Practice with case studies

Workers

Reporting employment income (T4)

Pre-test question

Select True or False.

It is the volunteer’s responsibility to contact the CRA if the individual believes their T4 slip contains incorrect information.

  • True
  • False

Instructions

  1. Open the tax software
  2. Review the Background information and Required slips (tax slips, receipts, etc.)
  3. Provide all required information for the appropriate sections of the tax software
  4. Once completed, compare your results with the solution provided
  5. Afterwards, refer to the Takeaway points

Background information

Situation

Sandra worked at ABC Ltd. during the year.

Identification information

Identification information
Name Sandra Couture
Social insurance number (SIN) 000 000 000
Address 123 Main Street
City, Province  X0X 0X0
Date of birth May 5, 1995
Marital status Single

Required slips

T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid (ABC Ltd.)

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T4 – Statement of Remuneration Paid

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Employer’s name: ABC Ltd.

Employee’s name and address:

Last name: Couture

First name: Sandra

123 Main Street

City, Province  X0X 0X0

Box 12: Social insurance number: 000 000 000

Box 14: Employment income: 18,000.00

Box 16: Employee’s CPP contributions – see over: 761.25

Box 18: Employee’s EI premiums: 284.40

Box 20: RPP contributions: 1,000.00

Box 52: Pension adjustment: 1,800.00

Box 22: Income tax deducted: 700.00

Box 24: EI insurable earnings: 18,000.00

Box 26: CPP/QPP pensionable earnings: 18,000.00

Box 44: Union dues: 200.00

Review your results

Solution to Reporting Employment income (T4).

Takeaway points

Steps to follow

  1. Review their background information and required slips
  2. In the Interview setup of the Family Head tab (Sandra Couture), tick the box next to Employment income and employment insurance benefits (T4, T4E/RL-6) in the Employment and other benefits section
  3. Click T4 and employment income in the left-side menu and click the + sign next to T4 income (earned in any province except Quebec) in the T4 and T4E section
  4. Enter the employer’s name and the amounts from the individual’s T4 slip into the corresponding fields

Entering the employer's name is not mandatory but helps you to keep track in cases where there are multiple slips.

If box 24 or box 26 of a T4 slip are blank, do not enter 0 in the tax software; leave the fields blank.

For more information, refer to the UFile instructions.

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