RL Slips
RL-1 Slip – Employment and Other Income
The RL-1 slip (see courtesy translation RL-1-T) must be filed by
- any employer or payer that paid salaries, wages, gratuities, tips, fees, scholarships or commissions in the year;
- any custodian of an employee benefit plan that paid amounts to a beneficiary of the plan in the year;
- any trustee of an employee trust that allocated amounts to a beneficiary of the trust in the year;
- any payer that paid certain income that is not a salary or wages.
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Purpose of the RL-1 slip |
The RL-1 slip is primarily used to report:
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Must a summary be filed? |
You must file the RL-1 summary (RLZ-1.S-V, Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions) if:
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Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
The filing deadline is different depending on whether:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-1 Slip: Employment and Other Income (RL-1.G-V) Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S-V) Guide to Filing the RL-1 Summary: Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S.G-V) |
See RL-1 Slip – Employment and Other Income and the Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions for information on how to complete the RL-1 slip and the RL-1 summary.
RL-2 Slip – Retirement and Annuity Income
The RL-2 slip (see courtesy translation RL-2-T) must be filed by:
- a payer of retirement benefits or annuities;
- an issuer of a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) that paid amounts from that plan;
- an issuer of a registered retirement income fund (RRIF) that paid amounts from that fund;
- an administrator of a pooled registered pension plan (PRPP) that paid amounts from that plan;
- an administrator of a voluntary retirement savings plan (VRSP) that paid amounts from that plan;
- a trustee of a deferred profit sharing plan (DPSP) that paid amounts from that plan;
- a payer of an income-averaging annuity; or
- a payer of an income-averaging annuity for artists; or
- an administrator of an advanced life deferred annuity (ALDA) contract that paid amounts under that contract.
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Purpose of the RL-2 slip |
The RL-2 slip is primarily used to report:
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Must a summary be filed? | You have to file an RL-1 summary (RLZ-1.S-V, Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions) if you reported amounts on which you withheld Québec income tax during the year on an RL-2 slip. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-2 Slip: Retirement and Annuity Income (RL-2.G-V) Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S-V) Guide to Filing the RL-1 Summary: Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S.G-V) |
See RL-2 Slip – Retirement and Annuity Income for information on how to complete the RL-2 slip.
RL-3 Slip – Investment Income
The RL-3 slip (see courtesy translation RL-3-T) must be filed by:
- any person that paid or credited interest, dividends, capital gains dividends or royalties during the year to a person (hereafter “the recipient”) that was an individual resident in Québec or to a corporation with an establishment in Québec;
- any corporation, association, organization or institution that made blended payments during the year to a recipient;
- any custodian of funeral arrangements that made a payment that must be included in the income of a recipient;
- any person that, as a mandatary or on behalf of a recipient, received during the year any of the income mentioned in the preceding points;
- any insurer, with respect to amounts that must be included in calculating the income for the year of a recipient who is a life insurance policyholder;
- any person or partnership that is required to report, on behalf of a recipient, the interest accrued in respect of an investment contract.
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Purpose of the RL-3 slip | The RL-3 slip is used to report interest, dividends, capital gains dividends or royalties paid or credited to a recipient. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-3 Slip: Investment Income (RL-3.G-V) |
RL-5 Slip – Benefits and Indemnities
The RL-5 slip (see courtesy translation RL-5-T) must be filed by:
- the Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS);
- the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST);
- the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
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Purpose of the RL-5 slip | The RL-5 slip is used to report amounts of social assistance payments and indemnities paid to beneficiaries. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents | N/A |
RL-6 Slip – Québec Parental Insurance Plan
The RL-6 slip (see courtesy translation RL-6-T) must be filed by the Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS).
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Purpose of the RL-6 slip | The RL-6 slip is used to report amounts paid to individuals as parental, maternity, paternity or adoption benefits. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents | N/A |
RL-7 Slip – Investments in an Investment Plan
The RL-7 slip (see courtesy translation RL-7-T) must be filed by any cooperative or federation of cooperatives that has issued securities that are qualifying securities under a Cooperative Investment Plan (CIP).
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Purpose of the RL-7 slip | The RL-7 slip is used to report an individual's investments in a CIP. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-7 Slip: Investments in an Investment Plan (RL-7.G-V) |
RL-8 Slip – Amount for Post-Secondary Studies
The RL-8 slip (see courtesy translation RL-8-T) must be filed by:
- educational institutions located in Québec that are designated by the Ministère de l'Éducation or the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur under the loans and bursaries program for full-time studies in vocational training at the secondary level and for full-time studies at the post-secondary level (as established under the Act respecting financial assistance for education expenses) and at which students are enrolled in an educational program recognized by the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur;
- educational institutions located outside Québec that are designated by the Ministère de l'Éducation or the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, at which students are enrolled in an educational program at the post-secondary level or at an equivalent level.
