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• Step 1 – Identification and other information
  • Email address
  • Information about your residence
  • Information about you
    • Social insurance number (SIN)
  • Marital status
  • Information about your spouse or common-law partner
  • Elections Canada (page 2 of your return)
    • Deceased Persons
  • Specified foreign property (page 2 of your return)
    • Your residency status
• Step 2 – Total income
  • Calculation of total income (page 3 of your return)
    • Amounts that are not taxed
    • Report foreign income and other foreign amounts
    • Line 10100 – Employment income
    • Line 10400 – Other employment income
    • Line 11300 – Old age security (OAS) pension
    • Line 11400 – CPP or QPP benefits
    • Line 11500 – Other pensions and superannuation
    • Pension income splitting
    • Line 11600 – Elected split-pension amount
    • Line 11700 – Universal child care benefit (UCCB)
    • Line 11900 – Employment insurance and other benefits
    • Line 11905 – Employment insurance maternity and parental benefits and provincial parental insurance plan maternity and paternity benefits
    • Line 12000 – Taxable amount of dividends (eligible and other than eligible) from taxable Canadian corporations
    • Line 12100 – Interest and other investment income
    • Line 12200 – Net partnership income: limited or non-active partners only
    • Line 12500 – Registered disability savings plan (RDSP) income
    • Line 12600 – Rental income
    • Line 12700 – Taxable capital gains
    • Line 12800 – Support payments received
    • Line 12900 – RRSP income
    • Line 13000 – Other income
    • Line 13010 – Scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, and artists’ project grants
    • Lines 13499, 13500, 13700, 13900, 14100,14300 – Self-employment income
    • Line 14400 – Workers' compensation benefits
    • Line 14500 – Social assistance payments
    • Line 14600 – Net federal supplements
    • Other amounts you need to report throughout the return
    • Retroactive lump-sum payments
    • Loans and transfers of property
    • Tax shelters

Step 1 – Identification and other information

Use the instructions provided on your return to complete Step 1. This will provide the CRA with information about you and your spouse or common-law partner, if you have one, as well as other information needed to process your return.

In this section of the guide, you will only find information you may need to supplement the instructions provided on the return.

Non-residents electing under section 217 – At the top of page 1 of your return, write "Section 217."

Non-residents electing under section 216.1 – At the top of page 1 of your return, write "ACTOR'S ELECTION."

Email address

If you would like to receive email notifications from the CRA, read and agree to the terms of use for email notifications below, and enter an email address. You can also register by going to My Account for Individuals and selecting the “Notification preferences” service.

Terms of use for email notifications – The CRA will send email notifications to the email address you have provided in order to notify you of any CRA mail available in My Account, and to notify you of certain changes to the account information, and other important information about the account. The notifications that are eligible for this service may change. As new types of notifications are added or removed from this service, you may not be notified of each change.

To view CRA mail online, you must be registered for My Account, and/or your representative must be registered for Represent a Client and be authorized on this account. All CRA mail available in My Account is presumed to have been received on the date that the email notification is sent. Any mail that is eligible for electronic delivery will no longer be printed and mailed.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the email address provided to the CRA is accurate, and to update it when there is any change to that email address. CRA email notifications are subject to the terms of any agreement with your mobile carrier or Internet Service Provider. You are responsible for any fees imposed by them.

These email notifications are sent unencrypted and unsecured. The email notifications could be lost or intercepted, or could be viewed or altered by others who have access to your email account. You accept this risk and acknowledge that the CRA will not be liable if you are unable to access or receive the email notifications, nor for any delay or inability to deliver notifications.

These terms of use may be changed from time to time. The CRA will provide notice in advance of the effective date of the new terms. You agree that the CRA may notify you of these changes by emailing either the new terms, or notice of where the new terms can be found, to the email address that you provided. You agree that your use of the service after the effective date of any change to these terms constitutes your agreement to the new terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you must remove the email address provided and no longer use the service.

Information about your residence

On the first line, “Other” has already been entered for you as your province or territory of residence on December 31, 2019.

On the second line, enter your country of residence on December 31, 2019.

On the third line, if you were self‑employed in 2019, enter the province or territory where you had a permanent business establishment. If you did not have a permanent business establishment in Canada, enter “Other.”

Information about you

Social insurance number (SIN)

For more information or to apply for a SIN, go to Employment and Social Development Canada. If you are outside Canada and the U.S., you can write to:

Service Canada
Social Insurance Registration Office
P.O. Box 7000
Bathurst NB E2A 4T1
CANADA

or call 506-548-7961.

If you are not eligible for a SIN, complete Form T1261, Application for a Canada Revenue Agency Individual Tax Number (ITN) for Non-Residents, and send it to the CRA as soon as possible. Do not complete this form if you already have a SIN, individual tax number (ITN), or temporary tax number (TTN).

Marital Status

“Married” means you have a spouse. This only applies only to a person to whom you are legally married.

“Living common-law” means you are living with a person who is not your spouse, but with whom you have a conjugal relationship, and to whom at least one of the following situations applies:

A) They have been living with you in a conjugal relationship for at least 12 continuous months.

B) They are the parent of your child by birth or adoption.

C) They have custody and control of your child (or had custody and control immediately before the child turned 19 years of age) and your child is wholly dependent on them for support.

“Separated” means that you have been living apart from your spouse or common-law partner because of a breakdown in the relationship for a period of at least 90 days and you have not reconciled. Once you have been separated for 90 days because of a breakdown in the relationship, the effective day of your separated status is the day you started living apart.

