Telephone numbers

Cell phone/VoIP users

If you contact us using a cell phone or a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) such as Skype and your service provider is located in a different time zone than the one you are calling from, you may hear a message saying that our offices are closed. This is because our telephone system identifies your call as coming from the time zone of your service provider.

Getting or changing personal tax information

If your enquiry requires us to access your account and release or update personal information, we will ask you to identify yourself. Please be prepared to provide the following:

  • your social insurance number or business number;
  • your name or business name;
  • your complete address or complete business address;
  • for individual accounts, your date of birth;
  • for individual and trust accounts, details from your account or your most recently assessed return, notice of assessment, reassessment, or other tax document; and
  • for business accounts, details from your business account or your most recently assessed business-related tax information return.

If you wish to deal with the CRA on someone else’s behalf, you must be an authorized representative. Before you call, please see the following webpages:

Individuals and families enquiries

Before calling to get or change personal tax information, please read the Getting or changing personal tax information section.

- TIPS (Tax Information Phone Service)

Phone: 1-800-267-6999 (Canada and United States) | Services offered by TIPS

This automated phone service provides information to individuals and businesses.

- Telerefund

Phone: 1-800-959-1956 | My Account

This automated phone service provides information about your income tax refund.

- Individual income tax and trust enquiries

Phone: 1-800-959-8281 (Canada and United States) | Hours of service and service standard |
Calls from outside Canada and the United States | Services offered by the individual income tax enquiries line |
My Account

Call this number for tax information for individuals, trusts, international tax and non-residents, including personal income tax returns, instalments, and RRSPs or to get our forms and publications.

- Benefit enquiries

Phone: 1-800-387-1193 (Canada and United States) | Hours of service and service standard | Child and family benefits | GST/HST credit

Call this number for information on the Universal child care benefit (UCCB), the Canada child tax benefit (CCTB), the GST/HST credit, and related provincial and territorial programs, as well as the child disability benefit and children's special allowances.

- Provincial programs for Ontario (PPO)

Phone: 1-877-627-6645 (Canada and United States) | Hours of service | OTB and OSHPTG

Call this number for enquiries related to the Ontario trillium benefit (OTB) payment—includes the Ontario sales tax credit (OSTC), the Ontario energy and property tax credit (OEPTC), and the Northern Ontario energy credit (NOEC)—the Ontario senior homeowners' property tax grant (OSHPTG) payment, and the Ontario sales tax transition benefit (OSTTB).

- International tax and non-resident enquiries

International tax and non-resident enquiries phone numbers and hours of service

Call these numbers for international and non-resident enquiries.

- e-Services Helpdesk for individuals

e-Services Helpdesk for individuals phone numbers and hours of service

Call these numbers when you cannot access My Account, or when you need help with NETFILE or Represent a Client.

Business enquiries

Before calling to get or change personal tax information, please read the Getting or changing personal tax information section.

- Businesses and self-employed individuals

Phone: 1-800-959-5525 (Canada and United States) | Hours of service and service standard |
Calls from outside Canada and the United States | My Business Account

Call this number to get information on payroll deductions, the GST/HST (including rebates such as the new housing rebates), excise taxes and other levies, excise duties, corporations, sole proprietorships, partnerships, and non-resident corporations and corporation accounts. Also call this number to register for a business number and any program account such as the GST/HST, and to get our forms and publications.

- Corporation Internet Filing Help Desk

Corporation Internet Filing Help Desk phone numbers and hours of service

Call these numbers when you need help with filing your T2 corporation income tax return electronically.

- e-Services Helpdesk for businesses

e-Services Helpdesk phone numbers and hours of service

Call these numbers when you cannot access My Business Account, when you need help with GST/HST NETFILE, GST/HST TELEFILE, and Represent a Client, or if you need help filing information returns electronically (T3, T4, T5, and other returns) or using the payroll deductions online calculator.

- TIPS (Tax Information Phone Service)

Phone: 1-800-267-6999 (Canada and United States) | Services offered by TIPS

This automated phone service provides information to individuals and businesses.

Charities enquiries

- Charities client service

Phone: 1-800-267-2384 | Contact the Charities Directorate

Call this number to get information about registered charities.

Payment arrangements

- Income tax

Phone: 1-888-863-8657 | Hours of service | My Account

Call this number to discuss income tax payment arrangements with an agent.

- Child and family benefits overpayments

Phone: 1-888-863-8662 | Hours of service

Call this number to discuss child and family benefits overpayments and make payment arrangements with an agent.

- Other payment arrangements

Phone: 1-866-864-5823 | Hours of service

Call this number to discuss payment arrangements for debts owing to Employment and Social Development Canada, such as; defaulted Canada student loans, employment insurance overpayments, employment programs overpayments and Canada Pension Plan overpayments.

TTY (Teletypewriter)

If you use an operator-assisted relay service, call our regular telephone numbers on this page instead of the TTY number.

Before calling to get or change personal tax information, please read the Getting or changing personal tax information section.

Phone: 1-800-665-0354 (Canada and United States) | Services for persons with disabilities

Call this number if you are deaf or hard of hearing, or if you have a speech impairment.

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