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Purpose of the RL-8 slip | The RL-8 slip is used to report amounts for full-time post-secondary studies as well as student tuition and examination fees. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-8 Slip: Amount for Post-Secondary Studies (RL-8.G-V) |
RL-10 Slip – Tax Credit for a Labour-Sponsored Fund
The RL-10 slip (see courtesy translation RL-10-T) must be filed by:
- the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ)
- Fondaction.
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Purpose of the RL-10 slip |
The RL-10 slip is used to report the issue, to an initial acquirer, of:
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By March 31 of a calendar year in which a share was issued in the month of January or February, or by March 31 of the following calendar year where a share was issued after February, you must:
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Related documents | N/A |
RL-11 Slip – Flow-Through Shares
The RL-11 slip (see courtesy translation RL-11-T) must be filed by any development corporation that entered into a written agreement with investors to issue flow-through shares and, consequently, to incur Canadian exploration expenses or Canadian development expenses and to renounce those expenses in favour of the investors (the beneficiaries of the renunciation).
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Purpose of the RL-11 slip |
The RL-11 slip is used to report information concerning:
The RL-11 slip is also used to report share issue expenses renounced by the corporation in favour of an individual or a partnership (whose members include at least one individual) that holds flow-through shares. |
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Must a summary be filed? |
No. However, before filing the RL-11 slip, you must complete:
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Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of the month following the month in which the resource expenses were renounced or in which it first became known to the corporation that a person holding one of its flow-through shares was entitled to a share of the assistance, you must:
Form CO-726.4.17.15 must be sent to us by the last day of the month following the month in which the resource expenses were renounced. |
Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-11 Slip: Flow-Through Shares (RL-11.G-V) Renonciation à des frais ou attribution des montants d'aide par une société (RL-11.S) Sommaire de la renonciation à certains frais d'émission relatifs aux ressources québécoises (CO-726.4.17.15) |
RL-13 Slip – Ownership Certificate
The RL-13 slip (see courtesy translation RL-13-T) must be completed by or on behalf of a security owner or seller resident in Québec before they trade any coupon or share warrant representing interest or dividends payable by a debtor, or a cheque representing interest or dividends payable by a non-resident debtor.
The RL-13 slip must also be completed by a paying agent when interest on the sale, redemption, assignment or transfer of a bond, debenture or similar security is paid or credited to a security owner or seller resident in Québec. This does not apply to interest resulting from an investment contract or an income bond.
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Purpose of the RL-13 slip | The RL-13 slip is used to report the interest, dividends and bonuses received by the security owner or seller. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
The debtor or paying agent must:
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Related documents | N/A |
RL-14 Slip – Information About a Tax Shelter
The RL-14 slip (see courtesy translation RL-14-T) must be filed by any tax shelter promoter (other than a partnership that is a tax shelter, that is required to file the Partnership Information Return [TP-600-V] and RL-15 slips [see courtesy translation RL-15-T] and that files those documents within the time allowed) that, in a calendar year, accepted consideration from an individual who, at the time of the acceptance, was resident in Québec, or acted as a mandator or mandatary in respect of such an acceptance.
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Purpose of the RL-14 slip | The RL-14 slip is used to report certain information regarding tax shelters, such as amounts received by individuals. |
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Must a summary be filed? | If you reported amounts on RL-14 slips, you are required to file an RL-14 summary for each tax shelter to which we have assigned an identification number. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year during which the transaction respecting the tax shelter took place, you must:
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Related documents |
RL-14 summary, Information About a Tax Shelter (RL-14.S-V) |
RL-15 Slip – Amounts Allocated to the Members of a Partnership
The RL-15 slip (see courtesy translation RL-15.EX-T) must be filed by any partnership that is required to file the Partnership Information Return (TP-600-V).
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Purpose of the RL-15 slip | The RL-15 slip is primarily used to provide members of partnerships with information about operating results (for example, income, losses, and other amounts allocated to the members for the fiscal period). |
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Must a summary be filed? |
No. However, you must file the Partnership Information Return (TP-600-V). |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the deadline for filing the Partnership Information Return (TP-600-V), you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-15 Slip: Amounts Allocated to the Members of a Partnership (RL-15.G-V) RL-15 Slip Information (RL-15.EX-T, courtesy translation) Guide to Filing the Partnership Information Return (TP-600.G-V) |
RL-16 Slip – Trust Income
The RL-16 slip (see courtesy translation RL-16-T) must be filed by any trust that is required to file the Trust Income Tax Return (TP-646-V) and that allocates an amount to one of its beneficiaries. Note that if the trust sends RL-16 slips online, it must get an identification number before it can send the slips. If the trust does not have an identification number, it must get one before filing its income tax return. It can apply for a number using:
- the online service in My Account for individuals, My Account for businesses or My Account for professional representatives;
- form LM-58.1.2-V, Application for a Trust Identification Number.