If you file your return before your 90-day separation period is over, you should continue to indicate a marital status of married or living common-law, as applicable. However, if after filing the return you continue to live separate and apart from your spouse or common-law partner for at least 90 days, you should complete and submit Form RC65, Marital Status Change. Use the date of the beginning of the 90-day period as your date of separation.

“Widowed” means that you had a spouse or common-law partner who is now deceased.

“Divorced” means that you have legally been divorced from your former spouse.

“Single” should be chosen when none of the other marital status options apply to you.

Information about your spouse or common-law partner

You must provide the following information, if applicable:

• your spouse's or common-law partner's social insurance number, temporary tax number, or individual tax number
• your spouse's or common-law partner's first name
• your spouse's or common-law partner's net world income – If your spouse or common-law partner was a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, your spouse's or common-law partner's net world income is the amount from line 23600 of your spouse's or common-law partner's return, or the amount it would be if they filed a return

If your spouse or common-law partner was a non-resident of Canada in 2019, your spouse's or common-law partner's net world income is their net income for 2019 from all sources both inside and outside Canada.

Enter this amount even if it is zero.

Note
Even though you show this amount on your return, your spouse or common-law partner may still have to file a return for 2019.

Elections Canada (page 2 of your return)

Ticking the “Yes” boxes in the Elections Canada section is an easy way to keep your voter registration up to date, if you are qualified to vote. And now, Canadian youth aged 14 to 17 have the opportunity to add their names to the Register of Future Electors.

Elections Canada will use the information you provide to update the National Register of Electors the database of Canadian citizens qualified to vote in federal elections, by-elections and referendums, or the Register of Future Electors, if you are aged 14 to 17. The Register of Future Electors allows young Canadians aged 14 to 17 to register before turning 18; once they turn 18 they are added automatically to the National Register of Electors.

Elections Canada uses the information in the National Register of Electors to prepare lists of electors for federal elections and referendums, and to communicate with voters. Other uses of the information permitted under the Canada Elections Act include providing voter information to provincial and territorial electoral agencies for uses permitted under their respective legislations, and providing voter information (not including birth dates) to members of Parliament, registered and eligible political parties and candidates at election time.

Information in the Register of Future Electors cannot be shared with members of Parliament, registered or eligible political parties, or candidates. It can, however, be shared with those provincial and territorial electoral agencies who are allowed to collect future elector information under their respective legislation. It can also be used by Elections Canada to provide youth with educational information about the electoral process.

Only persons who have Canadian citizenship and are 18 years of age or older are qualified to vote. Generally, you are a Canadian citizen either by birth or if you have obtained Canadian citizenship through the formal process of becoming a Canadian citizen (naturalization). If you are unsure about your Canadian citizenship status, refer to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website at See if you may be a citizen.

These questions are optional. If you are 18 and over, you will not lose your right to vote, regardless of whether you answer the questions or leave them blank. The CRA does not use this information for the purpose of processing your return.

If you have Canadian citizenship and authorize the CRA to share your name, address, date of birth, and Canadian citizenship status with Elections Canada, tick “Yes” to both questions. If you do not authorize the CRA to share your information with Elections Canada, tick “No” to question B.

If you do not have Canadian citizenship, tick “No” to question A and leave question B blank.

If during the year you change your mind about the CRA sharing your information with Elections Canada, call the CRA at 1-800-959-8281 to remove your authorization. To be removed from either Register, contact Elections Canada.

If you tick “No” to question B

• The CRA will not give any of your information to Elections Canada
• Elections Canada will not remove your information from either Register if your name is already there or from lists of electors if you are 18 and over
• If there is an election, by-election or referendum and you are 18 or over but not already registered with Elections Canada, you will have to register before you vote
• If you are not yet 18, you will need to take steps to register with Elections Canada after you turn 18 in order to vote

Deceased persons

Do not complete this section for a deceased person. If you are completing a return for a deceased person who consented to provide information to Elections Canada on their last return, the CRA will notify Elections Canada to remove the deceased person's name from the relevant Register.

For more information, visit Elections Canada or call 1-800-463-6868. Teletypewriter users can call 1-800-361-8935.

Specified foreign property (page 2 of your return)

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, answer the question on page 2 of your return if you own or hold specified foreign property.

Specified foreign property includes all of the following:

• funds or intangible property (patents, copyrights, etc.) situated, deposited or held outside Canada
  
• tangible property situated outside of Canada
  
• a share of the capital stock of a non-resident corporation held by the taxpayer or by an agent on behalf of the taxpayer
  
• an interest in a non-resident trust that was acquired for consideration, other than an interest in a non-resident trust that is a foreign affiliate
  
• shares of corporations resident in Canada held by you or for you outside Canada
  
• an interest in a partnership that holds a specified foreign property unless the partnership is required to file Form T1135
  
• an interest in, or right with respect to, an entity that is a non-resident
  
• a property that is convertible into, exchangeable for, or confers a right to acquire a property that is specified foreign property
  
• a debt owed by a non-resident, including government and corporate bonds, debentures, mortgages, and notes receivable
  
• an interest in a foreign insurance policy
  
• precious metals, gold certificates, and futures contracts held outside Canada
  

Specified foreign property does not include any of the following:

• property in your registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), pooled registered pension plan (PRPP), registered retirement income fund (RRIF), registered pension plan (RPP), or tax-free savings account (TFSA)
  
• foreign investments held in Canadian mutual funds
  
• property you used or held exclusively in the course of carrying on your active business
  
• your personal-use property
  

For more information on specified foreign property, see Form T1135, Foreign Income Verification Statement.

