T4A-RCA Data Import Headings
Columns and rows containing “NULL” in their first cell will not be imported.
Cell A1 MUST contain “T4ARCA”
Name, Address, and Data characters accepted by CRA
| Column Heading | Description | Type & Size | Comments & Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| LASTNAME | Recipient last name | Text, 30 | Required |
| FIRSTNAME | Recipient first name | Text, 30 | |
| INITIAL | Recipient initial | Text, 1 | |
| ADDRESS1 | Address line 1 | Text, 50 | |
| ADDRESS2 | Address line 2 | Text, 50 | |
| CITY | City | Text, 28 | |
| PROV | Province code | Text, 2 | |
| POSTAL | Postal code (including space) | Text, 10 | |
| COUNTRY | Country code | Text, 3 | |
| YEAR | Tax year | Numeric, 4 | 2025 |
| SLIPSTATUS | Status of slip | Text, 1 | O-Original A-Amended C-Cancelled |
| REFUNDEMPLOYER | Refund of employer contributions (12) | Currency | |
| REFUNDEMPLOYEE | Refund of employee contributions (14) | Currency | |
| DISTRIBUTIONS | Distributions (16) | Currency | |
| ELIGIBLEDISTRIBUTIONS | Distributions eligible for pension income splitting (17) | Currency | |
| SELLINGPRICE | Selling price of an interest in RCA(18) | Currency | |
| OTHER | Other amounts (20) | Currency | |
| INCOMETAX | Income tax deducted (22) | Currency | |
| SIN | Social insurance number (24) | Numeric, 9 | |
| TEXTATTOP | Optional text to print at top of slip | Text, 15 | |
| EMAILADDRESS | Recipient email address; one email address, or two separated by a semi-colon | Text, 255 | |
| OKTOEMAILSLIP | Permission granted to email slip | Yes/No | |
| COMPANY.NAME1 | Company associated with slip | Text, 35 | |
| COMPANY.COMPANYTAG | Tag associated with company name | Text, 10 | |
| SLIPTAG | Subset tag | Text, 10 | |
| CUSTOMFIELD | GUID or other unique identifier | Text, 50 | |
| CUSTOMPASSWORD | Password for recipient PDF slip | Text, 20 |