Pay at your bank or credit union's ATM – Payments to the CRA
You can make a payment through an automated teller machine (ATM) at most Canadian banks or credit unions.
The bank or credit union may charge you service fees.
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What you can and can't pay
Payments you can make through your bank or credit union's ATM
- Individuals
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- Income tax (T1) 2023 tax return
- Income tax (T1) amount owing
- Income tax (T1) instalment payments
- Benefits and credit repayments:
- Advanced Canada Workers Benefit
- Alberta credits
- Canada Carbon Rebate (CCR)
- Canada Child Benefit (CCB)
- Canada Dental Benefit
- Climate Action Incentive (CAI)
- COVID-19 benefits (CERB, CESB, CRB, etc.)
- GST/HST credit (GSTC)
- Nunavut Carbon Credit
- One-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit
- Ontario credits
- Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB)
- Part XIII non-resident withholding tax
- Section 216 tax return (T1159)
- Underused Housing Tax (UHT)
- Businesses
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- Corporation income tax (T2)
- Corporation income tax (T2) interim (instalment) payments
- Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC)
- COVID-19 business subsidies (wage or hiring subsidy, rent subsidy) repayment
- Excise duties
- Excise tax
- Excise tax on insurance premiums
- Fuel charge
- Garnishment on behalf of an employee
- GST/HST remittances
- Luxury tax
- Nova Scotia Workers' Compensation Board payments
- Part XIII non-resident withholding tax
- Payroll source deductions
- Softwood lumber products export charge
- Underused Housing Tax (UHT)
- Trusts
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- Trust income tax (T3)
Payments you cannot make through your bank or credit union's ATM
- Individuals
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- Tax-free savings account (TFSA) amount owing
- Businesses
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- Information returns penalty
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Ontario) payments
- Charities
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- Charity re-registration or penalty payment
If you can't use this method or want to pay in another way, find options for your situation by answering a few questions about what you're paying.
How to pay the amount you owe
Before you pay: You must first add the CRA as a payee in your account through your bank or credit union (online or by phone, depending on your financial institution).
You can then make a payment to the CRA by visiting your bank or credit union's ATM.
Service fees: Some banks or credit unions may charge a service fee in addition to the amount you paid.
Make your payment
Individual tax or benefit payments
- Verify if your bank or credit union supports ATM payments to the CRA for individuals
Participating financial institutions
- Set up the CRA accounts you want to make payments to as payees in your account online, by phone, or in person (depending on your financial institution)
Setting up CRA as a payee for online banking - Visit your bank or credit union's ATM with your debit card
- Choose the correct CRA payee for the type of payment you're making.
- Verify if your bank or credit union supports ATM payments to the CRA for individuals
Business payments
- Verify if your bank or credit union supports ATM payments to the CRA for businesses
Participating banks and credit unions
- ATB Financial
- Bank of America
- BMO
- Canadian Western Bank
- CIBC
- Citibank
- Desjardins
- HSBC
- J.P. Morgan
- KEB Canada
- Laurentian Bank
- Meridian Credit Union
- National Bank
- RBC Royal Bank
- Scotiabank
- TD Canada Trust
- Alberta Credit Union
- Atlantic Canada Credit Unions
Many of these financial institutions also provide business customers with non-resident payment options.
- Set up the CRA accounts you want to make payments to as payees in your account online, by phone, or in person (depending on your financial institution)
Setting up CRA as a payee for online banking - Visit your bank or credit union's ATM with your debit card.
- Choose the correct CRA payee for the type of payment you're making.
- Verify if your bank or credit union supports ATM payments to the CRA for businesses
Processing time
- Considered as paid: within 1 to 2 business days
- Updated in your CRA account up to 3 business days after the payment is received
You can confirm if we received a payment.
If your payment is not showing after 3 business days, you can resolve a payment issue.
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