Contributions Made and Other Amounts Paid by Employers to Certain Plans
Contributions you make to and certain other amounts you pay into a plan on behalf of an employee do not constitute a taxable benefit for the employee if they are made or paid:
- under a retirement compensation arrangement;
- under a salary deferral arrangement;
- to an employee trust (box Q of the RL-1 slip);
- to a group insurance plan, to cover total or partial loss of income from an office or employment (if the wage loss benefits are payable periodically);
- to an employee life and health trust, to cover total or partial loss of income from an office or employment;
- to an employee benefit plan (box Q of the RL-1 slip);
- to a supplementary unemployment benefit plan;
- to a registered pension plan (RPP);
- to a deferred profit-sharing plan (DPSP);
- to a pooled registered pension plan (PRPP); or
- to a voluntary retirement savings plan (VRSP).