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posted Oct 31, 2019 3:55:10 AM

How can I enter all 6 decimal positions for T5008 Box 16?

When I entered the Quantity of Securities (Box 16) on T-slip T5008 I get the following error:

"Please enter dollar value in the format of 9999.99"

The issue is the quantity on the form has 6 decimal positions.

Thanks 

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Level 13
Oct 31, 2019 3:55:14 AM

You will not be able to enter 6 digits after the period. You will need to round it off to 1 or 0. The software doesn't use that field to determine the amount of income transferred to the T1 General. Also, the CRA does not see or receive that field in the NETFILE or printed returns. 

6 Replies
New Member
Oct 31, 2019 3:55:12 AM

To clarify, I was referring to 6 positions after the decimal (i.e. xxx.xxxxxx)

Level 13
Oct 31, 2019 3:55:13 AM

Sorry for the misunderstanding, please see revised answer! Thank you

Level 13
Oct 31, 2019 3:55:14 AM

You will not be able to enter 6 digits after the period. You will need to round it off to 1 or 0. The software doesn't use that field to determine the amount of income transferred to the T1 General. Also, the CRA does not see or receive that field in the NETFILE or printed returns. 

New Member
Apr 29, 2021 9:01:35 PM

It seems that Intuit doesn't understand that the field is being validated to a currency mask as error says to a "enter a dollar value in the format of 9999.99" whereas box 16 requires a numeric value with at least 6 decimal places. Just because CRA doesn't see, I do and I don't want to have to go back to my receipts to see what the actual quantity was.  If this is acceptable accounting to fudge the number to get around a formatting error, then I would like to sell you a box of smarties. But I only accept Bitcoin. Oh and by the way, my wallet only accepts whole numbers, so just round it up to the nearest whole number. Not so smarties.

Returning Member
Apr 23, 2023 5:52:14 PM

FYI, still broken 2 years later.
Can I have the red ones? 🙂

 

Mike.

Intuit Alumni
Apr 28, 2023 6:20:21 AM

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You will not be able to enter 6 digits after the period. You will need to round it off to 1 or 0. The software doesn't use that field to determine the amount of income transferred to the T1 General. Also, the CRA does not see or receive that field in the NETFILE or printed returns. 

 

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