Your residency status

Tick the box that best describes your residency status as of December 31, 2019. For more information about residency status, see Determining your residency status.

Step 2 – Total income

Calculation of total income (page 2 of your return)

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, you have to report your income from all sources, both inside and outside Canada.

Amounts that are not taxed

You do not have to report certain amounts as income, including all of the following:

• most lottery winnings
• most gifts and inheritances
• amounts paid by Canada or an allied country (if the amount is not taxable in that country) for disability or death of a war veteran due to war service
• GST/HST credit and CCB payments
• child assistance payments and the supplement for handicapped children paid by the province of Quebec
• compensation received from a province or territory if you were a victim of a criminal act or a motor vehicle accident
• most amounts received from a life insurance policy following someone's death
• most types of strike pay you received from your union, even if you perform picketing duties as a requirement of membership
• elementary and secondary school scholarships and bursaries
• post-secondary school scholarships, fellowships, and bursaries are not taxable if you received them in 2019 and you are considered a full-time qualifying student for 2018, 2019 or 2020

Note

Income earned on any of the above amounts (such as interest you earn when you invest lottery winnings) is taxable.

Report foreign income and other foreign amounts

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, report in Canadian dollars all foreign income and other foreign currency amounts (such as expenses and foreign taxes paid). In general, the foreign currency amount should be converted using the Bank of Canada exchange rate in effect on the day it arises. Alternatively, the CRA will also generally accept a rate for that day from another source if it is:

The CRA will generally accept the exchange rate published by the Bank of Canada, or another source, in effect on the day you received the income or paid the expense, provided that it is:

• widely available
• verifiable
• published by an independent provider on an ongoing basis
• recognized by the market
• used in accordance with well-accepted business principles
• used to prepare financial statements (if any)
• used regularly from year to year

⬤▲Line 10100 – Employment income

Report the total of amounts shown in box 14 of all your T4 slips. If you are a former resident of Canada, you must report employment income received from a Canadian resident for services performed outside Canada if, under a tax treaty or another agreement or convention between Canada and that country, the income is exempt from tax in your new country of residence. For more information, contact the CRA.

Emergency services volunteers

You may have received a payment from an eligible employer, such as a government, a municipality, or another public authority for your work as a volunteer ambulance technician, a volunteer firefighter, a search and rescue volunteer, or other type of emergency worker. The T4 slips issued by this authority will generally show only the taxable part of the payment in box 14 of your T4 slip, which is the part that is more than $1,000.

The exempt part of a payment is shown in box 87 of your T4 slips. If you provided volunteer emergency services for more than one employer, you can claim the $1,000 exemption for each of your eligible employers.

As an emergency services volunteer, you may qualify to claim the $3,000 volunteer firefighters' amount (VFA) or the search and rescue volunteers' amount (SRVA). See lines 31220 and 31240.

If you are eligible for the $1,000 exemption on line 10100 of your return and either the VFA or the SRVA (lines 31220 and 31240 of your return), you must choose which one you would like to claim.

If you choose to claim the $1,000 exemption, report only the amounts shown in box 14 of your T4 slips on line 10100 of your return, and do not claim an amount on line 31220 and 31240 of your return. New Report the exempt part of the payment shown in box 87 of your T4 slips on line 10105 of your return.

If the authority employed you (other than as a volunteer) for the same or similar duties or if you choose to claim the VFA or the SRVA, the full payment is taxable. Add the amounts shown in boxes 87 and 14 of your T4 slips, and report the result on line 10100 of you return.

Security options benefits

Report taxable benefits you received in (or carried forward to) 2019 on certain security options you exercised. For more information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains.

Wage-loss replacement plan income

If you received payments from a wage-loss replacement plan shown in box 14 of your T4 slips, you may not have to report the full amount on your return. Report the amount you received minus the contributions you made to the plan if you did not use them on a previous year's return. Report on line 10130 of your return your total contributions to your wage-loss replacement plan shown in the supporting documents from your employer or insurance company. For more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-428, Wage Loss Replacement Plans.

Member of the clergy

If you received a housing allowance or an amount for eligible utilities as a member of the clergy and they are shown in box 14 of your T4 slips, report the amount shown in box 30 of your T4 slips on line 10400 of your return. Subtract the amount shown in box 30 of your T4 slips from the amount shown in box 14 and report the difference on line 10100 of your return.

