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About AvanTax eForms

A Little Bit of History

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Since its introduction as T4 TimeSaver in 1987, AvanTax eForms has been used by tens of thousands of Canadian and international businesses to reliably produce CRA and Revenu Québec information returns. Originally written for MS-DOS, T4 TimeSaver was rewritten for Windows in 1997 and in 2011, it was renamed to AvanTax eForms to reflect its ability to process a multitude of CRA and Revenu Québec forms.

AvanTax eForms’ development team is committed to providing software for producing Canadian information returns that is superior to any other system and we continually add new features in response to new CRA & Revenu Québec requirements requests and suggestions from our clients.

What’s New for 2025?

New and improved features in AvanTax eForms 2025:

  • All rates and constants have been updated for 2025
  • Data may be rolled forward into AvanTax eForms 2025 from AvanTax eForms 2024
  • This release of eForms can be used to prepare the RL-1.T (temporary RelevĂ© 1 slip and summary) for preparing returns for 2025
  • All other forms, printing & XML output is in the 2024 format, but may be used for filing 2025 returns
  • The email recipient forms function has been redesigned to be more intuitive and easier to use
  • The function to add signatures to various forms has been updated to allow better placement of the signature
  • Many additional features are currently under development

Forms Included

eForms can be used to prepare returns for the following information slips, the selection of available forms will depend on the version of eForms installed:

AvanTax eForms Free  & AvanTax eForms Lite 

  • CRA - T4, T4A, & T5
  • Revenu QuĂ©bec - RelevĂ© 1 & RelevĂ© 3

eForms Basic 

  • CRA - AGR-1, CPRS, NR4, RRSP*, T4, T4A, T4A‑NR, T4A‑RCA, T4E, T4PS, T4RIF, T4RSP, T5, T215, T550, T1204, T2200, T2202, T5007, T5008, T5008/RL-18 (consolidated reporting), T5018 & TFSA (*RRSP receipt printing requires custom programming at additional cost)
  • Revenu QuĂ©bec - RelevĂ© 1, RelevĂ© 2, RelevĂ© 3, RelevĂ© 5, RelevĂ© 8, RelevĂ© 11, RelevĂ© 18, RelevĂ© 18/T5008 (consolidated reporting), RelevĂ© 22, RelevĂ© 24, RelevĂ© 25, RelevĂ© 27, RelevĂ© 30, RelevĂ© 31 & TP‑64

eForms Standard  - All forms in eForms Basic, plus:

  • CRA - T5013 (Sch. 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 50, 52, 100, 125 & 141)
  • Revenu QuĂ©bec - RelevĂ© 15 - Amounts allocated to members of a partnership (Sch. A, B, C, D & E)

eForms Enterprise  - All forms in eForms Basic & eForms Standard, plus:

  • CRA - T3 - Statement of trust income

  • Revenu QuĂ©bec - RelevĂ© 16 - Trust income

    Add-On Modules; available at additional cost (AvanTax eForms Enterprise  only)

    • FHSA, Part XVIII (FACTA) & Part XIX (CRS)

If you have need of one of our older versions, previous software releases are available from the downloads page on the AvanTax eForms website 

Technical Support

As a registered user you are entitled to contact us with any questions concerning AvanTax eForms. Although we can resolve most problems over the phone or by email, we may occasionally ask to connect to your system or obtain a copy of your database to resolve your problem; and we may not be able to resolve your problem if we are unable to do so.

To send us a copy of your database, select Send E-mail to Technical Support from the Help menu; your default email program will open and the database can be added to your email message as an attachment. The current eForms database is displayed on the Start Page and can also be displayed using the About eForms or Diagnostics and File Locations options of the Help menu.

Under no circumstances will any client data submitted to our support team be used for any purpose other than the resolution the technical problem encountered by the client during the client’s use of eForms. Data will neither be disseminated to third parties nor will it be used in any manner not immediately related to the resolution of these technical problems. Data will be deleted from our systems immediately upon problem resolution. For more information, please refer to our data protection policy 

You can also send an error log to our support team by selecting Send Error Log to Technical Support from the Help menu. A log containing the details of any problems encountered during the use of eForms will be sent to our Technical Support staff for evaluation.

Soutien technique en français

ELM Computer Systems offre un soutien technique en français depuis ses bureaux de Montréal, du lundi au vendredi, de 9 h à 17 h (heure de l’Est) et par courriel du lundi au vendredi, de 9 h à 17 h.

Ligne de soutien technique en français : 514-499-9669
San frais : 800-268-3211 (option 2)
Courriel : SoutienTechnique@AvanTax.ca
Site Web : AvanTax.ca/eForms/fr/ 

English Technical Support

English technical support is available by chat, email and telephone Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm ET. We also regularly check email on evenings and weekends and will attempt to respond to desperate situations as we are made aware of them.

Tel. GTA: 416-495-1624 (option 1)
Toll Free: 800-268-3211 (option 1)
Email: support@AvanTax.ca
eForms Website: AvanTax.ca/eForms 

Requesting Improvements

We highly value your suggestions. In fact, many of the forms and features now available in eForms are the result of suggestions made by our clients. For more than 35 years your comments, suggestions and requests have helped us to continually improve eForms. Thank you!

No matter how long you’ve been using eForms, if you’ve found a bug, or have an idea for a form or feature that you think we should add, please call or send an email  to let us know about it. We’d love to hear from you and, while we can’t guarantee that we’ll use every suggestion, we do promise you that we will give each one our careful consideration.

About ELM Computer Systems

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ELM was established in 1978 by a Toronto accounting firm to provide IT services to their clients in the Greater Toronto Area; and we now provide reliable remote support and management solutions to businesses anywhere in Canada, such as the accounting, education, health, legal and transportation industries, among many others. Through continual training, we have gained extensive skills in all aspects of business computing & networking and are experts in custom software design on handheld and desktop computers. We’re even familiar with obsolete technologies like ACCPAC, MS-DOS and Novell.

Software and IT resources available from ELM Computer Systems include:

  • Onsite and remote support & computer maintenance; from stand-alone systems to entire networks
  • Consulting services
  • QuickBooks ProAdvisor services
  • Custom software development & Services
  • AvanTax.ca/eForms  - The software described in this user guide
  • AvanTax Filing Services  - Just like AvanTax eForms, but we prepare your return for you
  • AvanTax.ca/Auto  - Automobile taxable benefits calculator
  • Handheld data collection: Used to tabulate and upload data from industrial heating / cooling plants

If you have any questions about how ELM can help you get the best use out of your computers please contact us.

ELM Computer Systems Inc.
200 One Valleywood Drive
Markham Ontario L3R 5L9

Email: info@elmcomputers.com
Tel. GTA: 416-495-1624
Toll Free: 800-268-3211
Website: ELMComputers.com 

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