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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…

A new company I am working on was told by CRA to continue deducting CPP & EI from employees even after they had reached the yearly maximums. I have been directed to shift these overpayment amounts into Income tax deducted before printing the T4s. What…

Is there a way to change all of the employees WSIB rate like the federal and provincial tax credits?

I am pulling my hair out over this and hoping someone can help? I received a garnishment notice from Canada Revenue Agency (EI) where I am required to deduct regular instalments of 20% of his NET pay. I can't figure out how to do this - anything that…

Is there a way to quickly remove earnings and deductions from employees or a group of employees utilizing a selection list or range? We use the assign and update tools frequently, but are needing a way to quickly process a removal of a specified earning…

Hi, I'm currently new on sage especially payroll. I didn't notice that I have deducting one employee for medical and insurance plan. We are planning to give it back to the employee the whole amount but there's a deduction for CPP and EI. We thought about…

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?

So we are planning on renting a house from another company to be used as a staff house. We will then charge our employees a fraction of the cost of the rent and the company will pay the rest of the cost. Question: Do we count charging our employee rent…

I am creating my T4's for 2018 but I am unsure about one employee. From Jan.-June he was considered an employee, but then he purchased the company (100% of it) from the original owners and is now considered EI exempt. So from July forward I was not taking…

An employee used company materials and has asked me to just deduct it from paycheque. What's the best way to do this? Currently what I'm doing is making a purchase invoice to our company. (As if company purchased something from itself). I post…

I am using BusinessWorks 2017 SP2. I tried to print my 2017 W-2s and when I got to confirming the state wages the program gave me the following error. The error appears to be the reduction in taxable state wages caused by a SIMPLE IRA deduction or a…

Previously, access to more than 2 years of payroll reporting history was available. I find that 2 years of history is not enough without having to restore backups when reconciling payroll records. Specifically this is related to custom deductions. I…

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?…

Can someone confirm if latest version does the same? If I save a recurring paycheque for full-timer with manually calculated amounts in each of CPP, Tax, and EI (all 3 differ from what the program calculates) - it saves and recalls correctly all amounts…

With Sage 300 Payroll, is it possible to calculate an employer matched deduction which has the following rule: 100% match on deductions up to 3% of wages and 50% match on additional deductions up to 5% of wages?

I am trying to find out if when setting up a voluntary deduction if it can me made mandatory in the setup where a goal is required to be set up so that a goal can not be inadvertently left blank and deductions keep being taken out. Does anyone know if…

Is there a mechanism that you can enter a new earning code to all employees instead of one at a time thanks

Our business (ABC Mechanic) pays 50 percent of our employees benefits. Our Insurance provider is XYZ Insurance. In the past, I have just had an “account” called XYZ in deductions where I entered the employee’s portion of the deduction for benefits. I…

We have one employee who receives an advance of 1500.00 each month. I think i have it set up properly however, when I create him his actual pay cheque at the end of the month and deduct the 1500.00 from his current pay it will not automatically calculate…

Using BusinessWork 2013 sp6, and using direct deposit file upload to our bank. We are adding an HSA plan effective July 1, so I'm trying to get things set up in payroll. How do we (or Can we) do the pre-tax employee deduction and employer contribution…

I am using Business Works 2013, SP4. Starting in 2014, our company started a 401k plan. The company is contributing 3.0% of Gross Wages to all eligible employees. I tried to do it as follows but am having a problem: #1 401K-Employer - Other Pay…