T4A Tax Receipts

What is it for?

T4A tax receipts display scholarship, bursary, award and GRS income.

Where do I find my T4A slip?

T4A tax slips for 2019 and later in the Finances section on Quest no later than February 28 each year.

T4A tax slips for 2018 and prior are available from Human Resources.

Who can I contact if I have questions regarding my T4A tax receipt?

For questions about information on your T4A slip, contact Student Financial Services

My external award provider has already issued a T4A for the same funds. What do I do?

The University of Waterloo has an obligation to issue a T4A tax form for all scholarship, award and bursary payments made through the University, including payments made on behalf of an external organization. The University of Waterloo is unable to exclude specific scholarship/award payments from our T4A reporting processes. In the event that the external award provider has also issued a T4A for the same funds, you will need to ask them to revise their T4A form so that the award is not double-reported to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In the event that the external award provider is not willing to amend their T4A tax form, please use this note in any CRA audit requests relating to duplicated T4A amounts.