T4 · employee copies

T4 Slip Generator

Produces the two employee copies of the T4 Statement of Remuneration Paid for one employee, with the box explanations printed on the back of the CRA slip. Contributions are checked against the 2026 CPP/QPP and EI ceilings, and CPP2/QPP2 (boxes 16A/17A) is supported. The CRA copy is filed by the employer through Web Forms or Internet file transfer and is not part of this PDF. The preview is free and watermarked; the clean PDF is $4.99, or included with a subscription.

Tax year

10 Province of employment

29 Employment code (optional)

2026 ceilings: pensionable earnings $85,000.00 (CPP2 starts at $74,600.00), EI insurable earnings $68,900.00.

Employer

Employer name

Street address

City

Province

Postal code

The payroll account number (box 54) appears only on the CRA copy, so it is not collected here.

Employee

Employee name (last name, first name)

Street address

City

Province

Postal code

12 Last 3 digits of SIN

Printed as XXX XXX 789. The full SIN goes only on the CRA copy you file; it is never collected here.

Income and deductions

14 Employment income *

22 Income tax deducted *

26 CPP pensionable earnings

16 Employee's CPP contributionsAbout $0.00 for a full year; maximum $4,230.45

16A Second CPP contributions4% above $74,600.00; maximum $416.00

24 EI insurable earnings

18 Employee's EI premiums$0.00 on the earnings entered; maximum $1,123.07

20 RPP contributionsOptional

44 Union duesOptional

46 Charitable donationsOptional

50 RPP or DPSP registration number (required with box 20 or 52)

52 Pension adjustmentWhole dollars

28 Exempt:CPP/QPPEIPPIP

Box 45 and other information

45 Employer-offered dental benefits

Required on every T4 since 2023, for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

Enter the figures from your payroll records. A T4 that misstates remuneration or deductions is a false information return; the employer, not this tool, is responsible for its accuracy and for filing the T4 Summary with the CRA by the last day of February.

What the PDF contains

The two employee copies of the T4 for one employee, with the instructions the CRA prints on the back
Boxes 14 through 56, including CPP2 (16A), QPP and QPP2 (17, 17A), PPIP (55, 56), the dental code in box 45 and six Other Information codes
Contribution boxes checked against the year's ceilings: the $74,600 YMPE, $85,000 YAMPE and $68,900 EI maximum for 2026, with Quebec's rates when box 10 is QC
Box 45 required, and boxes 24 and 26 checked against the premiums entered, before the preview renders

What you still file

The CRA copy and the T4 Summary are not in the PDF. File them through the CRA's free Web Forms service or your payroll software; electronic filing is required once you have six or more slips of the same type. Quebec employers also issue the RL-1 through Revenu Québec or their payroll software; with box 10 set to QC, the page shows the Quebec figures to check it against.

Who it is for

A Canadian employer with a few employees who runs payroll by hand or with a pay stub generator and has to issue T4s in February, or an owner-manager who pays themselves a salary and needs one slip a year. The December pay stub's year-to-date totals are the figures the boxes want.

T4 slip questions

Is this an official T4 slip?: The employee copies are customized slips carrying the same boxes and back-of-slip instructions as the CRA's form, which the CRA permits for the copies you give employees. The copy filed with the CRA goes in electronically with the T4 Summary, through Web Forms or your payroll software, not from this PDF.
What does the generator check?: That CPP, CPP2, QPP and EI contributions do not exceed the year's maximums or the rate applied to the earnings you entered, that pensionable and insurable earnings are capped at the year's ceilings, that box 45 is completed and boxes 24 and 26 print 0.00 rather than blank when there are no insurable or pensionable earnings (the CRA reads a blank as box 14), that QPP and PPIP boxes appear only for Quebec employment, and that box 50 is completed whenever box 20 or 52 has an amount. The figures themselves come from your payroll records.
Does it handle Quebec employees?: Yes. Set box 10 to QC and the slip switches to QPP in boxes 17 and 17A, the reduced EI rate in box 18 and PPIP in boxes 55 and 56. The RL-1 the same employee needs for their Quebec return is a separate slip issued through Revenu Québec; the page shows the figures it shares with the T4 so you can check them.
What does a T4 cost?: One employee's T4 is $4.99 per form, or included with a monthly or annual subscription; the watermarked preview is free. Prices and charges are in US dollars.