Tax Slip Process Checklist Canada

1. Review earning and deduction/benefit codes to ensure that the correct tax slip boxes are indicated.Read More

2. Review the dental plan reporting on the pay groups.

3. Ensure all employees have their SIN and the correct home address on their Employee Profile.

4. Review and update transmitter data for the 2024 tax year.

5. Review tax slip groups for the 2024 tax year. Insert, modify, and delete as required.Read More

TIP: If you have processed year-end in Avanti in a prior year, there is an option to copy last year’s tax slip groups. If you created new pay groups, haven't created tax slips in Avanti before or had a 2023 tax slip type combining T4/RL-1 or T4A/RL-2, you will need to insert new tax slip groups.

6. Extract employee tax slip data for 2024.

TIP: Select ‘extract from history’ when extracting employee tax slip data, unless otherwise directed by your implementation specialist.

7. Import external tax slip data for adjustments or employees from an external source if applicable.Read More

8. Import Tax Slip Pension Adjustments, if required.

9. Review and modify your employees’ extracted and imported tax slip data.

10. Validate the tax slip groups to prepare for review listings.

11. Print the review listings for all your tax slip groups.

TIP: Use these along with report designer reports to balance your tax slips.

12. Make any additional modifications to employee tax slip data and repeat import processes as necessary. Validate and review after repeating any of these steps.Read More

TIP: If you re-extract for a tax slip group, any changes you made to the tax slips will be overwritten. You will need to make your adjustments again.

13. If you have employees in Quebec, print the RL-1 summary and update any remaining required fields.Read More

14. Generate transmission media and create all files for submission to the reporting agencies.Read More

15. Submit transmission files electronically to the reporting agencies.

16. Save the tax slip images.

TIP: Your tax slips will be available on ASSP after the delay. Read More.
Not displaying tax slips on ASSP? Go to setting up tax slips on ASSP and Avanti Go. Read More.

17. Print or email your tax slips: Print | Email

18. Delivering Tax Slips to Terminated Employees.

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