Hi Brighton Automotive,

Thanks for your question. Since 2014 (but implemented in 2016) access to the payroll module has only been available if a user's software license had an active subscription. This applies to retail boxes as well with the note "Sage 50 with Payroll." The "with Payroll" part is a subscription for 1 year.

A basic payroll plan is good for up to 10 employees and is priced for this. If you have a basic support plan like Silver this also enables access to the payroll module but doesn't give you the automatic tax deductions or e-filing of T4/ROEs abilities.

If your payroll is minimal then perhaps look into whether you can track things manually. For processing payroll without a payroll or support plan, the entries can be entered manually via the General Journal screen in the Company module. For the rates, you can use CRA's Payroll Deductions Online Calculator. 

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Thank you.  Do you know how much is the silver plan for 2020?

The difference between a Silver plan and a Gold plan (which includes support and payroll) is about $225 depending on which edition (Pro, Premium or Quantum) or Sage 50 CA you have. Our sales team can provide more details at 1-888-261-9610. Happy Friday!

I just posted in this forum asking the same question. Then I started searching through other posts and found your answer to my problem.  

I am having the same issue.  How did you solve your problem?    Subscribe to payroll module?  enter payroll manually? upgrade to a silver or gold support plan? or did you find some other way?

I created an Excel sheet for the calculations ( and use the CRA site to verify Taxes etc).  The excel calculates the company portion too. as well as tracks for T4 Calculations...so I go by this when doing remittences, T4's , ROE's, Vacation Tracking, Statutory holidays  etc

We only have 2 employees at this company, and one is straight salary...so this was the most cost effective for us.