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Purpose of the RL-16 slip |
The RL-16 slip is used to report amounts that a trust allocates to its beneficiaries. However, if an allocated amount does not exceed $100, you are not required to file an RL-16 slip. You must, nevertheless, inform the beneficiary of the amount allocated, as beneficiaries must report any amount paid or allocated to them, even if no RL-16 slip is issued. |
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Must a summary be filed? |
No. However, you must file the Trust Income Tax Return (TP-646-V). |
Filing/distribution deadline |
No later than 90 days following the end of the trust's taxation year, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-16 Slip: Trust Income (RL-16.G-V) Guide to Filing the Trust Income Tax Return (TP-646.G-V) |
RL-18 Slip – Securities Transactions
The RL-18 slip (see courtesy translation RL-18-T) must be filed by the following persons (provided the person is either an individual resident in Québec or a corporation with an establishment in Québec):
- a trader or dealer in securities that:
- purchases a security as principal, or
- sells a security as a mandatary;
- a person that, in the ordinary course of business, buys and sells precious metals in the form of certificates, bullion or coins, and that makes a payment to another person (also an individual resident in Québec or a corporation with an establishment in Québec) related to the sale of precious metals by that other person;
- a person that, as the agent or mandatary of an individual resident in Québec or a corporation with an establishment in Québec, receives the proceeds of a transaction made in the name of the mandatary or agent;
- a person that, when a bearer debt obligation is disposed of or redeemed, makes a payment to an individual resident in Québec or acts as the agent or mandatary of the individual;
- a person (with the exception of an individual that is not a trust) that issues a security and subsequently purchases, redeems or cancels it, except when the transaction involves:
- a bond conversion, that is, the exchange of a bond for another bond of the same debtor, where the terms of the original bond give the holder the right to make the exchange, and where the amount payable on the acquired bond at maturity is the same as the amount payable on the exchanged bond at maturity,
- the exchange of a share, bond or note for a share of the same corporation (see section 301 of the Taxation Act), if the share is the only consideration given in exchange,
- the exchange of a share for a new share in the course of the reorganization of a corporation's capital, if the new share is the only consideration given in exchange (see sections 541 and following of the Taxation Act),
- the acquisition, redemption or cancellation of a security where there is an amalgamation (see section 544 of the Taxation Act),
- the disposition of a security upon the dissolution of a partnership (see sections 620 to 622, 624 and 625 of the Taxation Act), or
- the transfer of a security, upon the dissolution of a partnership, to another partnership that is deemed to be the continuation of the dissolved partnership (see section 633 of the Taxation Act).
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Purpose of the RL-18 slip | The RL-18 slip is used to report securities transactions (purchase, sale, redemption, acquisition or cancellation). |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-18 Slip: Securities Transactions (RL-18.G-V) |
RL-19 Slip – Advance Payments of Tax Credits
The RL-19 slip (see courtesy translation RL-19-T) is filed by Revenu Québec. The information on the RL-19 slip is used by individuals to complete the personal income tax return (TP-1-V).
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Purpose of the RL-19 slip | The RL-19 slip is used to report advance payments of the tax credit for childcare expenses, the tax credit for home-support services for seniors, the tax credit for the treatment of infertility and the tax credits respecting the work premium. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Related documents | N/A |
RL-21 Slip – Farm Support Payments
The RL-21 slip (see courtesy translation RL-21-T) must be filed by any government, municipality, municipal body, public body or producer organization or association that makes a payment of an amount that is a farm support payment, other than an amount paid out of a net income stabilization account.
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Purpose of the RL-21 slip | The RL-21 slip is used to report farm support payments. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-21 Slip: Farm Support Payments (RL-21.G-V) |
RL-22 Slip – Employment Income Related to Multi-Employer Insurance Plans
The RL-22 slip (see courtesy translation RL-22-T) must be filed by any administrator of a multi-employer insurance plan.
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Purpose of the RL-22 slip | The RL-22 slip is used to report an individual's coverage under a multi-employer insurance plan (other than a plan covering total or partial loss of business, office-related or employment income). |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-22 Slip: Employment Income Related to Multi-Employer Insurance Plans (RL-22.G-V) |
See RL-22 Slip – Employment Income Related to Multi-Employer Insurance Plans for information on how to complete the slip.
