• click Immigrant, emigrant, non-resident in the left-side menu
• click the + sign next to You immigrated to Canada in 2022

Newcomers

• enter the Date of entry for the individual
• if the individual identified they had a spouse, the tax software generates the additional field, Your net income while you were living in Canada with your spouse
  • if both spouses share the same date of entry and have been living together (married or common-law) since that date, leave this field blank to allow the tax software to use the amount from line 23600
  • if the spouse has a different date of entry than the individual, enter the individual’s net income for the time spent living in Canada with their spouse

Newcomers

• scroll down the tax software screen
• under the Canadian sourced income (excluding Part XIII) earned when you were not a resident of Canada heading:
  • select the applicable response from the Source of income drop down menu
  • enter the amount (in Canadian dollars) into the next field
  • if the individual does not have any income to report, select any source of income and enter $0.00
• under the Canadian source Part XIII income PLUS foreign sourced income earned when you were not a resident of Canada heading:
  • enter the individual’s country of origin into the Name of country field
  • select the applicable response from the Source of income drop down menu
  • enter the amount (in Canadian dollars) into the next field
  • if the individual does not have any income to report, select any source of income and enter $0.00
• click Next

• click the + sign next to You are a Canadian resident and your spouse immigrated to Canada in 2022

Spouse immigration to Canada

• enter the amount, if applicable, into the Your net income while you were living in Canada with your spouse field, and click Next

Instructions for T4A(P)

• enter the tax-exempt amount from box 20 into the Exempt CPP/QPP benefits field
• enter the information from the T4A(P) as you generally would

Instructions for a T5007 or letter for social assistance payments received

• enter the tax-exempt amount from box 10 into the Exempt workers’ compensation benefits field
• enter the tax-exempt social assistance amount from box 11, the amount in the letter from the band council, or the amount the individual tells you into the Exempt social assistance payments field
• enter the T5007, the amount in the letter from the band council, or the amount the individual tells you, as you generally would for Social assistance payments in a T5007

Instructions for a T4A, COVID-19 benefits

• enter the total tax-exempt amounts from boxes 197, 200, 202, 203, 204 and 211 into the Exempt benefits paid due to the COVID-19 field
• enter the T4A as you generally would

Instructions for a T5 or interest income without a tax slip

• enter the tax-exempt interest in the Exempt interest income field
• enter the T5 and interest income as you generally would

Instructions for a T4A box 48

• enter the tax exempt amount from T4A box 48

Instructions for tips and gratuities

• enter the tax-exempt amount of tips and gratuities in the Other employment exempt income field
• enter the total amount of tips and gratuities as you generally would