• Employee Payroll Advance

    1. An employee was given a cheque $178.56... as an advance that will come off of his next paycheck. I minus deductions from $184.00 to find $178.56 and write a cheque out manually from our cheque book. Was I right to minus deductions on this advance?…
  • Reimbursement amounts

    When printing off the T4's in 2017 version, do reimbursement amounts appear in the total of Box 14?
  • Direct Deposit Stub Security

    Does anyone know if Sage 50 EFT Direct Deposit stubs can be password protected when being emailed to employees?
  • Payroll Year End T-4 Electronic Submission

    I am getting ready to submit my T4's Electronically and have a question. I have done my T4 Summary and on the summary I have added "other payments" for various reason so my Difference in the End is Zero. After you print this form showing all of the details…
  • Non Taxable Benefits where Employer and Employee Pay 50%

    I am trying to setup a Group Insurance Premium. The amount is $207, $103.50 is paid by Employee and $103.50 is paid by Employer The problem is that the gross salary shows premium paid by the Employer although the benefit is non-taxable. The Pensionable…
  • When To Enter Payroll That Carries Over Into New Year: Before Closing Current Year Or In New Year?

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    FormerMember
    Hi, I have a question about payroll. I haven't yet closed 2016. The pay period carries over from 2016 to 2017. I am wondering if I enter payroll before closing 2016 or after I start the new year, 2017? Any help would be appreciated :)
  • Payroll Master Reports

    I have two questions....1. Is there a way to run a report on each employee giving all of the Master Payroll information such as name, address, sin# etc. and 2. Is there a way to run a report on each employee that will give me the tax claims and other…
  • Is updating the Payroll feature worth it for 1 employee?

    I have a company that only has 1 employee on their payroll that they need to do paycheque deductions and remittances for. I have just received an Auto Renew Notification that is "Sage 50 with Support - Payroll" for $728. This seems like a lot of money…
  • Payroll was entered manual and now entering in module -- Different amounts

    Taking over a client who entered payroll in GJ from the online CRA payroll calculator. The journal entries have wrong calculations (for income tax) and one employee was CPP maxed but she continued to post/deduct. When I am re-entering the information…
  • Payroll Register

    This is so disappointing to me what Sage has done with the Payroll Module. I will have a very hard time recommending Sage to my clients, I have my own business in bookkeeping and have many clients who ask me who they should use for an accounting program…
  • set up provincial and federal tax deductions in payroll for Ontario?

    I am new at setting up payroll, I am used to only maintaining pre set up Company. How do I set up Provincial and Federal tax payroll deductions so they are going to correct accounts?? I tried and when I go to pay remittance the federal tax is incorrect…
  • Amending a previous T4

    I have been doing payroll for my father's business for 2 years. My brother and sister also work here along with other regular employees. I have been deducting EI from my sister, brother and my paycheques since Jan 1, 2014. How can I amend a T4 to change…
  • New Income Category removes tracking of ROE Insurable Hours

    I want to add a new income category to pay out Banked Time Used as I am tracking Banked Time earned in a separate spreadsheet. I don't want vacation calculated on this new income as it is over time that is banked. When I rename the new category, link…
  • gratuities in payroll

    Our staff at times has gratuities paid by the customer on their event & we put it to a gratuities holding account. We determine how much each staff will receive and now I need to put it on their pay cheque. I can get it to go on as wages which correctly…
  • Vacation overpayment

    I have allowed an employee to go in the negatives in her vacation pay. She wants to pay it back with a deduction from each paycheque. How can I set this up? I have looked at our ESA in our province of Nova Scotia and it looks like there is no legal issue…
  • Use a purchase invoice that shows all the details for both the employee and employer expenses and liabilities

    Richard S. Ridings suggested we could pay employees through purchase invoices. Can someone please show me the exact way to enter the details in a purchase invoice? I think I know what to do, but would like some reassurance that I'm doing it correctly…
  • Why is my create paycheque button greyed out

    Under the Paycheques drop down list I can only access "Find Paycheque". Both the "Create Paycheque" and "Adjust Paycheque" buttons are greyed out. Anyone know what's up and how to fix this?
  • Bonus payable from last fiscal year

    I have a client for whom his accountant processed a bonus payable from the last fiscal year (ending Oct 1st 2015). His entry was to CR bonus payable and DB wages and salaries. This ends up showing the wages in last fiscal year. However, the bonus is not…
  • Separate T4

    I have an employee who moved to Ontario from Quebec last year - now Sage is telling me I need to produce separate T4s for CPP / QPP Has anyone done this before?
  • program stops responding after printing T4's

    I am currently processing the T4's for all my client. However, every time I process the printing of the T4's and summary, the program stops responding and I have to shut it down and start it up again. I am using accountant version 2016.2. Anyone else…
  • T4's and summary for 2015

    I just tried to print T4's and the summary for 2015. The program gave me all the numbers but it is not preprinted as it has been for the past several years. Has something changed????
  • WCB rate change

    WCB rate got changed during the year. The WCB payable account now shows $21 more then actual liability, which I've calculated based on the current rate. Did not realize it until now when verified it with WCB. How can I adjust the WCB payable account to…
  • Importing incomes using API

    Hi, I am trying to import overtime of employees from excel book using Sage 50 API, but I have not found any example or reference in the SDK. Anyone have any idea if this can be done or I can give reference on the subject. Thank you
  • Roll over of Vacation Pay incurred

    I have started a new year for 2016, performed the back-up and all necessary aspects but when I entered payroll cheques all retained vacation pay was at $0.00. There is retained vacation pay earned by a number of employees, how do I carry it over from…
  • RE: Employee benefits

    Hello Erik79, I tried the setup based on the knowledge base. Is it correct? Section I: Creating a Group Deduction Add deduction: $20 for employee contribution Linked account: Health care payable Section II: Creating a Group Benefit Add income: $40 for…