This year, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) introduced an innovation into the CVITP.  Every host organization will be issued with a unique CVITP Organization Identification Number or COIN for the duration of its participation in the CVITP (i.e. it will remain the same from year to year).  In this article, we explain briefly why the CRA introduced the COIN and how it works.  We also identify a function for the COIN which the CRA has not yet stated but which we believe will be really important for helping to make strategic decisions about the future shape of the CVITP.