Office of the Auditor General of Canada—2023–24 Fees Report

Office of the Auditor General of Canada Fees Report for fiscal year 2023–24

ISSN 2562-2870

Preface

I am presenting the report on fees of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) for the 2023–24 fiscal year, the organization’s seventh annual report under the Service Fees Act.

About this report

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, the Low‑materiality Fees Regulations, and subsection 4.2.9 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees the OAG had the authority to charge in the 2023–24 fiscal year.

The report covers fees that are subject to the Service Fees Act.

For reporting purposes, fees are categorized by fee-setting mechanism. There are 3 mechanisms:

  1. Act, regulation, or fees notice
    The authority to set these fees is delegated to a department, minister, or Governor in Council pursuant to an act of Parliament.
  2. Contract
    The Auditor General has the authority to enter into contracts, which are usually negotiated between the Auditor General and an individual or organization and which cover fees and other terms and conditions. In some cases, that authority may also be provided by an act of Parliament.
  3. Market rate or auction
    The authority to set these fees is fixed pursuant to an act of Parliament or a regulation, and the minister, department, or Governor in Council has no control in determining the fee amount.

No fees under the OAG’s authority are set by market rate or auction, or by act, regulation, or fees notice. This report therefore covers only fees set by contract. It provides total revenue and costs only.

Fees charged by the OAG under the Access to Information Act are not subject to the Service Fees Act and are not included in this report. Information on the OAG’s access to information fees can be found in our annual report to Parliament on the administration of the Access to Information Act: Annual Report on the Access to Information Act.

Remissions

In 2023–24, the OAG was not subject to the requirements in section 7 of the Service Fees Act and had no authority to remit, so this report does not include remission amounts.

Overall totals, by fee-setting mechanism

The following table presents the total revenue, cost, and remissions for all fees that the OAG had the authority to charge in 2023–24, by fee‑setting mechanism.

Overall totals for 2023–24, by fee-setting mechanism

Overall totals for 2022–23, by fee-setting mechanism
Fee-setting mechanism Revenue ($) Cost ($) Remissions ($)
Fees set by contract 1,289,478 1,959,843 Remissions do not apply to fees set by contract.