Please select the year-end slip that you are inquiring about:

Was the employee eligible to access dental coverage provided by you on December 31 of the year?

Was the retiree eligible to access dental coverage provided by you on December 31 of the year?

Did you provide the retiree with pension or annuity payments reported in Box 016 on the T4A?

Who is the T4A being issued to?

Report the appropriate code in Box 45

Code

Access

1

Not eligible to access any dental care insurance, or coverage of dental services of any kind

2

Payee only

3

Payee, spouse and dependent children

4

Payee and their spouse

5

Payee and their dependent children

No reporting is required.

No reporting is required.

Report the appropriate code in Box 015.

Code

Access

1

Not eligible to access any dental care insurance, or coverage of dental services of any kind

2

Payee only

3

Payee, spouse and dependent children

4

Payee and their spouse

5

Payee and their dependent children

No reporting is required.

No reporting is required.

Some specific situations:

The employer is required to report the appropriate code representing the level of dental coverage offered, to which the employee had access on December 31 regardless of their family status.

Reporting is required if the employee is eligible to access the employer-provided coverage on December 31 regardless of who pays the premiums - the employer, the employee or the cost of premiums is shared.

If the employee was eligible to access the employer-provided dental coverage on December 31 - report the appropriate code. If not, report Code 1.

The employer may elect to report the applicable code for each period of employment on each T4 or consistently report on all slips the level of dental coverage offered, to which the employee had access on December 31.

The employer will report the code representing the level of dental coverage offered, to which the employee had access on December 31, regardless if the employee declined coverage.

If the employee's probationary period ended and they became eligible to access the employer-provided dental coverage on December 31, the employer will report the appropriate code. If not, report Code 1.

Year-end reporting of the applicable code is required only if the employer will issue a T4. There is no requirement to issue a T4 solely for the purpose of reporting dental coverage.

It is the union's responsibility to report the applicable code of coverage for their current and/or former employees. Where the employer sponsors the plan and offers access to coverage per a Collective Bargaining Agreement, the employer is required to report the applicable code of coverage for their current/former employees.

Proving employees with a reimbursement or an allowance in lieu of benefits represents providing access to dental overage. The employer is required to report the appropriate code on the T4.