For detailed information on the amounts shown in the boxes of your T4A(P) slip, see the corresponding box number below the following image:

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If you are a registered Indian, or entitled to be registered as an Indian under the Indian Act, your personal property, including income, is exempt from tax when it is situated on a reserve. See Form T90.

Box 13 – Onset or effective date

For a disability benefit, this is the date Service Canada determined that you were disabled for Canada Pension Plan (CPP) purposes.

For a retirement benefit, this is the date the benefit became payable.

Box 14 – Retirement benefit

This amount is already included in the amount shown in box 20.

Box 15 – Survivor benefit

This amount is already included in the amount shown in box 20.

For more information, go to Line 11400 – CPP or QPP benefits and see box 15.

Box 16 – Disability benefit

Enter this amount on line 11410 of your return.

This amount is already included in box 20. Do not add it to your income on your return.

For more information, go to Line 11400 – CPP or QPP benefits and see box 16.

Box 17 – Child benefit

This amount is already included in box 20.

For more information, go to Line 11400 – CPP or QPP benefits and see box 17.

Box 18 – Death benefit

This amount is already included in box 20. Do not report this amount if you are filing for a deceased person. If you received this amount and you are a beneficiary of the deceased person's estate, report the amount on line 13000 of your own return unless a T3 – Trust Income Tax and Information Return is being filed for the estate. For more information, see Guide T4011, CANCELLED Preparing Returns for Deceased Persons.

For more information, go to Line 11400 – CPP or QPP benefits and see box 18.

Box 19 – Post-retirement benefit

This amount is already included in box 20.

Box 20 – Taxable CPP benefits

Enter this amount on line 11400 of your return.

Box 20 includes any benefits shown in boxes 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19. Do not add the amounts from those boxes to your income on your return. It also includes any recovery of CPP overpayments or payments for arrears.

Box 21 – Number of months – disability

Number of months excluded from your CPP contributory period due to disability.

Box 22 – Income tax deducted

Enter this amount on line 43700 of your return.

Box 23 – Number of months – retirement

Number of months that you received CPP retirement benefits.

Specific information for individuals who are 60 to 70 years of age

If you are an individual who is 60 to 70 years of age, read Canada Pension Plan(CPP) contributions for CPP working beneficiaries.