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- Topics for letter H
- Topics for letter I
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- Topics for letter N
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- Topics for letter R
- Topics for letter S
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- Topics for letter U
- Topics for letter V
- Topics for letter W
A
B
C
- Canada child tax benefit (CCTB)
- Canada savings bonds
- Changing your return
- Child support
- Children's fitness tax credit
- Clergy residence deduction
- Commission income
- Common-law partner – defined
- Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
- Contacting us
D
- Death benefits (other than Canada Pension Plan or Quebec
Pension Plan death benefits) - Deceased persons, filing for
- Deemed resident
- Dependants, non-resident – non-refundable tax credits
- Depletion allowances
- Direct deposit
- Disability amount
- Donations
- Due date for returns
E
- Education amount
- Elections Canada
- Emergency services volunteers
- Emigrants – non-refundable tax credits
- Employees profit-sharing plan
- Employment insurance premiums on self-employment and other eligible earnings
- Employment insurance - repaying benefits
F
- Family caregiver amount (FCA)
- Family tax cut
- Federal logging tax credit
- Federal non-refundable tax credits
- Fellowships
- Filing a return
- Filing electronically
- Foreign income and property
- Forms book
G
- Getting help
- Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST)
- Guaranteed investment certificates (GICs)
H
- Home buyers' amount
- Home Buyers' Plan
- Hours of service
I
- Identification
- Immigrants – non-refundable tax credits
- Income amounts repaid
- Income-maintenance insurance plans
- Instalments
- Insurance policies
- Interest on balances owing
- Interest on refunds
- Internet access
L
- Labour-sponsored venture capital corporation (LSVCC)
- Legal fees
- Lifelong Learning Plan
- Loans and transfers of property
- Losses
- Lump-sum payment income
M
- Marital status
- Minimum tax
- Moving – advising us
- Mutual funds
- My Account
- MyCRA
N
- Net income – spouse or common-law partner
- Newcomers to Canada – non-refundable tax credits
- Non-resident dependants
- Non-resident trusts – beneficiaries, loans, transfers
- Northern residents deductions
- Notice of assessment (NOA)
O
P
- Payments
- Penalties
- Pension income splitting
- Pensions from a foreign country
- Personal tax information, requesting
- Pooled registered pension plans (PRPPs)
- Previous years, filing for
- Province of residence
R
- Refunds
- Registered disability savings plan (RDSP)
- Registered education savings plan (RESP)
- Registered retirement income fund (RRIF) income
- Registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs)
- Registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) for spouse or common-law partner
- Rental income
- Repaying amounts included in income
- Representatives
- Reprisal complaint
- Research grants
- Resource expenses
- Retiring allowances
- Return due date
S
- Saskatchewan Pension Plan
- Schedule 7, instructions for completing
- Scholarships
- Security option benefits
- Service complaints
- Social insurance number
- Split income of a child under 18
- Spouse – defined
T
- Tax package
- Tax shelters
- Term deposits
- Territory of residence
- Tips income
- Treasury bills
- Tuition amount
U
- United States Social Security benefits
- Universal child care benefit (UCCB)
- Universal child care benefit repayment
V
W
Tax Information Phone Service (TIPS)
For personal and general tax information by telephone, use our automated service, TIPS, by calling 1-800-267-6999.
Services | Available dates | Which number to press? |
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Bulletin board – Get recent tax and benefit information. | All year | Press 4, then 3 |
Business information – Get tax information about operating a business. | All year | Press 5 |
Canada child tax benefit – Find out if you are eligible for this benefit and the date you can expect to receive the next payment. | One week before a payment is issued and one week after | Press 3, then 1 |
Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) credit – Find out if you are eligible for this credit and the date you can expect to receive the next payment. | Three weeks before a payment is issued and two and a half weeks after | Press 2 |
Info-Tax – Get tax information for residents and non‑residents of Canada. For a list of the most common message numbers and topics, see the chart. | Mid-January to the end of December | Press 4, then 2 |
Remittance vouchers and print request – Ask for a personalized remittance voucher for the current or a previous or future year, or ask for an income and deduction printout for the 2015, 2014, or 2013 tax years. | All year | Press 4, then 4 |
RRSP/PRPP deduction limit – Learn the maximum amount you can deduct on your return for 2015. | Mid-September to the end of April | Press 4, then 1 |
Tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution limit – Learn the maximum amount you can contribute for 2016. | Mid-February to the end of December | Press 6, then 2 |
Telerefund – Get the status of your refund for 2015. | All year | Press 1 |
Universal child care benefit – Find out if you are eligible for this benefit and the date you can expect to receive the next payment. | One week before a payment is issued and two weeks after | Press 3, then 2 |
To get information from Telerefund, GST/HST credit, CCTB, UCCB, TFSA, or RRSP/PRPP deduction limit, you will have to give us your social insurance number, your month and year of birth, and the total income you entered on line 150 of your return.
