Ontario. Office of the Budget and Taxation

• Office of the Budget and Taxation

• Ontario. Office of the Budget and Intergovernmental Finance

• Ontario. Office of the Budget, Taxation and Pensions

The Office of the Budget and Taxation was originally established as a division within the Ministry of Treasury and Economics in 1978 under the name of the Office of the Budget and Intergovernmental Finance. The division was comprised of the following branches; the Taxation Policy Branch, Fiscal Planning and Policy Branch and the Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch.

In 1993, the Ministry of Treasury and Economics was amalgamated with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Financial Institutions to form the Ministry of Finance, at which time the Office of the Budget and Intergovernmental Finance was renamed the Office of the Budget and Taxation. During this time the division was comprised of the Budget Secretariat, the Intergovernmental Finance Policy Branch and the Taxation Policy Branch.

In 2009, the Office of the Budget and Taxation was renamed the Office of the Budget, Taxation and Pensions to reflect its long standing responsibility for public-sector pension plans. In 2010 the Office of the Budget, Taxation and Pensions was amalgamated with the Treasury Board Office to form the Office of the Budget and Treasury Board.

The Office of the Budget and Taxation, when initially known as the Office of the Budget and Intergovernmental Finance, was responsible for managing and developing the Provinces' policies and practices concerning fiscal policy, taxation, managing the production of the Ontario Budget policy, including the fiscal framework, expenditure, priorities, economic stabilization initiatives, finance policies with other levels of government, and the monitoring of Ontario Budget performance.

Under the Ministry of Finance, when known as the Office of the Budget and Taxation, the division was responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of the Ontario Budget development, including monitoring its progress and implementation; the production of the autumn Economic Statement and Fiscal Outlook; the coordination of financial transfers from the federal government; the negotiation of federal-provincial agreements and advise on programs financing, equalization and review of federal-provincial cost sharing. The division was also responsible for the formulation of the Provinces' income security and pension policies, including those concerning the Canada Pension Plan and the financing of public sector pension plans. The division was also responsible for developing policies in various tax fields, negotiating tax arrangements with the federal government, other provinces and local governments, and the preparation of provincial tax policy options for inclusion in the Ontario Budget.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

KWIK Indexes 1987, 1993/94, 2006

Ont. Gov. Telephone Directories 1981, 2008, 2009 and 2010

At the time of writing (Jan. 2013) it is presumed that the 2010/2011 reorganization of the office into the Office of the Budget and Treasury Board constituted a new office/division within the Ministry of Finance. (A. Birrell)

Archivist(s):
Birrell