Tax Forms

All York students, current and past, can print their completed T2202A and T4A tax forms directly from the Web by using the Electronic Forms Retrieval System (EForms). Below is a brief description of each of the forms.

T2202A

This government-approved form shows how much tuition you have paid for the prior calendar year and what your Education Credits are for the period. T2202A forms will not be mailed.

Note about T2202A forms from years prior to 1998: students or former students who require tax forms for years prior to 1998 can request the forms by sending an e-mail to taxforms@yorku.ca. In the subject line of your e-mail, please enter the year of the tax form that you are requesting. Please note that we cannot send tax forms by e-mail.

All students who require tax forms for the years 1998 to the most recent taxation year can access these forms online by using the EForms system.

For an explanation of how T2202A tax forms are calculated, click on the appropriate link below.

• Undergraduate students
• Graduate students

T4A

The Canada Revenue Agency requires York to report bursaries, scholarships, awards, prizes and senior and exchange waiver amounts provided to students. These amounts are shown as income in box 28 of the T4A. This amount reflects amounts you have received from York during the calendar year, i.e. January 1 to December 31.

Your T4A forms are available online and a hard copy is mailed to the address on your York student record by the end of February.

Note for students whose fees are covered under a tuition waiver: the Canada Revenue Agency announced a change in how tuition fee waivers are to be reported on income tax forms. This change was made retroactive to be effective with the 2007 taxation year.

In the past, tuition fee waivers were considered taxable income to the employee who would have to report the amount in the calculation of their personal income taxes. With this change, fee waivers are now considered scholarships given to the student. Therefore, the amounts will no longer appear on the employee’s T4 slip and instead the students will receive T4As with the amount as a scholarship. The student will now include the amount in their income tax calculation. For a more detailed explanation on this change, please visit the Canada Revenue Agency Web site.

Because this change was made retroactive to 2007, we have issued adjusted or new T4A slips for 2007 and 2008 for all students who received a tuition waiver and adjusted T4 slips for employees who would have had the amount reflected as income.

Your adjusted T4A slips for 2007 and 2008 have been mailed to you. You can also print the T4A slips from the Electronic Forms Retrieval System (EForms).

These slips may result in a change to your personal income taxes and those of the employee. For information on how to submit changes to previous year's returns, please review the instructions on the Canada Revenue Agency Web site.

T4

This tax form, which shows any income you have earned at York, is mailed separately by Human Resources and Employee Relations (Payroll Department). T4 forms are not yet available online.

Ontario Tax Credit

If you lived in a residence at a designated Ontario university, college or private school residence, you can claim only $25 as your occupancy cost for the part of the year you lived in such a residence.

Ontario tax credits are funded by the province. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) administers the program on behalf of Ontario through the federal income tax system. Claim your $25 tax credit on form 5006-TC ON 479 Ontario Credits (student residence line 6114) included in your federal T1-General income tax return. An official letter from the University is not required as the student completes the information requested in the declaration for the property tax credit.

The Canada Revenue Agency stipulates that you cannot claim meals and lodging as tuition fees. Current information on CRA regulations and guidelines for tuition and education amounts can be found online on the Students and Income Tax page.