T4 and RL-1 Slips Box Options

Refer to the tables below for information about which taxable earnings, benefits, and deductions are supported for filing T4 and RL-1 slips with Sage 50 Accounting. Consult your accountant or the Canada Revenue Agency for more information on reporting benefits and other income and deduction amounts.

Note: Sage 50 Accounting warns you if you have selected five or more codes. This is because you may have exceeded the number of codes that can be entered in the Other Information boxes in the T4 slip. You need to review your printed and electronically filed T4 slips before you submit them.

If there are more codes than available Other Information boxes, you need to create an additional T4 slip for the employee(s) to report the additional codes. Do not repeat all the data on the additional slip. Enter only the employer's name and address, and the employee's SIN and name, and fill out the remaining codes in the Other Information area. Report each code and amount only once.

T4 Box Options

Taxable Earnings and Benefits:

Code	Description
30	Housing, boarding, and lodging
31	Special work site
32	Travel in a prescribed zone
33	Medical travel assistance
34	Personal use of employer's automobile
36	Interest-free or low-interest loan
38	Security options benefits
40	Other taxable allowances and benefits
42	Employment commissions
66	Eligible retiring allowances
67	Non-eligible retiring allowances
68	Indian exempt income — eligible retiring allowances
69	Indian exempt income — non-eligible allowances
71	Status Indian employee
81	Placement or employment agency workers gross earnings (This code is automatically reported in the Other Information area of the T4 slip when employment code 11 is selected in the employee record. It is not available for selection in the T4 Box Options window.)
82	Drivers of taxis and other passenger-carrying vehicles gross earnings (This code is automatically reported in the Other Information area of the T4 slip when employment code 12 is selected in the employee record. It is not available for selection in the T4 Box Options window.)
83	Barbers or hairdressers gross earnings (This code is automatically reported in the Other Information area of the T4 slip when employment code 13 is selected in the employee record. It is not available for selection in the T4 Box Options window.)

Deductions:

Box	Description
20	RPP contributions
44	Union dues
46	Charitable donations
84	Public transit pass
85	Employee-paid premiums for private health services plans

RL-1 Box Options

Taxable Earnings and Benefits:

All incomes and benefits are reported in box A unless you assign a letter from the list beside that income or benefit. These letters correspond to specific RL-1 boxes as described in the table below.

Box	Description
J	Private health services plan contributions
K	Trips made by a resident of a designated remote area
L	Other benefits
M	Commissions
O	Income from retiring allowances (code RJ)
P	Contributions to a multi-employer insurance plan
R	Status Indian employee
V	Meals and accommodation
W	Use of a motor vehicle

Deductions:

Box	Description
D	RPP contributions
F	Union dues
N	Charitable donations