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Tax Provisions

Each year, before April 30, you must submit your income tax return for the previous year to Revenu Québec and the Canada Revenue Agency.

The tax slips you need to file your tax return are sent to you around February 28.

Employed Postdoctoral

You receive T4 (federal) and R1 (provincial) tax slips. These slips are sent by mail or can be downloaded from your Libre-service Synchro (Synchro Self-Service) account if you have subscribed to the “Electronic Tax Slips” service before the end of January of the current year. When the tax slips are available, you will receive a message to your corporate e-mail address. To subscribe to this service:

  1. Access your Libre-service Synchro (Synchro Self-Service).
  2. Select the Payroll & Compensation menu.
  3. Click on the T4/T4A Consent tab.
  4. Check the consent box.
  5. Click on the Send button.
  6. Press OK when the message “Confirm submission” appears; you will automatically return to the T4/T4A Consent page. On the “Current status” line, the message “Consent received” will appear.
  7. At the same time, you will receive an e-mail from Synchro-RH-Production with the subject line “T4-T4A consent received”.
  8. Don't forget to repeat steps 2 to 7 for RL-1 Consent (provincial statement).

Please note!

Postdoctoral Fellows (Scholarship Recipients)

  • If you are paid by your supervisor's research fund managed at a research center or hospital outside UdeM, you will receive T4 (federal) and R1 (provincial) tax slips from the research center's Human Resources Department (HRD).
  • If you are a Mitacs or Banting fellow, you will receive T4 and R1 tax slips by mail from the UdeM Finance Department (Direction des finances). It is important to keep your mailing address up to date in your Synchro Academics Website (centre étudiant). If you do not receive your tax slips, or if you notice an error, contact the Direction des finances de l'UdeM at bourses-honoraires@fin.umontreal.ca.
  • If you are paid directly by a granting agency, you will receive your tax slips from the agency's finance department. For example, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC grantees receive T4A tax slips from their granting agencies. Please note that federal granting agencies do not issue R1s to fellows.

How to Change your Postal Address:

  1. Go to the Personal data tab in the Synchro Academics Website (Centre étudiant).
  2. Select Addresses from the drop-down menu.
  3. Click on the right arrow.
  4. Select the information you wish to update and follow the instructions.
  5. Don't forget to save before exiting.

Revenu Québec Tax Rules

For your provincial tax return, contact Revenu Québec.

Québec Tax Rules for International Postdoctoral Trainees

If you are an international postdoctoral trainee (employee status), you may, under certain conditions, be eligible for a provincial tax exemption.

To obtain this exemption, you must submit a request for a certificate of eligibility for the Tax Exemption Program to UdeM international. The process for submitting your file will be communicated to you shortly. If you have any questions, please contact UdeM international at udem-international@umontreal.ca.

Canada Revenue Agency Tax Rules

At the federal level, amounts received as a direct result of your postdoctoral stay are considered income and are fully taxable. For tax rates, visit the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website.

Please note that the Université de Montréal does not deduct income tax at source from fellowships. You must therefore have sufficient financial resources to make the required payments (taxes, instalments, etc.).

Canada Revenue Agency Tax Returns

The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) and UdeM do not provide advice on tax returns. You are strongly advised to consult a professional (accountant, tax specialist) for any tax-related questions you may have.

For more information, visit the Revenu Québec and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) websites.