When calculating payroll for an employee with a bi-weekly pay frequency for example, and they are also receiving a monthly earning such as a travel allowance that is paid out to them at the end of each month you will calculate payroll by choosing the pay frequency biweekly and under the section “include the earnings / deductions with these frequencies” …
How do I download & install the January 2016 Payroll Tax Table Update?
Below are some steps to download the Canadian version of the January 2016 tax table: 1. Make sure all users have exited the program. 2. Backup your Sage 300 databases (database dump), for all databases as you may have more than one. 3. The Tax Table update is only available for version 7.2 of Payroll 4. Log onto the Sage customer portal to …
Why are the CPP & EI exempt boxes incorrect when printing a T4 using the Laser Form for Employees?
If you are printing T4s using the Laser for Employees Form, you may have encountered the following: For EI exempt employees, the “X” is printed in the CPP exempt box For CPP Exempt employees, the “X” goes to the EI exempt box Sage is currently working on a fix but in the meantime, a workaround is to use the Plain …
How do I find out how much has to be paid to CRA?
Go the Canadian Payroll Program Select Government Reports Select CRA Remittance Report 4. Select a date range corresponding to your filing period. For example, if the last payment included paycheques up to the end of November, then select Dec. 1-now as the date range.
I have a copy of an employee’s cheque to use for Direct Deposit (EFT), what are the numbers on the bottom of the cheque and what do they represent?
The numbers on the bottom of the cheque make up the employee’s bank account #, transit # and institution ID#. See the explanation in the screen shot below:
How do I make an adjustment to Box 14 Employment Income on a T4?
Go to payroll employees, transaction history adjustment, choose an employee and create an adjustment and on the taxes tab, choose INCTAX, you just add the amount you are out (‘-‘ to decrease the amount and ‘+’ to increase the amount) to the earnings before deductions field to get the amount to adjust /change in Box 14.
I need a payroll report that shows total earnings and deductions for each employee by date, what report would be best?
The Payroll Earnings and Hours report would work best, it is located under Payroll Transaction Reports. You can set your report criteria by date range, detail or summary format, and for all employees, a selection list or for just one.
Why is the Pension Adjustment (Box 52) not showing up on the T4?
Box 52 would have to be setup as per the attached instructions.
Why is the Pension Plan (Box 20) not showing up on the T4?
Box 20 does not show up for Status employees.
Why is the business number (Box 54) not printing on the T4?
The business number can be setup under payroll setup then income taxes and choose each tax that you have setup and add the Reporting ID (Business number). Note: This will not show up on the employee’s copy of the T4.
