T4 A

Overview

T4A slip applicable for a payer, such as an employer, a trustee, an estate executor (or liquidator), an administrator, or a corporate director, and the employer's pay any of the following types of income:
 
  • Pension or superannuation.
  • Lump-sum payments.
  • Self-employed commissions.
  • Annuities.
  • Patronage allocations.
  • Registered education savings plan (RESP) accumulated income payments.
  • RESP educational assistance payments.
  • Fees or other amounts for services or
  • Other income such as research grants, payments from a registered disability savings plan (RDSP); wage-loss replacement plan payments if you were not required to withhold Canada pension plan (CPP) contributions and employment insurance (EI) premiums, death benefits, or certain benefits paid to partnerships or shareholders.

 

Visible Fields

A sample of the T4A slip Report output is available here.The following table lists and describes all visible fields for the T4A slip Report, in their default order. Note that some fields depend on System Parameters and rendering control configuration to be visible and/or editable by users. Field names are subject to change through language label configuration.

FieldDescription
Payer's nameShows the employer's name and address.
YearShows the calendar year that was selected by the user when starting the processing of this year end tax form.
Payer's account numberEmpty space to be filled by users.
Social insurance numberShows social insurance number of the employee.
Recipient's account numberShows bank account number of the employee. 
Recipient's name and addressShows name and address of the employee.
Pension or superannuationShows amount of pension or superannuation paid to the employee.
Income tax deductedShows amount of income tax deducted from the employee.
Lump-sum paymentsShows lump-sum amount payable to the employee.
Self-employed commissionsShows any self-employed commissions earned by employee.
Annuities
Rentes
Shows any annuties made to the employee for rent.
Other informationCustom box for to add any other information of the employee.

 

 

Buttons
The following table describes actions associated to the depicted button image. Note that some images are associated with several buttons, used for more than one purpose within the T4A slip.

Button ImageDescription
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