Change my return: online adjustments for income tax and benefits returns

Avoid delays: Submit adjustment requests electronically

For faster service, submit your request electronically using Change my return in My Account or ReFILE. See our check processing times tool for more information.

Overview

Change my return is a service in My Account that allows you to request a change to your income tax and benefit return after you receive your notice of assessment or notice of reassessment.

It makes it easy to change your return online by guidinge you through common changes such as:

As well, it includes questions and messages when the CRA:

Claim the disability tax credit

This option will be available to you if you have been approved to claim the disability tax credit (DTC) for:

If you have not been approved to claim the DTC, you will not see this option.

Go to What is the DTC for information on who is eligible for this credit and how to apply.

If you do not want to claim the DTC, select "Next" to continue to Change my return.

You can claim the DTC on one or more of your returns by using this option. The system will apply both the federal and provincial or territorial credits to their maximum amounts, if available, for each year. You can use this option to claim a disability amount in multiple situations:

After you make your selections and update the required fields, select "Next". We will ask if you want to make any more changes to your returns.

Select the year

Select the year you want to change from the list of available years in the drop-down menu. Then select "Next".

You can request a change to a tax return for any of the 10 previous calendar years. For example, if you make a request in 2024, it must relate to the 2014 or later return.

If you want to change a return for a year that does not appear in the list in the drop-down menu, send the request to your tax centre in writing.

If you select a year you have already completed, the entries you made in the Provide Additional Information step for that year will not be saved. You will have to redo the step.

Additional options in Change my return

You can make online requests to apply these losses:

You can make an online election to spit pension income.

Note

We will process your request only if both the transferring spouse or common-law partner and the receiving spouse or common-law partner asked for an adjustment to the elected split-pension amount. For more information, go to How do you split your pension income.

You can use Change my return to change certain international and non-resident returns, such as:

For more information on filing a non-resident return, go to Non-residents of Canada.

You cannot use Change my return to change:

In any of these cases, send all of the following to your tax centre:

Also, you cannot use Change my return to apply for the:

For more information about benefits you can apply for, go to Tax credits and benefits for individuals.

Search for tax line feature

Enter either:

From the search results list, find the line you want to change and select it. For example, click on "line 12600".

If you want to go to a specific section of the return, select that section from the drop-down menu below the search box. For example, you can find line 12600 by selecting "Total Income" in the drop-down menu.

Change a line

If you use the Search feature, the cursor will appear in the New Amount box of the line you want to change. Enter the dollar amount you want to show on your return after the change is complete.

If you select the section of the return from the drop-down menu, enter the new amount in the box beside the line you want to change. If the line does not appear, use the search feature to enter the line and select it to add it to the related section below. Enter the dollar amount of the change you want to make in the New Amount box.

Add amounts from tax information slips

Use this option to add amounts from the tax information slips that are on file with the CRA.

The slips are grouped together based on their type and labeled with their last date modified. If the date is bolded, it means we changed the slip after the most recent assessment or reassessment.

Some slips have more fields you can change as needed. If you need to update these fields, do it before adding your slips. You can add information by selecting one of the available options:

You have two options:

After selecting one of the options, you may be asked to determine the line for the amounts to be reported on.

Then you will get a summary of the changes you are requesting. You will be able to remove a change from the list or modify any of the values listed to match any additional information you have.

If you agree with what is shown on the summary, select "Add changes" to include these amounts to your existing request. 

You can add any additional changes or review your request before submitting the changes.

Additional information

After making changes, you may need to provide more information:

After each stage, select "Confirm my answers" to continue with your request.

If you select "Back" to return to the Change my return main page, the entries you have made during this step will not be saved, and you may have to make corrections or answer questions again.

If you have given all the necessary information and answered all the questions, select "Next" to get to the Review and submit page.

Review and submit your changes

The Review and submit page summarizes the changes you made.

Note: A line may show dollars and cents or just dollars and no cents.

You may receive a message stating that certain amounts were changed automatically. You can see the results of these changes in the summary for each year.

If you want to make other changes, select "Edit". This will take you to the Provide Additional Information step for this year and you will have to redo the step.

If you want to make changes to another year, select "Add another tax year" when the option is available.

If you do not need to make further changes, read the certification statement, tick the box to agree, and select "Submit changes". If you are using assistive technology, you can use the spacebar to tick the checkbox and to submit your changes.

Confirmation number

Keep the confirmation number for your records, and keep all your receipts and supporting documents in case we ask to see them.

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