• Benefits entry

    Hi, How to post the journal entries for the paying the benefits statement to the benefits company at the beginning of the month the employee and employer portion is automatic out of the account. How to post the payroll entry with the employee deduction…
  • Vacation Pay - confused about expense vs liability

    Looking at an Income statement for a period, under Payroll Expenses is "Wages & Salaries" along with EI and CPP employer portions. Clicking on "Wages & Salaries" here opens its General Ledger and Vacation pay amounts are not included. Do we have something…
  • RRSP and Health Benefits paid by Employer but not a group plan

    I have an unusual situation. The employer is too small for Group RRSP, so they have agreed to pay one employee a rrsp contribution each paycheque. The amount is $100.00, which then the employee is responsible to contribute to an RRSP. How do I record…
  • Editing the YTD CPP and EI Contributions AFTER employee setup

    We recently hired new staff and they were set up and paid already - one has informed me she reached her YTD maximum CPP & EI contributions already at the company she worked with before she came here as verified by her final paystub from the former company…
  • Phone allowance benefit

    I have setup a phone allowance as a taxable benefit and now the system is autogenerating an entry to, essentially, a non-existent account called, 'Benefits & Tips', and deducting the full amount of the benefit, after it's deducted tax. I have not set…
  • Shareholder Payroll

    I am trying to pay into Shareholder loans using payroll. I've cut a paycheque to a shareholder to include all taxes paid, but instead of actually cashing the paycheque, I want to move it right into shareholder loans. How do I do this? Thru General Journal…
  • direct deposit for employees

    Has anyone had a problem with setting up direct deposit for staff I deal with RBC and I deed to have a Originator # or cusotmer number from the bank and no one knows what that is so now I have added direct payroll to my account and can't use it can some…
  • Manual Payroll Input

    Last year we purchased Sage 50 Pro and it did not have the payroll module. I had hoped on manually inputting payroll, as we only have two employees, only to discover that all the payroll accounts were marked as read-only. I couldn't post any transactions…
  • Entering employee and employer remittances in sage 2020

    I use Ceridian as our payroll provider and am wondering what is the best way to enter employer and employee deductions in sage when entering in the payment to the payroll provider?
  • Payroll entry by former bookkeeper

    Good Afternoon, My former bookkeeper posted an entry on Sage50 for an employee, who has the following details: Regular wage $14, Overtime wage $21 per hour. Bi weekly pay - 80 hours per a period Vacation is 6% retained Deductions: Group…
  • New to Sage, Accounting/Book Keeping

    My husband just opened a Business (Sole Proprietor) we are in Canada.. I am completely new to Sage & have no accounting sense at all. I have a few questions.. When trying to do a pay cheque, I enter the hours and pay rate but it doesn't show the deductions…
  • Bank Reconciliation for next month transactions (bi-weekly pay)

    Hi all, hoping someone can help me here. This is my first year using Sage, and my bank reconciliations have worked great until now. We switched to a bi-weekly pay schedule, with the hours to midnight Saturday being paid out on the following Friday.…
  • Employee pays back purchases on company account through payroll

    We have an employee who has purchased supplies on a company account. The company pays the invoices on his behalf and he wants to pay back those purchases through payroll. Would I use Advances? I want to ensure his deductions don't go wacky. Much appreciated…
  • Commissioned Sales Reps

    I am using the 2009 premium version. Our company pays sales reps solely on commission. Those commissions vary frequently due to experience, financing approval, etc. Should the sales people be added as employees (with no deductions) or vendors? I am assuming…