Eligibility Criteria, Requirements and Restrictions for Internet Transmission
Tax authorities |
System name |
Eligible returns and form |
Situations where EFILE is mandatory |
EFILE-related restrictions |
Usable Program versions |
Taxation years |
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CIF |
All returns (see About Federal T2 Internet Filing) |
|
Only file format accepted: COR Acceptable size |
2009 1.0 and later versions |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2006 |
|
Foreign Reporting Web service |
RC4649 |
None |
Only file format accepted: XML
Less than 197 tax jurisdictions and less than 10,001 Constituent Entities
|
2017 1.0 and later versions |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2015 |
|
Canada Revenue Agency |
TIDS |
RC59 |
None |
Only file format accepted: XML |
2018.1.1 and later versions |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2015 |
Canada Revenue Agency |
TIDS |
RC59X |
None |
Only file format accepted: XML |
2018.1.1 and later versions |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2015 |
Foreign Reporting Web service |
T106 |
None
|
Only file format accepted: XML Less than 1,501 slips |
2017 2.0 and later versions
|
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2014 |
|
Foreign Reporting Web service |
T1134 |
None |
Only file format accepted: XML Less than 1,501 supplements and less than 1,001 lines in each of the tables of Section 3 |
2017 2.0 and later versions |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2014 |
|
Foreign Reporting Web service |
T1135 |
None |
Only file format accepted: XML Less than 101 lines in each category |
2017 1.0 and later versions |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2014 |
|
Net File |
All returns except returns prepared before October 1, 2013, containing at least one of Schedules 12 through 21. (see About the electronic transmission of the Alberta tax returns (Net File)) |
|
Acceptable size |
2012 1.0 and later versions |
Tax years starting after December 31, 2009 |
|
NetFile Québec Or Clic Revenu |
All returns except:
|
|
Files in XML format whose size does not exceed 30 MB (including any attached file in PDF format. Only the last three NetFile Québec transmission systems can be used. |
2017 1.0 2017 1.1 2017 2.0 2018 1.0 2018 1.1 2018 2.0 2018 2.1 2019 1.0 2019 1.1 2019 2.0 2019 2.1 2019 2.2 2019 2.3 |
Taxation years starting after December 31, 2014 |