The Ministry of Revenue administers most of the province's major tax statutes as well as a number of tax credit, incentive and benefit programs. The tax revenues collected provide the fiscal foundation upon which many of the government's programs rely. The ministry is also responsible for managing relationships, particularly with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

Canada Revenue Agency

The Canada Revenue Agency is a federal agency that administers tax laws for the Government of Canada and for most provinces and territories, international trade legislation, and various social and economic benefit and incentive programs delivered through the tax system...

 in their administration of provincial taxes and benefit programs on behalf of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

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The ministry promotes the integrity of Ontario's self-assessing tax system by encouraging compliance through taxpayer education and customer service, while discouraging non-compliance through enforcement activities.

Minister of Revenue

The Minister of Revenue is a cabinet of Ontario position currently held by Sophia Aggelonitis

Sophia Aggelonitis

Sophia Aggelonitis is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Mountain and served as the province's Minister of Revenue and Minister Responsible for Seniors in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty...

 as the Ontario Minister of Revenue.

List of past Ministers of Revenue:

• Charles MacNaughton
  Charles MacNaughton
  Charles McNaughton was a Canadian politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the electoral district of Huron from 1958 to 1975.He was treasurer from 1968 to 1971 and also served as:...
  
   (July 23, 1968 - October 10, 1968)
• John White
  John White (Ontario politician)
  John White was a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in Ontario, Canada, and Member of Provincial Parliament for London South from 1959 to 1975...
  
   (October 10, 1968 - March 1, 1971)
• Eric Alfred Winkler
  Eric Alfred Winkler
  Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...
  
   (March 1, 1971 - February 2, 1972)
• Arthur Kenneth Meen
  Arthur Kenneth Meen
  Arthur Kenneth Meen is a lawyer, jurist and former politician in the province on Ontario. He was the Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for York East and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario caucus from 1967 to 1977...
  
   (February 26, 1974 - February 3, 1977)
• Margaret Scrivener
  Margaret Scrivener
  Margaret Mary Scrivener was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Scrivener was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.Scrivener was born in Toronto, and was...
  
   (February 3, 1977 - January 21, 1978)
• George Ashe
  George Ashe
  George Lyle Ashe is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Ashe was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.-Biography:Ashe was born in Ottawa,...
  
   (April 10, 1981 - July 6, 1983)
• Bud Gregory
  Bud Gregory
  Milton Edward Charles Gregory is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1987 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Gregory was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.Gregory was born...
  
   (July 6, 1983 - February 8, 1985)
• Gordon Howlett Dean
  Gordon Howlett Dean
  Gordon Howlett Dean is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Dean was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.-Biography:Dean was born in...
  
   (May 17, 1985 - June 1985)
• Robert Nixon
  Robert Nixon
  Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...
  
   (June 26, 1985 - September 29, 1987)
• Bernard Grandmaître
  Bernard Grandmaître
  Bernard "Ben" C. Grandmaitre is a retired politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1984 to 1999, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.Grandmaitre was educated as Ottawa schools, and owned a small business in...
  
   (September 29, 1987 - August 2, 1989)
• Remo Mancini
  Remo Mancini
  Remo Mancini is a businessman and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1993, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.- Education :Mancini, a gold medal gymnast, received athletic scholarships...
  
   (August 2, 1989 - October 1, 1990)
• Shelley Wark-Martyn
  Shelley Wark-Martyn
  Shelley Wark-Martyn is a former politician from Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae....
  
   (October 1, 1990 - February 3, 1993)
• Michael Chan
  Michael Chan (Canadian politician)
  Michael Chan is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for the Ontario provincial riding of Markham-Unionville and Minister of Tourism and Culture in the provincial Liberal government headed by Dalton McGuinty...
  
   (February 21, 2007 - September 10, 2007)
• Monique Smith
  Monique Smith
  Monique M. Smith is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Nipissing for the Liberal Party...
  
   (October 30, 2007 - September 18, 2008)
• Dwight Duncan
  Dwight Duncan
  Dwight Duncan, MPP is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is the Minister of Finance in the government of Dalton McGuinty...
  
   (September 18, 2008 - June 24, 2009)
• John Wilkinson
  John Wilkinson (Canadian politician)
  John Wilkinson is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the predominantly rural riding of Perth—Wellington for the Liberal Party, and serves as provincial Minister of Environment....
  
   (June 24, 2009 - August 18, 2010)
• Sophia Aggelonitis
  Sophia Aggelonitis
  Sophia Aggelonitis is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Mountain and served as the province's Minister of Revenue and Minister Responsible for Seniors in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty...
  
  (August 18, 2010 - )