NOA in Tax Software

Tax Topics
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Decommissioning the NOA in tax software service

Effective February 9, 2026, notices of assessment and reassessment will be available for viewing exclusively in the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) portals right after the CRA receives and processes the tax return. If you do not have a CRA account or you set your preferences to letter mail, your notice of assessment and/or reassessment will be sent to the mailing address on file.

Also, as a result of this change, Form T183, Information Return for Electronic Filing of an Individual’s Income Tax and Benefit Return has been revised to remove the second checkbox in Part E, which previously allowed electronic filers to receive a one-time notice of assessment or reassessment through the EFILE-certified tax software.

For more information, go to NOA via tax software.

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I’m surprised this isn’t gaining more traction. Do people not download the NOA through TaxCycle and review it and provide it to their clients? This adds a lot to my workflow.

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I don’t I actually go to their site and get the noa if required

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Same as @tptservices13 - I don’t provide the NOA to clients unless they ask for it. If they happen to be with me in office when I do their T1, and they want a copy of the advance NOA, I’ll print it off. Otherwise I charge $10 to retrieve it via RAC, password protect it, and email it to the client.