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

Overview

Change my return is a secure My Account service 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.

The online format of Change my return follows the layout of the paper tax return.

Select the year

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

Generally, you can request a change only to a tax return from any of the 10 previous calendar years. For example, if you make a request in 2022, it must relate to the 2012 or later tax returns.

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.

You can change only certain types of returns using Change my return.

You cannot change a tax return:

• The CRA has not assessed yet
• if nine reassessments exist for a particular tax year
• for the year of bankruptcy
• for the year before the year of bankruptcy
• of an international or non-resident individual (including deemed residents of Canada, newcomers to Canada, and individuals who left Canada during the year)
• with income from a business that has a permanent establishment outside your province or territory of residence (you have to complete Form T2203, Provincial and Territorial Taxes for Multiple Jurisdictions)
• filed by the CRA under subsection 152(7)

Also, you cannot use Change my return to:

• change carry-back amounts, such as capital or non-capital losses
• change the elected split-pension amount
• apply for the:
  • Canada Child Benefit
  • Disability Tax Credit
  • goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax credit.

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

• a completed Form T1-ADJ, T1 Adjustment Request , providing the details of your request (including the years of the returns you want us to change), your social insurance number, your address, and a telephone number where we can reach you during the day; and
• aupporting documents for the entire amount, including amounts you already claimed but did not previously send documents for

Search Feature

Enter a line number from the tax return, such as "12600," or text to describe the line you want to find, such as "rental income." Then select Search.

From the search results list, find the line you want to change and click on the line, e.g., Click on line 12600.

If you want to go to a specific section of the return, select one of the buttons below the Search box

For example, you can find line 12600 by clicking on the Income button.

Change a line

If you use the Search feature, the cursor appears in the new amount box of the line that you want to change. Enter the dollar amount you want to show on your return after the change is complete.

If you select the button for the section of the return, enter the new amount in the box beside the line you want to change. If the line does not appear, click on the “Add line” box. Select the line from the drop-down menu in the box displayed, and then click on Add line. Enter the dollar amount of the change you want to make in the New Amount box.

Review your changes

You may have to provide more information if you receive:

• an error message – you must provide the identified information before you can proceed with your submission
• a question – provide a yes or no answer or you will be unable to submit your change. Once you provide the information, select Continue
• a warning message – you may want to provide more information if the warning applies to your tax situation

Select Make more changes to go back to the search menu.

Submit and certify your changes

The Submit changes page summarizes the changes you made to the selected return or returns.

• Old Amount represents the dollar amount currently showing on your return
• Change Amount represents the dollar amount of the increase or decrease you are requesting
• New Amount represents the dollar amount you want to show on CRA records after the change is complete

If you want to make other changes, select Make more changes for this year.

If you want to make changes to another year, select Add another tax year (when available).

If you do not need to make further changes, read the certification statement, tick the box to agree and click on Submit changes.

Confirmation number

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