Get ready for tax season
A guide to McMaster tax slips
T4, T2202A, T4As, and T4A-NRs
Where do I find my tax slips? Is a common question from both students and employees every January and February as they begin to prepare their taxes for the previous year. The answer can vary depending on the nature of the employee or student’s involvement with McMaster.
There are four types of tax slips:
T2202A: Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts Certificate
- Issued to all students who were enrolled in a qualifying course in the tax year.
T4: Statement of Remuneration Paid
- Issued to all employees, including student employees
T4A: Statement of Pension, Retirement, Annuity, and Other Income
- Issued for non-employment income, including research scholarships, scholarships and bursaries, and payments to independent contractors
A separate T4A is issued for each type of income or payment. Some students may receive two different T4As for different income/payments. For example, graduate students who have both an academic scholarship and a research scholarship would have those two types of payment recorded on separate T4A slips.
T4ANR: Payments to Non-Residents for Services Provided in Canada
- Only applicable to non-residents of Canada, this slip is essentially replaces the T4A for individual, independent contractors.
Obtaining Tax Slips
Tax slips are generally available in Mosaic the last week of February and those categories of tax slips that are mailed will be sent by the end of February (see below).
| Type of tax slip | How to obtain it |
| T2202A | Only available in the Mosaic Student Centre in the finance section menu: Other Financial >>View /Print T2202A/T4A Direct questions to studacct@mcmaster.ca |
| T4 | Employees, including student employees, will be mailed a T4 unless they opt for an electronic T4. Once the employee opts in they remain opted-in for subsequent years unless they specifically opt-out.
Electronic T4s are available in Mosaic in the Human Resources section (Main Menu >> Human Resources >> Self Service >> Payroll and Compensation). Direct questions to the HR Service Centre or the Faculty of Health Sciences HR Office as appropriate.
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| T4A – for research scholarships | Same as for T4 (see above) |
| T4A – for scholarships and bursaries (i.e. those administered by SFAS) | Only available in the Mosaic Student Centre in the finance section menu Other Financial >>View /Print T2202A/T4A Direct questions to studacct@mcmaster.ca |
| T4A – for payments to independent contractors | Mailed to contractor address on file. (Very uncommon for a student or employee to receive one of these.) Direct questions to aphelp@mcmaster.ca |
| T4A-NR | Mailed to contractor address on file. Direct questions to aphelp@mcmaster.ca |
Additional information
- All employees, including faculty members, student employees and teaching assistants, are encouraged to sign up for electronic T4 slips.
- The Canada Revenue Agency has additional information to assist student with their taxes.
- See the T4 and T4A Frequently Asked Questions for additional details about tax slips for payments from HR services
