Pre-2024 CRA XML File Converter

On January 15, 2025, CRA updated their XML file specifications to require that all XML files, including XML files for years before 2024, must be formatted according to CRA's 2024 specifications. XML files for Amended, Cancelled and Additional submissions that were prepared by software released prior to January 15, 2025 will be rejected by CRA.

What this means is that from January 15, 2025 onward, CRA will only accept your previous year's XML submission if you've re-formatted your previous year's XML file according to CRA's 2024 XML requirements before uploading it to CRA.

But don't worry! We've created an easy-to-use tool for you that will make a copy of your previous year's XML file and change the copy as necessary to meet CRA's 2024 XML format. The re-formatted XML file will pass CRA's submission validation process.

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The converter is absolutely free, even if you don't use AvanTax eForms!