⬤▮▲Line 10400 – Other employment income

Report on this line the total of the following amounts:

• Report the amounts from your T4, T4A, and T4PS slips as instructed on the back of these slips.
• Employment income not reported on a T4 slip – Report amounts such as tips and occasional earnings. Fees for services shown in box 048 of your T4A slips must be reported on the applicable self employment line of your return (lines 13499 to 14300 of your return).
• Net research grants – Subtract your expenses from the grant you received and report the net amount on line 10400 of your return. Your expenses cannot be more than the amount of your grant. For more information, see Guide P105, Students and Income Tax.
• Clergy’s housing allowance or an amount for eligible utilities – Report the amount shown in box 30 of your T4 slips. You may be able to claim a deduction on line 23100 of your return. If a housing allowance or an amount for eligible utilities is shown in box 14 of your T4 slips, subtract the amount shown in box 30 of your T4 slips from the amount shown in box 14 and report the difference on line 10100 of your return.
• Foreign employment income – If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, report your earnings in Canadian dollars. See Report foreign income and other foreign amounts. If the amount on your United States W 2 slip has been reduced by contributions to a “401(k), 457 or 403(b) plan, US Medicare and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA),” you must add these contributions to your foreign employment income on line 10400 of your Canadian return. These contributions may be deductible. See Line 20700.
• Income maintenance insurance plans (wage-loss replacement plans) – This income is shown in box 107 of your T4A slips. You may not have to report the full amount on your return. Report the amount you received, minus contributions you made to the plan after 1967, if you did not use them on a previous year’s return. For more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT 428, Wage Loss Replacement Plans.
• Certain GST/HST and Quebec sales tax (QST) rebates – If you are an employee who paid and deducted employment expenses in 2018 or earlier and you received a GST/HST or QST rebate in 2019 for those expenses, report the rebate you received on line 10400 of your return. However, a rebate on which you can claim capital cost allowance is treated differently. For more information, see Chapter 10 in Guide T4044, Employment Expenses.
• Royalties – For deemed residents, report these amounts on line 10400 of your return if you received them for a work or invention of yours. Report other royalties (other than those included on line 13500 of your return) on line 12100 of your return.

⬤▲Line 11300 – Old age security (OAS) pension

Non-residents electing under section 217 – Your OAS benefits may be shown in box 16 of your NR4-OAS slip.

If you have not received your T4A(OAS) or NR4-OAS slip, go to Employment and Social Development Canada or call 1-800-277-9914 from Canada and the United States, or 613-957-1954 from outside Canada and the United States. You may have to repay OAS benefits. For more information, see Line 23500 of the return.

If at any time in 2019 you were a non-resident of Canada receiving an OAS pension, you may have to complete Form T1136, Old Age Security Return of Income. For more information, see Guide T4155, Old Age Security Return of Income Guide for Non-Residents, or contact the CRA.

⬤▲Line 11400 – CPP or QPP benefits

Non-residents electing under section 217 – Your CPP or QPP benefits may be shown in box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips. This is the case when box 14 and/or 24 of your NR4 slips show any of the following income codes: 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, or 51.

If you have not received your T4A(P) slip or NR4 slips, go to Employment and Social Development Canada or call 1-800-277-9914 from Canada and the United States, or 613-957-1954 from outside Canada and the United States.

Lump-sum benefits – If you received a lump-sum CPP or QPP payment in 2019, parts of which were for previous years, you have to report the whole payment on line 11400 of your return for 2019. However, if you were a deemed resident of Canada for 2019 and the total of the parts that relate to previous years is $300 or more, the CRA will calculate the tax payable on those parts as if you received them in those years only if the result is better for you. The CRA will tell you the result on your notice of assessment or reassessment.

CPP or QPP disability benefit (box 16)

Report on line 11410, located below and to the left of line 11400, your CPP or QPP disability benefits shown in box 16. This amount is already included in your income on line 11400, so do not add it again when you calculate your total income on line 15000.

CPP or QPP child benefit (box 17)

Report a child benefit only if you received it because you were the child of a deceased or disabled contributor. Any benefits paid for your children are their income, even if you received the payment.

CPP or QPP death benefit (box 18)

Do not report this amount if you are filing a return for a deceased person. If you received this amount and you are a beneficiary of the deceased person's estate, report it 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, Preparing Returns for Deceased Persons.

⬤▲Line 11500 – Other pensions and superannuation

Report on line 11500 any other pensions and superannuation you received, such as amounts shown in box 016 of your T4A slips and box 31 of your T3 slips.

Report on line 13000 any amount shown in box 018 of your T4A slips or box 22 of your T3 slips.

You may also have to report on line 11500 other amounts you received. See the following sections that apply to you.

Non-residents electing under section 217 – Your other pensions or superannuation income may be shown in box 16 and/or 26 on your NR4 slips. This is the case when the income code located in box 14 and/or 24 corresponds to this type of income. For more information, see the back of your NR4 slips.

Annuity, pooled registered pension plan (PRPP), and registered retirement income fund (RRIF), including life income fund payments

Report the amount shown in box 024, 133, or 194 of your T4A slips, box 16 or 20 of your T4RIF slips, or box 19 of your T5 slips as follows:

• If you were 65 years of age or older on December 31, 2019, report it on line 11500.
• Regardless of your age, if you received it on the death of your spouse or common-law partner, report it on line 11500 even if the amount is transferred to an RRSP.
• Otherwise, report on line 13000 the amount shown in box 024, 133, or 194 of your T4A slips or box 16 or 20 of your T4RIF slips. Report on line 12100 the amount shown in box 19 of your T5 slips.

Pension income splitting

You may be able to make a joint election with your spouse or common-law partner to split your pension, annuity, pooled registered pension plan, registered retirement income fund (including life income fund), and specified pension plan payments you reported on line 11500 of your return if both of the following apply:

• you were both residents of Canada on December 31, 2019 (or were residents of Canada on the date of death)
• neither of you were, because of a breakdown in your marriage or common-law relationship, living separate and apart from each other at the end of the year and for a period of 90 days or more beginning in the year

To make this election, you and your spouse or common-law partner must complete Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension Income. The transferring spouse or common-law partner must still report the full amount of income on line 11500 of their return, but can claim a deduction for the elected split pension amount on line 21000 of their return.

