Exemption for the Members of Religious Charities

To have modified the tax deductions withdrawn from the monthly pension of members of a religious community for the current year or the year to come, the forms presented on this page have to be filled out and sent respectively to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Revenu Québec.

Those two agencies will evaluate your request and will send you their decision regarding the year referred to in writing. Once the decisions are received, you must mail them to us so that the exemption can be applied.

In addition, if you apply in the name of members of a religious community, you must include with the decisions from the CRA and Revenu Québec the list of the beneficiaries referred to as well as their social insurance number.

You have to apply to the CRA and Revenu Québec each year, as demanded by the federal and provincial governments. At the end of the year, we will send you a letter reminding you to send your applications to the CRA and Revenu Québec if you still wish to benefit from the exemption the following year. If we do not receive your decisions within the prescribed deadline, the exemption will be void on January 1st of the following year.

Federal Tax

Form Request to Reduce Tax Deductions at Source This link will open in a new window. (T1213)

Section Deductions from income and non-refundable tax credits

  • Fill out line Other (for example: charitable donations or rental losses) by entering at "Specify": Religious person – Vow of poverty – Retirement pension.
  • Do not enter any amount on the right.

Other. 

Notice to disabled persons

These PDF documents may contain barriers to accessibility. You can obtain assistance by calling us.

Notes regarding the form to fill out

Please fill out section Identification. If you represent a religious community, you can fill out one form only. Indicate the congregation's contact information in that section and attach a list of the beneficiaries referred to in the application.

Please fill out the part Employer/Payer by entering Retraite Québec's name and address (the address is at the end of this web page). For the contact person, enter: Service des paiements.

Make sure to sign and date your application in the section Certification.

An application must be made each year to the CRA, which will render a decision that you must send to us.

Québec Income Tax

Form Application for a Reduction in Source Deductions of Income Tax for an Individual or a Self-Employed Person This link will open in a new window. (TP-1016-V)

Section 3 - Information about the remuneration

  • Check box Other remuneration.
  • Do not enter any amount on the line.
  • Enter at "Nature of the payment": Retirement Pension.

Other renumeration. 

Section 4 - Deductions and tax credits

  • Fill out the line Other deductions by entering, instead of an amount: Religious person – Vow of poverty.

Other deductions. 

Notice to disabled persons

These PDF documents may contain barriers to accessibility. You can obtain assistance by calling us.

Notes regarding the form to fill out

Please fill out section 1 - Information about you. If you represent a religious community, you can fill out one form only. Indicate the congregation's contact information in that section and attach a list of the beneficiaries referred to in the application.

Please fill out section 2 - Information about the employer or payer by entering Retraite Québec's name and address (the address is at the end of this web page). For the contact person, enter: Service des paiements.

Make sure to sign and date your application in section 5 - Certification.

An application must be made each year to Revenu Québec, which will render a decision that you must send to us.

Once you have received the CRA and Revenu Québec's decisions, you must send them by one of the following means:

Online, safely:

Sending a document online

By mail to the following address:

Retraite Québec
Régimes de retraite du secteur public
Case postale 5500, succursale Terminus
Québec (Québec)  G1K 0G9

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