Contributions you make to a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) the annuitant of which is your employee or their spouse and related administrative costs you pay are a taxable benefit for the employee if the amounts were not withheld from the employee's remuneration. You have to include such amounts in boxes A and L and, where applicable, in box G or box I of the employee's RL-1 slip (see courtesy translation RL-1-T). For more information, go to the Benefit Provided to an Employee page.

Source deductions and contributions

A taxable cash benefit related to RRSP contributions you make on behalf of your employee or the employee's spouse is generally subject to source deductions and employer contributions. However, the benefit is not subject to income tax if you remit the contributions directly to the RRSP issuer. Moreover, the benefit is not subject to Québec parental insurance plan (QPIP) premiums if you make contributions to a group RRSP and the employee cannot withdraw any amounts before their retirement or termination of employment (the only exception being amounts the employee can withdraw under the Home Buyers' Plan [HBP] or the Lifelong Learning Plan [LLP]).

The taxable benefit related to administrative costs you pay in connection with RRSP contributions you make on behalf of an employee is not subject to income tax or Québec Pension Plan (QPP) contributions if no amounts are paid to the employee for the pay period in which the benefit is provided. This benefit in kind is also not subject to QPIP premiums.