Pensions from a foreign country

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, report in Canadian dollars your gross foreign pension income received in the year. See Report foreign income and other foreign amounts. Attach a note to your return identifying the type of pension you received and the country it came from. In some cases, amounts you receive may not be considered pension income by the CRA and you may have to report them elsewhere on your return.

United States individual retirement arrangement (IRA) – If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, and, during 2019 you received amounts from an IRA or converted an IRA to a Roth IRA, contact the CRA.

United States Social Security – If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, report on line 11500 of your return the full amount, in Canadian dollars, of your U.S. Social Security benefits and any U.S. Medicare premiums paid on your behalf. You can claim a deduction for part of this income. See line 25600.

⬤Line 11600 – Elected split-pension amount

Report on this line the amount of pension income transferred to you by your spouse or common-law partner if you both made a joint election to split pension income by completing Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension Income. For more information, see Line 11500.

⬤Line 11700 – Universal child care benefit (UCCB)

Report the UCCB lump-sum payment you received in 2019 for prior tax years.

If you had a spouse or common-law partner on December 31, 2019, the one of you with the lower net world income must report the UCCB lump-sum payment. Report on line 11700 the amount shown in box 10 of the RC62 slip.

If you were a single parent on December 31, 2019, you can choose one of the following options:

• Include all the UCCB lump-sum payment you received in 2019 in the income of the dependant for whom the amount for an eligible dependant (line 30400 of your return) is being claimed. If there is no claim on line 30400, you can choose to include all the UCCB amount in the income of a child for whom you received the UCCB. If you choose this option, enter on line 11701 the amount shown in box 10 of the RC62 slip. Do not report the amount on line 11700.
• Include all the UCCB lump-sum payment you received in 2019 in your own income. If you choose this option, report on line 11700 the amount shown in box 10 of the RC62 slip. Do not enter the amount on line 11701.

⬤▲Line 11900 – Employment insurance and other benefits

See the back of your T4E slip to find out how and where to report these amounts.

If you have received employment insurance maternity and parental benefits and provincial parental insurance plan benefits, see line 11905 for additional instructions on reporting these amounts.

If you have already repaid excess benefits you received, directly to the payer of your benefits, you may be able to claim a deduction. See Line 23200.

⬤▲ Line 11905 – Employment insurance maternity and parental benefits and provincial parental insurance plan benefits

New Report the amount of the employment insurance maternity and parental benefits you received in 2019 on this line. This amount can be found on the letter you received from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).

Also report on this line the amount of provincial parental insurance plan (PPIP) benefits from box 36 of your T4E slip.

In both cases, these amounts are already included in your income on line 11900 of your return, so do not add them again when you calculate your total income on line 15000 of your return.

⬤Line 12000 – Taxable amount of dividends (eligible and other than eligible) from taxable Canadian corporations

There are two types of dividends, eligible dividends and other than eligible dividends, you may have received from taxable Canadian corporations.

Complete the chart for lines 12000, 12100, 12010, and 22100 on the Worksheet for the return and report your dividends as follows:

If you receive an NR4 slip, you should contact the payer to have them correct their records and re-issue a slip for you as a resident of Canada.

If you did not receive an information slip

Calculate the taxable amount of dividends as follows:

Report on line 12100 any foreign dividends you received.

⬤Line 12100 – Interest and other investment income

Complete the chart for lines 12000, 12100, 12010, and 22100 on the Worksheet for the return and report on line 12100 of your return the amounts you received, minus any part of those amounts you reported in previous years. Also, report amounts credited to you but that you did not receive (such as amounts that were reinvested). Generally, you report your share of interest from a joint investment based on how much you contributed to it.

Information slips

The amounts to report include those shown in boxes 13, 14, 15, and 30 of T5 slips, box 25 of T3 slips, and boxes 128 and 135 of T5013 slips. Also, report the interest on any tax refund you received in 2019, which is shown on your notice of assessment or reassessment.

Foreign income

If you received foreign interest or dividend income, report it in Canadian dollars. See Report foreign income and other foreign amounts.

If, as a shareholder in a foreign corporation, you received certain shares in another foreign corporation, you may not have to report any amount as income for receiving those shares.

Bank accounts

Report interest paid or credited to you in 2019, even if you did not receive an information slip. You may not receive a T5 slip for amounts under $50.

Term deposits, guaranteed investment certificates (GICs), and other similar investments

The income you report is based on the interest you earned during each complete investment year. If your investment agreement specifies a different interest rate each year, report the amount shown on your T5 slips, even if it is different from what the agreement specifies or what you received. The issuer of your investment can tell you how this amount was calculated.

Treasury bills

If you disposed of a treasury bill at maturity in 2019, you have to report as interest the difference between the price you paid and the proceeds of disposition shown on your T5008 slips or account statement.

If you disposed of a treasury bill before maturity in 2019, you may also have to report a capital gain or loss. For more information, see Guide T4037, Capital Gains.

Earnings on life insurance policies

Report the earnings that have accumulated on certain life insurance policies in the same way as you do for other investments. Your insurance company will send you a T5 slip. For policies bought before 1990, you can choose to report accumulated earnings annually by telling your insurer in writing.

