Tax and Revenue Administration (TRA)

New Initiatives, Publications and Forms

Please note:

• Holiday Closure Information.
• TRA will no longer provide change at the Edmonton office reception desk effective January 1, 2010.
• The Calgary office of TRA no longer accepts mailed, couriered or hand delivered documents or payments - more information.

This section of the website contains material from Tax and Revenue Administration (TRA), a division of Alberta Finance and Enterprise, responsible for tax and revenue collection and administration.  Note - if you have questions about your personal income taxes, please direct these to the Canada Revenue Agency.)

See Taxes & Rebates - Program Information for an overview and background on each program, and related publications and forms, or read below for:

• New Initiatives
• New / Updated Publications and Forms
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Tax and Revenue Administration:
  • Responsibilities and Functions
  • Contact Information

New Initiatives

• Alberta Corporate Tax - Refund Interest Rate Reduction
  Effective 12:01 a.m. February 10, 2010, the quarterly rates used to calculate Alberta Corporate Tax Act refund interest will be reduced by 50 per cent.  The reduced rates apply to assessments and reassessments issued after that time for all taxation years.  For more information, please see the Special Notice and related Questions and Answers.  Also, the Prescribed Interest Rates have been updated accordingly.

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New / Updated Publications and Forms

Please note that changes are made to our publications from time to time.  Revisions are not mailed if they are considered minor.  However, this site has the most up-to-date versions of our publications and forms. Items are removed from this list after six months and are included in the appropriate index for that program (see Taxes & Rebates - Program Information).

Also available by subscription: Tax Notes, Tax and Revenue Administration's electronic newsletter, which provides timely information about Alberta's corporate and commodity tax programs, including changes to legislation and policies.

Number	Title	Updated /Added
Vol. 5 No. 31	Alberta Corporate Tax Special Notice Vol. 5, No. 31:  Refund Interest Rate Reduction and related Questions and Answers.  Also, the Prescribed Interest Rates have been updated accordingly.	02/09/10
AITE-4R7	AITE Information Circular 4R7 updated:  AITE Offences and Penalties	01/12/10
AT2062	IFTA Fuel Tax Rate Chart for the 4th Quarter of 2009	12/23/09
Vol. 1 No. 26	Fuel Tax Special Notice Vol. 1 No. 26:  Tax Exempt Fuel User (TEFU) Program - Prescribed Fuel Consumption Benchmarks - Light-Duty Pickup Trucks	12/17/09
Vol. 5 No. 30	Alberta Corporate Tax Special Notice Vol. 5, No. 30:  Scientific Research and Experimental Development and Functional Currency	12/17/09
Vol. 22 No. 3	December 2009 issue of Tax Notes, Tax and Revenue Administration's e-newsletter. Click here for more information, including how to subscribe.	12/14/09
n/a	Making payments - information about different payment options added	12/14/09
n/a	TRA will no longer provide change at the Edmonton office reception desk	12/14/09
n/a	Prescribed Interest Rates for the 1st quarter of 2010 have been updated	12/07/09
TTA-1R4 TTA-2R3 TTA-4R5 TTA-8R2	The following Tobacco Tax information circulars have been updated: - TTA-1R4 - Overview of Tobacco Tax - TTA-2R3 - Offences, Penalties and Enforcement - TTA-4R5 - Licensing, Reporting and Remitting - TTA-8R2 - Alberta Tobacco Tax Rates	10/23/09
Vol. 22 No. 2	October 2009 issue of Tax Notes, Tax and Revenue Administration's e-newsletter. Click here for more information, including how to subscribe.	10/01/09
AT2062	IFTA Fuel Tax Rate Chart for the 3rd Quarter of 2009	09/22/09
CT-12	Advance Alberta Corporate Income Tax Rulings has been removed from the website as this service is no longer available.	08/12/09

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