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Tax Slips

Tax slips are prepared and issued by employers, banks, businesses and government services to tell Canadian taxpayers how much income they received in a tax year and the amount of income tax that was deducted.

What are Tax Slips?

General information on the different types of tax slips issued for Canadian taxpayers to use in preparing and filing Canadian income tax returns, and what to do with them.

T3 Tax Slips

T3 tax slips are issued by financial administrators and trustees to Canadian taxpayers to tell them how much income they earned from mutual funds and trusts for a given tax year.

T4 Tax Slips

T4 tax slips are issued by employers to tell Canadian tapayers how much employment income they were paid during a tax year and the amount of income tax that was deducted.

T4A Tax Slips

T4A tax slips for pension, retirement, annuity and other income are issued by employers, trustees, estate executors or liquidators, pension administrators, or corporate directors, to tell Canadian taxpayers how much of certain types of income they paid you during a tax year and the amount of income tax that was deducted.

T4A(OAS) Tax Slips

T4A(OAS) tax slips are issued by Service Canada to tell Canadian taxpayers how much old age security income they received during a tax year and the amount of income tax that was deducted.

T4A(P) Tax Slips

T4A(P) tax slips are issued by Service Canada to tell Canadian taxpayers how much they received in Canada Pension Plan benefits during a tax year and the amount of income tax that was deducted.

T4E Tax Slips

T4E tax slips are issued by Service Canada to tell Canadian taxpayers how much they received in Employment Insurance benefits in the previous tax year and how much tax was deducted.

T4RSP Tax Slips

T4RSP tax slips are issued by financial institutions to tell Canadian taxpayers how much money they withdrew from their RRSPs in a given tax year and how much tax was deducted.

T4RIF Tax Slips

T4RIF tax slips are issued by financial institutions to tell you how much money you received from your RRIFs in a given tax year and how much tax was deducted.

T5 Tax Slips

T5 tax slips are issued by organizations which pay interest, dividends or royalties to Canadian taxpayers to tell them how much investment income they earned for a given tax year.

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