CMRRA is required by the Canada Revenue Agency to prepare and send annual income tax statements to music publishers to report the total royalty income earned by that music publisher during the fiscal year, if the total royalty amount is greater than $50. In order to be completed, these tax statements require a tax identification […]

Both T5 and NR4 slips require your tax identification number and entity type. On a T5, your tax identification number is entered in Box 22 and your entity type in Box 23. On an NR4, your tax identification number is entered in Box 13 and your entity type in Box 11. NR4 slips also require […]

In line with the Government of Canada’s Social Insurance Number Code of Practice Section 4, collection of your tax identification number will solely be used for royalty income reporting required for your annual T5 or NR4 slip.

We request that you to submit the required information before December 31th so that we can be prepared for the tax season.

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You must complete our secure online form to submit your tax ID information to CMRRA. This will enable us to quickly and efficiently collect these details, and support proper storage and encryption standards required for this information. If you still have questions for us, please e-mail us and we can arrange a call-back meeting. Alternately, […]

Since we prepare T5 and NR4 tax statements annually, CMRRA has a duty to collect the necessary information required from the recipients that will receive the statements. We will continue to follow up to request this information from you as long as any information remains missing.

Please provide the number that relates to the entity that is currently receiving royalty payments from CMRRA. If you have an incorporated business, then the associated Business Number is what you should submit. If you are a sole proprietor, then your SIN or SSN number that you use for tax filing purposes is what you […]

Please provide the number that relates to the entity that is currently receiving royalty payments from CMRRA. If you have an incorporated business, then the associated Business Number is what you should submit. If you are a sole proprietor, then your SIN or SSN number that you use for tax filing purposes is what you […]