TurboTax could be telling you that you are self-employed because of the income in certain boxes on slips.
If you've entered an amount from any of the boxes on the slips listed here, you have what the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) considers to be self-employment or business income:
- T4 slip: box 81, 82 or 83
- T4A slip: box 20 or 48
- T4A slip: box 28 and you selected Yes to the question Does the income declared in Box 028 consist of fees collected for services you provided? in TurboTax Online (needs to say NO to indicate no self-employment)
- T3 slip: box 24 (foreign business income)
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