April 14, 2025: The CRA has informed all EFILERs that if the following EFILE errors are not resolved by April 30, 2025, they intend to provide arrears interest and penalty relief for impacted individuals who file late after receiving an unresolved error code on or before their tax-filing deadline.
To qualify for relief, affected filers must have tried to EFILE their return by April 30, 2025, received the specific error code (2508, 2515, 45555, 45566, 90308, 95031, 95033) and could not resolve the error despite proper corrective action. To learn more, read the CRA update April 14, 2025 - Error codes setting incorrectly.
If you receive an error that you cannot resolve, please contact the EFILE help desk or TaxCycle support for help.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is aware of a system issue that is triggering some incorrect EFILE error codes and that is preventing submission of some returns.
Capital gains on Schedule 3 which come all, or mostly, from a reserve declared on form T2017 on a disposition in a prior year. The CRA has informed us that a system correction was implemented on April 23, 2025.
Despite the system correction that the CRA implemented, we are aware that this error is still being encountered and are working with the CRA to investigate if further system corrections are needed.
The client opened their first FHSA in the year and other entries are present on Schedule 15. The CRA has informed us that a system correction was implemented on April 16, 2025.
Despite the system correction that the CRA implemented, we are aware that this error is still being encountered and are working with CRA to investigate if further system corrections are needed.
The number of months a taxpayer received retirement benefits (line 55400) and disability benefits (line 55550) should not exceed 12. If the combined total from lines 55400 and 55550 is greater than 12, the tax return will be rejected.
The CRA is investigating issues with these error messages but has not yet determined if a system correction is needed.
Starting in 2024, Québec residents receiving both QPP retirement benefits and disability benefits for the same period in the year will get two T4A(P) slips. One slip will show retirement benefits (up to 12 months, including overlap), and the other will show only disability benefit months, which could be zero if the beneficiary was in receipt of both benefits for the full pay period for the year.
Currently, the CRA's system requires disability months to be entered if disability benefits are reported. The CRA will update its system to allow the return to be accepted with a zero at line 55550 if line 55400 is greater than 0, even if disability benefits are reported at line 11410. The CRA will provide an update once this system change is implemented.
An Allowable Business Investment Loss (ABIL) is claimed at line 21700 and the disposition occurred before June 25, 2024, such that line 21,698 has an amount but nothing at line 21699. The CRA has informed us that a system correction was implemented on April 14, 2025.
These errors seem to appear when CPP or QPP contribution amounts reported in boxes 16 or 17 and 16A or 17A on the T4 slip don’t correspond with the pensionable earnings in box 26. If you are unable to resolve these errors, please contact the EFILE help desk or TaxCycle support for help.
The CRA is working on revised versions of Schedule 8 and form RC381 to better handle these cases but has not indicated when they will be ready. As this may take some time, we recommend addressing these errors directly instead of waiting for the updated forms and their implementation in TaxCycle.
This occurs when the Québec Pension Plan (QPP) was paid for a resident of a province other than Québec, or the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) was paid for a resident of Québec, and the employment income is less than $3,500. The CRA has informed us that a system correction was implemented on April 16, 2025.
The CRA has informed us that a system correction was implemented on April 16, 2025.
Due to rounding, Schedule 3 lines 17599 and 17600 add up to a total that exceeds the amount on line 68140 of form T936. The CRA has informed us that system adjustments were implemented on April 7, 2025, and another system correction was implemented on April 23, 2025.
The only income amount on the return is entered at line 12905, taxable First Home Savings Account (FHSA) income. The CRA has informed us that a system correction was implemented on April 14, 2025.