jmeintz
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Seniors and students

I'm over 65 and receiving a CPP pension. Last year I did not pay CPP on my self-employment income.   In 2021 I received a small amount of employment income, so wasn't concerned about making CPP contributions on it, but do not want to contribute on my self employment income.

 

I followed the instructions on the T4 P screen, indicating that I have not elected to stop contributing to CPP on my employment income, but have previously elected to stop contributing to CPP on my self-employment earnings. This is the error message I continue to get. 

You have chosen to stop contributing to the Canada Pension Plan on your self-employment earnings; but have not made an election on your employment earnings during the year. You must have made an election on your employment earnings at some point in the year to be able to elect to stop contributing to CPP on your self-employment earnings.

 

I want to netfile, but can't get rid of the error message unless I agree to pay the extra $300 to CPP. 

 

Please help