⬤▮▲Line 12200 – Net partnership income: limited or non-active partners only

Report on line 12200 of your return your share of the net income (or loss) from a partnership if the partnership did not include a rental (see Line 12600) or farming operation (see Lines 13499 to 14300) and you were either:

• a limited partner
• not actively involved in the partnership and not otherwise involved in a business or profession similar to that carried on by the partnership

If these two conditions do not apply to you, report your share of the partnership’s net income (or loss) on the applicable self-employment line of your return (lines 13500, 13700, 13900, 14100, and 14300 of your return).

If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters.

If all or part of the income was earned in a province or territory other than your province or territory of residence, or if it was earned outside Canada, get and complete Form T2203, Provincial and Territorial Taxes for 2019 – Multiple Jurisdictions.

Non residents – This section applies to you only if you had Canadian source partnership income in 2019 and the partnership did not have a permanent establishment in Canada. If the partnership had a permanent establishment in Canada, use another tax package. See Which income tax package should you use if this income tax package is not for you?. If you are filing to report rental income, a section 216.1 return is required.

Attach to your return a T5013 slip. If you did not receive one, attach a copy of the partnership’s financial statement. See Lines 13499 to 14300.

⬤Line 12500 – Registered disability savings plan (RDSP) income

If you have received income from an RDSP in 2019, report the amount shown in box 131 of your T4A slips, and box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips (if box 14 and/or 24 shows income code 63). For more information, go to Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), see Guide RC4460, Registered Disability Savings Plan, or contact the CRA.

⬤Line 12600 – Rental income

Report your gross rental income on line 12599 of your return and your net rental income or loss on line 12600 of your return. If you have a loss, show the amount in brackets. If you were a member of a partnership, also report any amount shown in boxes 107 and 110 of your T5013 slips or any amount the partnership allocated to you in its financial statements.

You must include with your return a statement or Form T776, Statement of Real Estate Rentals, showing your rental income and expenses for the year. If it applies, also include your T5013 slips or a copy of the partnership's financial statement.

For more information, see Guide T4036, Rental Income.

If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters.

⬤▮▲Line 12700 – Taxable capital gains

You may have a capital gain or loss when you dispose of property. If you were a non-resident of Canada in 2019, or a non-resident of Canada electing under section 217, this line applies only on the disposition of your taxable Canadian property.

If you sold your principal residence in the year, complete the "Principal residence" section on page 2 of Schedule 3.

When an individual dies, there is also a deemed disposition of property owned at the date of death. Special rules may apply. For more information, see Guide T4011, Preparing Returns for Deceased Persons.

Complete Schedule 3 and attach it to your return.

Non-residents and non-residents electing under section 217 – If you notified the CRA of the disposition or proposed disposition of taxable Canadian property during 2019, and made a payment or provided acceptable security for the tax, the CRA has sent you a certificate of compliance for the proposed disposition (Form T2064, Certificate – Proposed Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of Canada), or the actual disposition (Form T2068, Certificate – The Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of Canada). Attach copy 2 of the certificate of compliance and a completed Schedule 3 to your return.

Do not include any gain or loss from the disposition of taxable Canadian property if, under a tax treaty, any gain from the disposition of this property would be exempt from tax in Canada. If you have to file a return, attach a note stating that you have not included the gain or loss because of a tax treaty.

For more information, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-420, Non-Residents – Income Earned in Canada, and Information Circular IC72-17, Procedures concerning the disposition of taxable Canadian property by non-residents of Canada – Section 116.

⬤Line 12800 – Support payments received

Report on line 12799 the total of all taxable and non-taxable support payments you received for yourself and/or for a child (or, if you are the payer, the payments that were repaid to you under a court order) in 2019. Report on line 12800 only the taxable amount.

⬤▲Line 12900 – RRSP income

Report the total of amounts shown in boxes 16, 18, 28, and 34 of all your T4RSP slips. Also report amounts shown in boxes 20, 22, and 26, unless your spouse or common-law partner made a contribution to your registered retirement savings plan (RRSP). For more information, see RRSPs for spouse or common-law partner.

Non-residents electing under section 217 – Your RRSP income may be shown in box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips. This is the case when box 14 and/or 24 of your NR4 slips show any of the following income codes: 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, or 43.

RRSPs for spouse or common-law partner

Your spouse or common-law partner may have to report some or all of the RRSP income shown in boxes 20, 22, and 26 of your T4RSP slips if they contributed to any of your RRSPs in 2017, 2018, or 2019. In that case, your T4RSP slips should have "Yes" ticked in box 24 and your spouse's or common-law partner's social insurance number should appear in box 36.

Get and complete Form T2205, Amounts from a Spousal or Common-Law Partner RRSP, RRIF, or SPP to Include in Income, to calculate the amount that both of you must report on line 12900 of your returns.

If unused RRSP contributions you made after 1990 were refunded to you or your spouse or common-law partner in 2019, you may be able to claim a deduction on line 23200 of your return. See line 23200.

RRSP annuity payments you report on line 12900 of your return (shown in box 16 of your T4RSP slips) qualify for the pension income amount if you were 65 years of age or older on December 31, 2019, or if you received the payments on the death of your spouse or common-law partner. See line 31400.

You may also be able to make a joint election with your spouse or common-law partner to split your RRSP annuity payments you reported on line 12900 if you meet all the following conditions:

• You were 65 years of age or older on December 31, 2019, or you received the payments on the death of your spouse or common-law partner.
• You were both considered residents of Canada on December 31, 2019 (or were considered residents of Canada on the date of death).
• You and your spouse or common-law partner were not, because of a breakdown in your marriage or common-law relationship, living separate and apart from each other at the end of the year and for a period of 90 days commencing in the year.

