Non-resident filing

[shembs]

Good day,

I have been a non-resident of Canada for a couple years now. My ex employer issued me a T4 for about 900 CAD for some union retro pay which I received in 2023. About 90 dollars of income tax was deducted. My question is: do I have to file a non-resident Canadian tax return even though I think I don't owe the Canadian govt? I will of course declare the T4 on my US return

[FunTopic]

Functional answer: Ignore it Canada-side. Move on.

Textbook answer: Technically a T4 isn't your actual filing obligation, blah blah blah.

shembs wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I have been a non-resident of Canada for a couple years now. My ex employer
> issued me a T4 for about 900 CAD for some union retro pay which I received
> in 2023. About 90 dollars of income tax was deducted. My question is:
> do I have to file a non-resident Canadian tax return even though I think I
> don't owe the Canadian govt? I will of course declare the T4 on my US
> return

[shembs]

Thanks for the reply.

I read on CRA's website that non-residents should only file if they owe tax and want a refund or claim credits.

Since this is a minimal amount and federal tax, CPP, and EI was already deducted I don't care about the refund. Just wasn't sure if I was required to file or not, legally.