Step 1 – Find out if the information is already available
You don't need to make an Access to Information (ATIP) request for tax documents
Go to My Account to get the following documents in 5 days or less:
- Personal income tax returns
- Information slips (for example, T4, T4A, T5, RRSP receipts)
- Notices of assessment or reassessment
- COVID-19 support statements including the Canada
- Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
- Statements of income and deductions
Or call 1-800-959-8281 to request tax and benefit documents.
If you still choose to make an ATIP request, it will take up to 30 days to get your response.
CRA does not have:
- Information about administering social insurance numbers (applications, replacements for lost or stolen cards, or forgotten numbers) or employment insurance. Go to Service Canada.
- Information about your travel history outside Canada. Go to Canada Border Services Agency.
You can access most of your personal information, and other information the CRA holds, by visiting My Account or by calling the CRA.
For individuals
Go to My Account for your:
- Personal income tax returns
- Information slips (for example, T4, T4A, T5, RRSP receipts)
- Notices of assessment or reassessment
- Statements of income and deductions
- Personal information, such as addresses, direct deposit and representative authorizations
For a complete list of information you can get through My Account, go to About My Account.
If you can’t find the information you are looking for at My Account, call 1-800-959-8281
For businesses
Go to My Business Account for your:
- Tax returns
- Corporate account balance
- Account transactions
- Notices of assessment or reassessment
For a complete list of information you can get through My Business Account, go to What can I do on my Business Account.
If you can’t find the information you are looking for at My Business Account, call 1-800-959-5525.
For registered charities
Requests from the public:
Go to How to get information about a charity for more information.
Other information available online
Through our commitment to transparency, the following information is available:
- Completed access to information requests
- Annual expenditures for travel, hospitality and conferences
- Travel expenditures for senior CRA officials
- Hospitality expenditures for senior CRA officials
- Contracts over $10,000 issued by or on behalf of the CRA
- Grants and contributions over $25,000 awarded by the CRA
- Job reclassifications within the CRA
- Privacy impact assessment
- Open Data
- Compliance Manuals and Policies and committees