From Financial Operations | 2021 T4/T4A Tax Forms Now Available

February 18, 2022

****The following email is sent on behalf of Mary Aylesworth, Director, Financial Operations ****

Your 2021 T4/T4A tax forms, which report payroll payments, are now available online.

For Faculty members who are part of the new BC College Pension Plan (BCCPP):

  • You will receive a paper T4A slip in the mail for your pension adjustment information from the new plan.
  • You must use the information on the T4A slip from BCCPP, as well as the T4 slip from SFU to prepare and file your taxes.
  • If you have questions, please contact Pensions and Benefits at pensions@sfu.ca.

To obtain your tax forms:

  1. Click the  Payroll icon 
  2. Click on T4/T4A
  3. Click View T4 and T4A Slips 
  4. Select Tax Year 2021
  5. Click View Slip

For employees wishing to claim a deduction for Home Office Expenses on their 2021 tax filing:

  • Your T2200S is also now available online.  
  • Please review the Home Office Expense information posted on the Finance website at: https://www.sfu.ca/finance/news/home-office-expenses.html.
    • This information is provided to assist employees in determining the appropriate employment use portion of workspace expenses and supplies in preparing individual 2021 income tax filings. 

For Students receiving T4A slips:

  • If you are receiving scholarship payments from Student Services, obtain a T4A slip by visiting goSFU
  • If you are receiving scholarship payments in payroll, a separate T4A slip is issued in myINFO

Please note:  A paper T4/T4A slip will be sent to your mailing address, if you have not consented to view online.

If you have an active appointment:

  • You can give your consent to receive T4/T4A online and stop receiving paper slips. To do so:
  1. Click on Payroll icon 
  2. Click on T4/T4A
  3. Click on T4/T4A Consent
  4. Check Box to Confirm Consent to stop receiving paper T4/T4A slips 
Once you have completed these steps you will be able to view current and previous T4A slip online. 

Please Note:  If you do not see your tax forms when you click on View 2021 Slip, it is likely that your PC or MAC "pop up" blocker is turned on. You will need to turn this off in order for your Tax Forms to appear. 

For instructions on how to turn off the "pop up" blocker for most browsers, please visit: http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/finance/Resources/Configuring%20Your%20Web%20Browser%20to%20Allow%20Pop.pdf

For more information or assistance:

  • If you are unable to see your tax forms and need assistanceplease contact IT support at 778-782-8888 or send an email to itshelp@sfu.ca.
  • If you were using VPN and MFA and are no longer active in the system, please contact IT for support (Please see contact information above).
  • For questions or more information: Please contact Payroll at 778 782-8486 or payroll@sfu.ca.