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Form 26AS is an Indian tax statement, not a CRA form. It lists tax deducted at source against your Indian PAN, while the Canadian version of the same idea is the set of tax slips and the notice of assessment in your CRA My Account. If you landed here from Canada, you’re likely after one of those.
What is Form 26AS?
India’s Income Tax Department describes it as a statement of tax-related transactions for one taxpayer: tax deducted at source (TDS), tax collected at source (TCS), taxes you paid, refunds and demands. It has two parts. Part A holds the deducted tax and specified transactions, and Part B covers payments, refunds and proceedings.
You can view it on the e-filing portal, through the TRACES portal, or through your bank’s internet banking, and download it as a PDF, text or Excel file. The same department also publishes the Annual Information Statement (AIS), launched in November 2021, which adds things Form 26AS lacks, such as interest, dividends and securities trades.
We haven’t checked how an Indian statement should be handled on a Canadian return, and that’s a question for the CRA or a cross-border accountant. Don’t guess with it.
What is the Canadian equivalent of Form 26AS?
There isn’t one page, but there are two sources that do the same job. The first is the tax information slips in My Account: T4 for pay, T4A for pensions and other income, T5 for investment income, T3 for trusts. The second is your notice of assessment, which shows what the CRA calculated and what it says you owe or are owed.
The match with TDS is box 22 of your T4, the income tax your employer deducted. And where India keys everything to a PAN, the CRA keys your slips to your social insurance number.
Slips arrive on a schedule. The CRA says T4, T4A and T5 slips usually come by the end of February and T3 slips by the end of March. We couldn’t find the 2026-season dates yet, so those are last season’s pattern.
| Question | India | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Tax taken from your pay | TDS in Form 26AS | Box 22 of the T4 |
| Where to view it | E-filing portal, TRACES, net banking | CRA My Account |
| Wider income picture | AIS | Other slips, such as T5 |
| Final result of the year | Processed return | Notice of assessment |
How do you check a slip against your return?
Sign in to My Account, open the slips for the year and compare every box you use with the paper or PDF copy you were given. If something is missing, the CRA says it does not issue the slips. It can’t post one until the issuer sends it, so contact your employer or bank.
Picture Priya in Brampton, who moved from Pune two years ago and is used to checking Form 26AS every July. Her Canadian habit is the same: before she files, she opens My Account in February, lists every slip she expects (one T4 from her employer, one T5 from the bank), and ticks them off against what’s posted. If one is missing in March, she knows to chase the issuer rather than file without it.
Auto-fill My Return pulls in what the CRA has on file and nothing more. You still enter things like rent, medical costs and child care yourself.
Filed too early and missed a slip? Don’t file again. Wait for the notice of assessment and then ask for a change online, through your account or your tax software. The CRA says online requests are usually processed within about two weeks.
What does a mismatch cost?
A mismatch can go either way. Say your T4 shows $60,000 of pay and $9,000 of tax withheld, and you live in Ontario. Our engine, on 2026 rates, puts the year’s tax at $8,320.50, so you’d get about $679.50 back.
If the withholding were $7,500, you’d owe about $820.50. The difference comes entirely from the T4 figure, which is why comparing it with the account matters.
Check the numbers with the tax refund calculator, and see the pay side in the take-home pay calculator. The income tax calculator shows how tax splits between federal and provincial. Results are estimates, because credits and deductions beyond the basics aren’t included.
Do you need Form 26AS to file in Canada?
No. The CRA works from its own records and your slips, not from an Indian statement. If you also have income that was taxed in India, though, it can matter for a foreign tax credit or for what you report, and we haven’t confirmed the rules, so ask the CRA or a cross-border accountant. Our guide to dealing with the CRA covers how to reach it and what to have in front of you when you call.
Where the numbers come from
The description of Form 26AS and the AIS comes from the Indian Income Tax Department’s public pages, read in 2026. Slip dates, My Account services and change requests come from Canada Revenue Agency pages on canada.ca, and the tax example uses 2026 federal and Ontario rates in our calculators. This site has no link with either tax authority.
Frequently asked questions
What is Form 26AS?
It is an Indian tax statement showing tax deducted or collected at source, taxes paid, refunds and demands for one taxpayer.
Does Canada have a Form 26AS?
No. The closest things are the tax slips and notice of assessment in your CRA My Account.
Which Canadian box matches TDS?
Box 22 of the T4 shows the income tax your employer deducted from your pay.
When do Canadian tax slips arrive?
The CRA says T4, T4A and T5 slips usually come by the end of February and T3 slips by the end of March. We could not find the 2026-season dates yet.
What if a slip is missing from my CRA account?
The CRA does not issue slips. Contact the employer or institution that should have sent it, and request a change online after your notice of assessment if you filed without it.