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  • LOCAL TAX CALCULATION

    Hello In my place I have some local taxes for professional services, i need to create like a "rule" that calculates the 10% tax for professional service or the 6% is a waiver certificate is provided, from the total amount of the invoice. This calculation…
  • 2024 Federal Tax Bracket Update

    I have updated Sage 50 Payroll to 20240101. The federal tax brackets were to change for 2024, but when I go process payroll for the new year the federal amounts for all employees have stayed the same as 2023. Spoke to support yesterday and all they said…
  • adding old assets to SAGE

    Hello, I added many old assets to SAGE but I'm still struggling with the older assets that are on their second half of life . For example, my building that was put into service in in 1991 is only 32 years through its 50 years but when I put in 18 years…
  • Payroll Source deduction payments

    Hello I'm a bookkeeper, 1st time using Sage Payroll, but i see the auto DR/Payment company is A) very expensive and B) does not handle Source deduction payments which is disapppointing. How are folks handling the source payments? In particular for clients…
  • Vacation Pay

    Hi all, Our owner has requested that he no longer accrue vacation pay. I have deselected "retain vacation" and set his vacation rate percentage to zero in the payroll ledger. When I process his pay statement, the "Vacation Paid" line for the period…
  • Province of employment - Outside Canada

    Is there a setting in the payroll module for "Outside Canada/Beyond the Limits of any Provincial Border" in Sage 50? Currently it only shows options for the actual province or territory and the tax table T4032OC needs to be used otherwise the tax calculation…
  • Refunding Pretax deduction v2.22.2

    When generating a check for ONLY a pretax deduction refund, the refund taxes are not being calculated. If I add a earnings line and pay a penny, the taxes generate properly (but I have overpaid the former employee by a penny). KB 96467 suggested adding…
  • Payroll 2022 Québec and federal taxes

    Hi! I am doing the 2022 payroll in Quebec. I have changed for calendar year 2022. I changed the basic employee exemptions. The amount of federal tax is higher than on my model (impot.net). The other deductions are ok Do you have any idea why? thank you…
  • Payroll for employees working in more than one province in the year.

    The company I work for does projects across the country. Some employees work in more than one province during the year as a result. How should I process their payroll so T4's are generated for each province worked in (with the least amount of manual calculation…
  • Using Sage 50 Version 2021.2 CPP Maximum reached but Sage 50 is still calculating

    In previous versions when the max amount was reached for CPP Sage 50 indicated the employee had reached their max yearly amount and automatically stopped calculating. Version 2021.2 keeps on calculating CPP after the max yearly amount. Is there something…
  • Fringe benefits and before tax IRA

    I have a payroll question related to fringes and employee IRA contributions. This is a simple IRA and is taken before taxes. I have the fringes set up as a benefit on the appropriate paygroups with an offset for each employee based on the benefits we…
  • Wokers' Compensation Calculations

    Does anyone happen to know the 'behind the scenes' math for the 5-3-2 Workers' Compensation table window? I need to know how to set it up for the most accurate job/employee costing. For example does the Liability column calculation run after the Employer…
  • WA State PFML

    This tax is paid on WA hours worked by WA employees. I cannot get it to calculate that way. It calculates on all hours worked. Even the hours worked in Oregon, which do not have to be included. How do I set this up? After many hours with support, the…
  • Sage X3 Fixed assets depreciation Calculation done but cannot see the Changes in Journal Entry

    I have implemented the fixed asset in Sage X3 version PU9 as per the curriculum provided in the training by Fixed asset instructor from Sage University. Performed every step as per his instruction. only problem that I found was I cannot see the any…
  • PO and mfg variance calculations (PPV)

    I'm trying to understand exactly what is in the the PPV amounts (and how calculated) on our Sage income statement so we understand the information reported, if the manual JE's are correct,a and if we need to change our processes. We have two GL accounts…
  • EI factor is calculating wrong rate, overcalculating employer expense

    I received a PIER review from CRA for the 2019 T4 filing. The discrepancy was with Employer portion of EI premiums, after much searching and troubleshooting to figure WHY it was overcalculating the Employer's portion, I was able to figure this much out…
  • PTO Accrual: Limits and carryover

    Good Morning, I am new to the Sage Community about 4 months. I am evaluating the leave balances and accruals for all of our employees and I am having some concerns as to the set up. We have employees that earn 40 hours a year (new Hires) then after…
  • Stat Pay after Annual Closure

    Hi friends, One of my clients closed for Christmas from December 21 - January 7 2019/2020 - We are now uncertain whether or not to pay full time employees for the January 1 stat - this is for BC. I would love to receive links to past discussions and…
  • 27 Pay periods in 2010

    Hi All, Next year has 27 pay periods for my company. When should I make the change in the system to set it to 27 pay periods from 26? My first payroll of the year is January 3 so I want to ensure that I have the right information set up for proper reporting…
  • Federal Income Tax allowance

    On the Calculations tab for an Employee (5-2-1) how do I specify that the Federal allowances specified on the employee's W-4 is "married but withhold at higher single rate"?
  • "Reimbursement" income type is causing problems with WCB, EI, and CPP

    Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the program or my data set? I have a payroll which includes a reimbursment income code. This is a true, non-taxable reimbursement - employees hand in actual receipts for expenditures made on behalf…
  • Subtotals in AP (Select Invoices to Pay)

    When I go in AP to set invoices up for payment ... AP - Tasks - Select Invoices to Pay - On Screen List. Is there a way to show subtotals for each of the vendors / suppliers I am paying? I do see that I can go in and view the total (by going into…
  • Worker's Comp - Date field

    There is an Effective Date for Worker's Comp but no Ending Date. So, the Effective Date really does you no good, because if you have the rates for this year, then add a second line for the NEW rates effective today, when you calculate WC, it doubles…
  • Quebec EI & QHSF Factor for new employees for 2019

    I need verification on the EI & QHSF factor rate for 2019 for Quebec. In the settings in Payroll--Taxes--Use these settings for employer tax expenses: we now have EI Factor for new employees: 1.40 and QHSF Factor: 2.50. Can someone please confirm that…
  • ILSIT - Illinois State Income Tax (Illinois Income Tax Withholding)

    Just starting the first payroll of the 2019 year and I was verifying the calculations from Sage 50 verses online calculators such as paycheckcity.com. Three out of the four (4) paychecks matched perfectly with the online double check. The disconnect is…