To make this election, you and your spouse or common-law partner must complete Form T1032, Joint Election to Split Pension Income.

For more information, see Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for Retirement.

Repayments under the Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) and the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP)

Deemed residents – If in previous years you withdrew funds from your RRSP under the HBP or the LLP, you may have to make a repayment for 2019. Do not send your repayment to the CRA. To designate a contribution as a repayment complete Schedule 7.

If you repay less than the minimum amount for 2019, you have to report the difference on line 12900 of your return.

For more information, including the rules that apply when the person who made the withdrawal dies, turns 71 years of age, or becomes a non-resident, go to Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) or see Guide RC4112, Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP).

To view your HBP or LLP information, go to My Account for Individuals.

⬤▮▲Line 13000 – Other income

Use this line to report taxable income that has not been or should not be reported anywhere else on the return. In the space provided on line 13000 of your return, specify the type of income you are reporting.

New As of 2019, report taxable scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, and artists’ project grants on line 13010.

Lump-sum payments

Report lump-sum payments from pensions and deferred profit-sharing plans (box 018 of your T4A slips and box 22 of your T3 slips) you received when leaving a plan.

If you received a lump-sum payment in 2019 that included amounts you earned in previous years, you have to report the whole payment on line 13000 of your return for 2019.

Non-residents electing under section 217 – Lump-sum payments, retiring allowances, and death benefits may be shown in box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips. For more information, see the back of your NR4 slips.

Death benefits (other than Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan death benefits)

A death benefit is an amount you receive after a person's death for their employment service. Death benefits (other than those from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) are shown in box 106 of your T4A slips or box 26 of your T3 slips.

You may not have to pay tax on up to $10,000 of the benefit you received. If you are the only one to receive a death benefit, report the amount you receive that is more than $10,000. Even if you do not receive the full death benefit in one year, the total tax-free amount for all years cannot exceed $10,000.

To find out what to report if anyone else also received a death benefit for the same person, see Interpretation Bulletin IT-508, Death Benefits.

CPP or QPP death benefit

If you received this amount and you are a beneficiary of the deceased person’s estate, report the amount on line 13000 of your return unless a T3 Trust Income Tax and Information Return is being filed for the estate. The CPP or QPP death benefit is shown in box 18 of the T4A(P) slip. For more information, see Guide T4011, Preparing Returns for Deceased Persons.

Other kinds of income

Also, report the following income on line 13000:

• apprenticeship incentive grant and apprenticeship completion grant shown in box 130 of your T4A slips. For more information, go to Funding: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant – Overview, see Guide P105, or call the CRA
• amounts distributed from a retirement compensation arrangement shown on your T4A-RCA slips, and in box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips (if box 14 and/or 24 shows income code 37). For more information, see the back of your slips
• training allowances or any other amount shown in box 028 of your T4A slips (other than amounts already noted for this line and lines 10400, 11500, and 12500 of your return)
• payments from a trust shown in box 26 of your T3 slips
• payments from a registered education savings plan shown in box 040 (see line 41800) or 042 of your T4A slips;
• certain annuity payments (see line 11500)
• certain payments from a tax-free savings account (TFSA) shown in box 134 of your T4A slips, and in box 16 and/or 26 of your NR4 slips (if box 14 and/or 24 shows income code 64). For more information, see the back of your slips
• certain designated benefits from a registered retirement income fund shown on your NR4 slips or in box 22 of your T4RIF slips, or the pooled registered pension plan amount shown on your NR4 slips or in box 194 of your T4A slips or specified pension plan (SPP) amount shown on your NR4 slips or in box 018 of your T4A slips. If you rolled over an amount to a registered disability savings plan (RDSP), see line 23200 for more information about the corresponding deduction. For more information about RDSPs, go to Registered disability savings plan (RDSP) or see Guide T4040, RRSPs and Other Registered Plans for Retirement
• amounts (grants) paid to you as a result of taking time away from work to cope with the death or disappearance of your child because of an offence or probable offence under the Criminal Code (shown in box 136 of your T4A slip)
• pool registered pension plan income shown in box 194 of your T4A slips if you were under 65 years of age and you did not receive this income on the death of your spouse or common-law partner
• retiring allowances shown in boxes 66 and 67 of your T4 slips and any retiring allowance shown in box 26 of your T3 slips
  
• income from the disposition of Canadian Resource Property or negative balance(s) of the resource pools calculated at the end of the year in Section II on Form T1229, Statement of Resource Expenses and Depletion Allowance

⬤▮▲Line 13010 – Scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, and artists’ project grants

Report prizes and awards you received as a benefit from your employment or in connection with a business. This type of income is not eligible for the $500 basic scholarship exemption. If you received a research grant, see Line 10400.
Certain scholarships, bursaries, and artists’ project grants are not taxable, such as:

• elementary and secondary school scholarships and bursaries
  
• post-secondary school scholarships, fellowships, and bursaries received in 2019 are not taxable if you are considered a full-time qualifying student for 2018, 2019, or 2020

For more information, go to Students or see Guide P105, Students and Income Tax, and Income Tax Folio S1-F2-C3, Scholarships, Research Grants and Other Education Assistance.

⬤▮▲Lines 13499, 13500, 13700, 13900, 14100, and 14300 – Self-employment income

Report on the appropriate lines your gross and net income or loss from self-employment. If you have a loss, show it in brackets. Include with your return a statement showing your income and expenses.