To get information from Remittance vouchers and print request, you will have to give us your social insurance number, your day, month, and year of birth, and the total income you entered on line 150 of your return. In addition, if your identification has been validated, we will ask you to confirm the postal code we currently have on file.
If you call before May 1, you will need the total income amount you entered on line 150 of your 2014 return. If you call on or after May 1, you will need the total income amount you entered on line 150 of your 2015 return.
List of Info-Tax message numbers and topics for residents of Canada
- 104 - Other employment income
- 117 - UCCB
- 121 - Interest and other investment income
- 126 - Rental income
- 127 - Taxable capital gains
- 128 - Support payments received
- 130 - Other income
- 147 - Non-taxable income
- 208 - RRSP/PRPP deduction
- 214 - Child care expenses
- 215 - Disability supports deduction
- 219 - Moving expenses
- 220 - Support payments made
- 221 - Carrying charges and interest expenses
- 229 - Other employment expenses
- 232 - Other deductions
- 254 - Capital gains deduction
- 255 - Northern residents deductions
- 301 - Age amount
- 303 - Spouse or common-law partner amount
- 305 - Amount for an eligible dependant
- 306 - Amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older
- 314 - Pension income amount
- 315 - Caregiver amount
- 316 - Disability amount (for self)
- 319 - Interest paid on your student loans
- 323 - Your tuition, education, and textbook amounts
- 324 - Tuition, education, and textbook amounts transferred from a child
- 326 - Amounts transferred from your spouse or common-law partner
- 330 - Medical expenses for self, spouse or common-law partner, and your dependent children who are under 18 years of age
- 349 - Donations and gifts
- 363 - Canada employment amount
- 364 - Public transit amount
- 367 - Family caregiver amount for children under 18 years of age
- 423 - Family Tax Cut
- 459 - Children’s fitness tax credit
- 601 - EFILE and NETFILE
- 602 - Filing or making changes to a previous year's return
- 603 - Your appeal rights
- 604 - Voluntary disclosures
- 605 - Authorizing representatives
- 606 - Refunds
- 607 - Working income tax benefit
- 609 - Exchange rates
- 610 - Do you have to file a return?
- 611 - Missing information
- 630 - Enhanced income tax services
- 631 - Services for persons with disabilities
- 632 - Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
- 655 - Home Buyers' Plan
- 702 - Instalment information
- 703 - Payment arrangements
- 710 - Refund, interest, and penalties
- 882 - Direct deposit
- 883 - Service complaints
- 899 - Info-Tax survey
- 999 - Main menu
Get ready to file your 2015 income tax and benefit return
Go to our Get ready to file your 2015 income tax return page.
Take advantage of the quick, easy, and secure electronic services that the Canada Revenue Agency offers
Topics | Address |
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NETFILE | cra.gc.ca/netfile |
My Account | cra.gc.ca/myaccount |
Direct deposit | cra.gc.ca/directdeposit |
Electronic payments | cra.gc.ca/payments |
Represent a Client | cra.gc.ca/representatives |
EFILE | cra.gc.ca/efile-individuals |
My Business Account | cra.gc.ca/mybusinessaccount |
My Payment | cra.gc.ca/mypayment |
MyCRA mobile app | cra.gc.ca/mobileapps |
Addresses on our website
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Online mail
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You can register three different ways:
- provide your email on your tax return where indicated, whether you file online or by paper;
- log into My Account for Individuals and click on “Manage online mail”; or
- ask your tax preparer to enter your email address for you when they prepare your tax return.
Go to My Account for Individuals today.
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- Date modified:
- 2013-01-03