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My T4A slip is from my pension but why must I upgrade to professional self employed when I am retired?

I am not self employed but retired yet Turbotax will not allow me to continue to file with their deluxe program but is insisting I file with their upgraded self employed program. I have always filed with the deluxe program. Why must I file with a more expensive program now that I am retired?
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My T4A slip is from my pension but why must I upgrade to professional self employed when I am retired?

Please make sure that you have entered your amounts in the right boxes.

 

The CRA considers box 20, 48, and box 28 (with Yes selected on the question Does the income declared in Box 028 consist of fees collected for services you provided?  to be self-employment or business income.

 

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