Including earnings/deductions with different frequencies on a Payroll Run

Melanie Courtney

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?

Melanie Courtney

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 …

How do I find out how much has to be paid to CRA?

Melanie Courtney

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.

How do I make an adjustment to Box 14 Employment Income on a T4?

Melanie Courtney

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.  

Why is the business number (Box 54) not printing on the T4?

Melanie Courtney

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.