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Trucking is vital to connecting Canada’s vast and expansive territory and bridging our united economies, but not at the expense of industry standards and tax obligations. Too many trucking companies and the drivers they hire are in non-compliance with tax obligations. Some companies erroneously and deliberately misclassify their truck drivers as independent contractors, instead of on-staff employees. These practices undercut competition in the sector and unevenly punish rule-abiding companies, and deprive workers of the benefits and pensions they are owed.
To restore fairness to the sector and ensure workers are receiving the benefits they deserve, Budget 2025 will provide $77 million over four years, starting in 2026-27, with ongoing funding of $19.2 million annually, for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to lift the moratorium on the penalties for failure to report fees for service transactions in the trucking industry and to implement a focused program that addresses non-compliance issues related to personal services businesses and reporting fees for service.
The budget will also propose amending the Income Tax Act and the Excise Tax Act to allow the CRA to share taxpayer information and confidential information as it relates to the classification of workers with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESD). This would provide ESD with access to better information, which could in turn allow it to more effectively address the issue of driver misclassification in the trucking industry.
Read more in a press release from Department of Finance Canada.