Tips & Troubleshooting Start a New Payroll Year Before closing a payroll year Before you close a payroll year and start a new one: ■ Print T4 forms, RL-1 forms and T4 Summaries. Make a backup of your company file after printing these statements, in case you need to reprint any reports after the payroll year has been closed. For more information closing a payroll year, see Starting a new payroll year.