RL-24 Slip – Childcare Expenses
The RL-24 slip (see courtesy translation RL-24-T) must be filed by any person that, in exchange for remuneration, provided childcare services in Québec for which the tax credit for childcare expenses can be claimed. Such a person may operate:
- a daycare centre;
- a boarding school;
- an overnight camp;
- a day camp; or
- a nursery school.
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Purpose of the RL-24 slip | The RL-24 slip is used to report childcare expenses that qualify for the tax credit for childcare expenses. |
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Must a summary be filed? | If you reported amounts on the RL-24 slip, you must file the RL-24 summary. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related document |
Guide to Filing the RL-24 Slip: Childcare Expenses (RL-24.G-V) RL-24 summary, Childcare Expenses (RL-24.S-V) |
RL-25 Slip – Income from a Profit-Sharing Plan
The RL-25 slip (see courtesy translation RL-25-T) must be filed by any trustee of a profit-sharing plan. A beneficiary's employer can file an RL-25 slip on a trustee's behalf.
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Purpose of the RL-25 slip | The RL-25 slip is used to report dividends and capital gains (or losses) allocated to a beneficiary of a profit-sharing plan. |
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Must a summary be filed? | You have to file an RL-1 summary (RLZ-1.S-V, Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions) if you reported amounts on which you withheld Québec income tax during the year on an RL-25 slip. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-25 Slip: Income from a Profit-Sharing Plan (RL-25.G-V) Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S-V) Guide to Filing the RL-1 Summary: Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S.G-V) |
See RL-25 Slip – Income From a Profit-Sharing Plan for information on how to complete the slip.
RL-26 Slip – Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins
The RL-26 slip (see courtesy translation RL-26-T) must be filed by the Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins corporation.
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Purpose of the RL-26 slip |
The RL-26 slip is used to report:
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By March 31 of a calendar year, if a share was issued or exchanged in January or February of that same year, or by March 31 of the following calendar year, if a share was issued or exchanged after February, you must:
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Related documents |
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RL-27 Slip – Government Payments
The RL-27 slip (see courtesy translation RL-27-T) must be filed by any department or agency of the Québec government that made contractual payments or paid a subsidy.
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Purpose of the RL-27 slip |
The RL-27 slip is used to report amounts (other than excluded amounts) paid to an individual, a trust, a corporation or a partnership as assistance in relation to the cost of property, an outlay or an expenditure or as an incentive:
The RL-27 slip is also used to report amounts (other than excluded amounts) paid to cover the cost of:
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide du relevé 27 – Paiements du gouvernement (RL-27.G) |
RL-29 Slip – Remuneration of a Family-Type Resource or an Intermediate Resource
The RL-29 slip (see courtesy translation RL-29-T) must be filed by any public institution that paid remuneration to a person responsible for a family-type resource or an intermediate resource that takes in, at their principal place of residence, a maximum of nine users.
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Purpose of the RL-29 slip |
The RL-29 slip is used to report remuneration paid to persons responsible for a family-type resource or an intermediate resource. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide du relevé 29 – Rétribution d'une ressource de type familial ou d'une ressource intermédiaire (RL-29.G) |
RL-31 Slip – Information About a Leased Dwelling
The RL-31 slip (see courtesy translation RL-31-T and RL-31.CS-T) must be filed by any person or partnership that is the owner of a residential complex and leases a dwelling for which rent was paid or was payable on December 31 of a given year.
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Purpose of the RL-31 slip |
The RL-31 slip is used to report information about a leased dwelling as at December 31 of a given year. The information is used by tenants and subtenants who wish to claim the solidarity tax credit in their income tax returns. |
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Must a summary be filed? | No. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-31 Slip: Information About A Leased Dwelling (RL-31.G-V) RL-31 Slip Helpsheet (RL-31.G.A-V) |
For more information, see RL-31 Slip-Related Obligations.
RL-32 Slip – First Home Savings Account
The RL-32 slip (see courtesy translation RL-32-T) must be filed by issuers of a first home savings account (FHSA).
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Purpose of the RL-32 slip |
The RL-32 slip is used by issuers to report taxable amounts allocated to FHSA holders or paid to FHSA beneficiaries. It is also used to report the Québec income tax that has been withheld from the amounts. |
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Must a summary be filed? |
If you reported amounts on the RL-32 slip and withheld Québec income tax on the income during the year, you must file the RL-1 summary. |
Filing/distribution deadline |
By the last day of February of the year following the year covered by the slips, you must:
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Related documents |
Guide to Filing the RL-32 Slip: First Home Savings Account (RL-32.G-V) Guide to Filing the RL-1 Summary: Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S.G-V) Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions (RLZ-1.S-V) |