return, please contact the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), or visit CRA’s “Get Ready” site.

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Overview

Tax and Revenue Administration (TRA) administers the following programs:

To assist our clients to comply with legislation, this site incorporates many public TRA documents explaining the legislation and providing specific compliance information. Every effort has been made to ensure the contents of the publications found on this site are accurate. However, if any discrepancy should occur between the publications and governing legislation, the legislation takes precedence.

For more information, see the following information circulars:

TRA video library

The following informational videos are available in the YourAlberta Taxes and Levies playlist.

All tax and levy programs

Carbon levy

Corporate income tax

International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)

Tourism levy

TRA general indicators

Programs administered by Tax and Revenue Administration

Programs
administered		 On behalf of entities (includes
Government of Alberta departments and agencies)
21 10

Enquiry responses

TRA responses to telephone enquiries TRA written responses
90,358 18,569

TRA website statistics

TRA's top 7 visited web pages Number of unique pageviews
  1. TRA home page
  2. Making payments
  3. Corporate income tax overview
  4. Tax and levy rates
  5. Corporate income tax forms
  6. Carbon levy FAQs
  7. Corporate income tax FAQs
 131,020

TRA video statistics

Number of TRA videos (as of March 31, 2018) Number of video views
13 18,304

Corporate income tax indicators

TRA administers the Alberta Corporate Income Tax (CIT) program. The Alberta Corporate Tax Act (ACTA) provides for the calculation of:

  • Alberta corporate income tax for corporations with a permanent establishment in Alberta, including Alberta deductions and credits such as the Alberta small business deduction, Alberta foreign investment income tax credit, Alberta political contributions tax credit and scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) tax credit.
  • Insurance premiums tax payable by insurers carrying on the business of insurance in Alberta.

Visit the Corporate Income Tax and Insurance Premiums Tax pages for more information.

The following indicators provide a snapshot of TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of ACTA.

Of CIT returns filed, percentage filed on time

Of CIT returns filed, percentage of returns filed on time - TARGET Of CIT returns filed, percentage of returns filed on time - RESULT
85% 83%

CIT returns filed online using Net file

TRA offers Alberta corporate income tax filers the option of filing returns in electronic format. See more information about Net file.

If you are interested in other electronic self-service options, sign up for TRA Client Self-Service (TRACS), which allows you to view the progress of a return, verify your account balance and update your address.

Percentage of returns filed online using Net file Number of CIT returns filed online using Net file
88% 213,612

CIT revenue recorded and returns processed

CIT revenue recorded Number of CIT returns processed
$3.36 billion 243,302

Total outstanding CIT debt resolved in 2017-18

This indicator represents all payments made to TRA where an active collections case exists. In some cases, payments are received without a collection action being taken on the case.

Total outstanding CIT debt resolved - TARGET Total outstanding CIT debt resolved - RESULT
$160 million $183 million

Growth of pursuable Alberta CIT debt

Pursuable debt represents debt where TRA can take collection action. TRA strives to take collection action on all debt not under dispute, i.e., pursuable. TRA targets a 0% growth rate in the amount of pursuable debt outstanding.

Growth of pursuable Alberta CIT debt - TARGET Growth of pursuable Alberta CIT debt - RESULT
< 0% -10%

Total CIT debt written-off as a percentage of CIT revenue

Writing off a debt does not forgive or extinguish the legal right of TRA to collect the debt, nor does it release the debtor from the obligation to pay.

Total CIT debt written-off as a percentage of revenue - TARGET Total CIT debt written-off as a percentage of revenue - RESULT
< 1.0% 0.87%

Fuel tax indicators

The Alberta Fuel Tax Act is a direct tax on consumers for the purchase of fuel in Alberta. This includes gasoline, diesel and propane, except where the fuel is delivered and consumed outside Alberta. Visit the Fuel tax section for more information.

The following indicator provides a snapshot of TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of the Fuel Tax Act.

Fuel tax revenue recorded

Fuel tax revenue recorded
$1.4 billion

International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)

The International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) is an agreement among American and Canadian jurisdictions that enables uniform collection and distribution of fuel taxes paid by motor carriers traveling in several jurisdictions. See the IFTA page for more information.

The following indicator reflects TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of IFTA.

Number of IFTA returns filed Number of jurisdictions
11,405 58

Tobacco tax indicators

The Tobacco Tax Act requires all wholesalers and importers in Alberta to be licenced to sell or import tobacco for resale in Alberta. See the Tobacco tax page for more information.

The following indicator provides a snapshot of TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of the Tobacco Tax Act.

Tobacco tax revenue recorded
$907 million

Levy indicators

Carbon levy

Under the Climate Leadership Plan, carbon levy is imposed on carbon-based fuels as of January 1, 2017. See the Carbon levy page.

The following indicators provide a snapshot of TRA's 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of the carbon levy.

Number of direct remitters Number of licence holders Number of inventory declarations Carbon levy revenue recorded
403 206 551 $1.0 billion

Emergency 911 levy

TRA administers the collection, reporting, and remittance of the 911 levy by wireless telecommunication providers operating in Alberta. Visit the Emergency 911 Levy page for more information.

The following indicator reflects TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of the Emergency 911 Levy.

Emergency 911 levy revenue recorded
$16.3 million

Tourism levy

Tourism levy is collected and remitted to TRA by the providers of temporary accomodation in Alberta. Visit the Tourism Levy page for more information.

The following indicator provides a snapshot of TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to administration of the Tourism Levy Act.

Tourism levy revenue recorded
$85 million

Unclaimed property indicators

The Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act and Regulation came into force on September 1, 2008. This legislation established a service to Albertans who have lost track of property as a result of business or personal circumstances. A central registry administered by Tax and Revenue Administration (TRA).

For more information about the administration of Unclaimed Property, please visit the Unclaimed Property page.

The following indicators provide a snapshot of TRA’s 2017-18 fiscal year with respect to the administration of the Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act.

Number of unclaimed items
as of March 31, 2018		 Estimated value of unclaimed items
as of March 31, 2018
225,000 $82 million
Number of cheques issued Value of cheques issued
679 $1,024,642

Links

Alberta has no sales tax, but for the convenience of our website visitors, we provide the following links for information about provincial sales (PST) or harmonized sales (HST) taxes in other jurisdictions. We are not responsible for these sites or their content.

Other provinces - PST links

Other provinces - HST links

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario are HST-participating provinces. These provinces harmonized their provincial sales tax with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and implemented the harmonized sales tax (HST), administered by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

To obtain additional HST information for any of the participating provinces, please visit the CRA website.

Sales taxes which may apply to your business

Does your business sell products, deliver sold goods, or provide services in other provinces? If so, you may be liable for sales taxes charged by those provinces on those goods or services, and on any equipment you bring into those provinces for use in your business.

British Columbia Provincial Sales Tax rules

Saskatchewan Provincial Sales Tax rules

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To submit forms

Please note: forms cannot be sent through email. Complete and print your forms and bring, mail or fax them to:

Tax and Revenue Administration
Alberta Treasury Board and Finance
9811 109 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2L5

Fax: 780-427-0348

To connect with Tax and Revenue Administration

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-3044
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: tra.revenue@gov.ab.ca