You have to file Form T1139, Reconciliation of 2019 Business Income for Tax Purposes, with your return for 2019 to keep a year-end that does not finish on December 31, 2019.

Guide T4002, Self-employed Business, Professional, Commission, Farming, and Fishing Income, contains more information you may need to help you calculate your self-employment income, including enhanced capital cost allowance calculations for certain property (for example, eligible zero-emission vehicles purchased after March 18, 2019).

If you were a limited or non-active partner, report your net income (or loss) from rental operations on line 12600 of your return and your net farming income (or loss) on line 14100 of your return. Report other net income or other losses on line 12200 of your return.

If you were an active partner and you received a T5013 slip, report on your return the amount from boxes 118, 121, 123, 125, and 127. Report your share of the partnership’s net income or loss shown in boxes 101, 103, 116, 120, 122, 124, and 126 on the applicable line of your return. Attach the T5013 slip to your return. If you did not receive this slip, follow the instructions on the applicable self-employment form and report your share of the partnership’s net income or loss on the applicable self-employment line of your return. Attach the applicable self-employment form or a copy of the partnership’s financial statement to your return.

For more information, call our business enquiries line at 1-800-959-5525 (calls within Canada and the United States). If you are outside Canada and the United States, contact the CRA.

If you have a tax shelter, see Tax shelters.

Non-residents – This section applies to you only if you had Canadian-source business income in 2019 and the business did not have a permanent establishment in Canada. If the business had a permanent establishment in Canada, use another guide. See Which income tax package should you use if this income tax package is not for you?.

Non-residents and non-residents electing under section 217 – Report your income from the disposition of Canadian real or immovable property (other than capital property), Canadian resource property and timber resource property on line 13500. Do not report the income on Schedule 3. Attach a note or a document to your return giving information about the disposition and copy 2 of your certificate of compliance, Form T2068, Certificate – The Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of Canada, or Form T2064, Certificate – Proposed Disposition of Property by a Non-Resident of Canada.

Do not include a loss from a business carried on in Canada if, under a tax treaty, the income from that business would be exempt from tax in Canada. If you have to file a return, attach a note stating that you have not included the business loss because of a tax treaty.

⬤Line 14400 – Workers' compensation benefits

Report the amount shown in box 10 of your T5007 slip. Claim a deduction on line 25000 of your return for the benefits you entered on line 14400 of your return.

⬤Line 14500 – Social assistance payments

Report the amount shown in box 11 of your T5007 slip or the federal part of your Quebec Relevé 5 slip, unless you lived with your spouse or common-law partner when the payments were made. The spouse or common-law partner with the higher net income on line 23600 of their return (not including these payments or the deductions on line 21400 or line 23500 of their return) must report all the payments, even if that person's name is not shown on the slip. If this amount is the same for both of you, the person named on the T5007 slip (or the prestataire on the federal part of the Relevé 5 slip) must report the payments.

Claim a deduction on line 25000 of your return for the social assistance payments you entered on line 14500 of your return.

You do not have to report certain social assistance payments you or your spouse or common-law partner received for being a foster parent or for caring for a disabled adult who lived with you. However, if the payments are for caring for your spouse or common-law partner or any person related to either of you, whoever has the higher net income must report those payments.

New You do not have to report income you received for social assistance payments under a program of the Government of Canada or the government of a province that meets the following conditions:

• the payments are made for the temporary care and upbringing of a child in need of protection
• the child would be considered your child if you did not receive payments under the program, (the child is wholly dependent on you)
• no special allowances under the Children’s Special Allowances Act is payable for the child for the period in which the social assistance payment is made

If you repay an amount that was shown on a T5007 slip or a Relevé 5 slip in a previous year, the return for that year may be adjusted based on the amended slip provided.

If you are a registered Indian or a person entitled to be registered as an Indian under the Indian Act, and live on a reserve, do not report social assistance payments received from your band council.

Line 14600 – Net federal supplements

Report the amount shown in box 21 of your T4A(OAS) slip.

Other amounts you need to report throughout the return

Retroactive lump sum payments

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, and you received a lump sum payment of eligible income, parts of which were for previous years after 1977, you must report the whole payment on the appropriate line of your return for 2019. These amounts are shown on a completed Form T1198, Statement of Qualifying Retroactive Lump-Sum Payment, provided by the payer.

You can ask the CRA to tax the parts for previous years as if you received them in those years. The CRA can apply this calculation to the parts that relate to years throughout which you were resident in Canada if the total of those parts is $3,000 or more (not including interest) and the result is better for you. The CRA will tell you the results on your notice of assessment or reassessment.

Loans and transfers of property

If you were a deemed resident of Canada in 2019, you may have to report income, such as dividends (line 12000) or interest (line 12100), from property (including money and any replacement property) you loaned or transferred to your spouse or common law partner, child, or other relative. You may also have to report capital gains (line 12700) or losses from property you loaned or transferred to your spouse or common law partner.

For more information, see interpretation bulletins IT 510, Transfers and Loans of Property Made After May 22, 1985 to a Related Minor, and IT 511, Interspousal and Certain Other Transfers and Loans of Property.

Tax shelters

To claim deductions, losses, or credits from tax shelter investments, see your T5003 or T5013 slips, and get and complete Form T5004, Claim for Tax Shelter Loss or Deduction.

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