About T5018 Reporting: Canada

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requires construction businesses to report payments made to subcontractors for construction services. Vista allows you to track these payments and then use either Vista or Aatrix to print T5018 slips and summaries. You must use Aatrix to create and submit the electronic file.

The following diagram provides an overview of the T5018 reporting process. For more information about each step, select the links below.

Select the links below to access more information about a particular step.

  1. Set vendors as subject to reporting

  2. Set the reporting period

  3. Set invoices as subject to reporting

  4. Review vendor payments

  5. Generate and submit T5018 reports

  6. Close the reporting period