CRA Tax Tip: Missing Slips or Receipts?

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) advises you that even if you're missing slips or receipts, you shouldn't hesitate to file your income tax return. Filing on time will help to avoid any disruption of benefits owed to you such as the sales tax credi or Canada Child Tax Benefit.

For whatever reason, if you do not have all necessary information by the filing deadline, the CRA suggests that you use your pay stubs, bank statements, or other records to estimate your income and deductions. If you later determine that the information on your slips is different from your estimates, you can then send the information to the CRA for adjustments to your return. Alternatively, you can also log on to the CRA's My Account feature and use the "Change my return" option to make the changes yourself.

For more information on this tax tip, see:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/newsroom/taxtips/2005/0329ottawa-e.html