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john73
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Several CRA auto-fill amounts show as zero but the forms when opened have amounts in them. Now what?

I auto-filled my return. After downloading, several of the categories show up as $0.00 - but when I View Form, there are numbers in the forms. This happens for forms that include my main income for the year.

Am I suppose to enter the numbers from the form directly into my tax return? Many of the categories have the numbers entered already. Why do some not do this?

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Several CRA auto-fill amounts show as zero but the forms when opened have amounts in them. Now what?

When I tried to do mine manually I found that some of the boxes that had amounts were irrelevant to the process. I did autofill on my second try and the amount owing changed by a mere .40 cents 

john73
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Several CRA auto-fill amounts show as zero but the forms when opened have amounts in them. Now what?

Thanks. It turns out that the numbers in all the boxes do get put into your form - BUT the TurboTax pages for that information do not always show the numbers or warn you not to put into the pages any numbers that are also on the T-Slips.

I double-entered my capital gains and investment returns, producing a large amount more tax than I had been expecting! I caught one of those errors before filing (well worth the $45 for their expert review, though probably the CRA would have noticed) and the other after filing so sent in a revised return wihtin a day.

BTW if one makes the changes on the TT forms then try to file a Revised return, the revisions will not be marked as changes from what one filed originally, so the assessment notice from the CRA will not reflect the changes. I am counting on the CRA noticing the difference on its own, or i will give them a call in a while about it...

Several CRA auto-fill amounts show as zero but the forms when opened have amounts in them. Now what?

CRA advises that all AFR download entries should be checked before accepting them into your return. After accepting information, check all T-slip entries before you file.