Sage 50 Canada

Hi, My payroll remittance and tax amounts are showing different than the initial payments I have made. for example in de 2021 sage is showing following numbers but I at the time of payment it was totally a different amount. CPP $8011.22 EI $3422…

Can I post into a new year prior to starting the new fiscal year?

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…

When changing the calendar year ( Jan 1- Dec 31), what are the correct steps for this procedure? I did a rookie mistake and when I opened Sage 50 this morning, I went to change the session date to today's date and it prompted me to change the calendar…

We have a group RRSP plan and our employer contributes 50% and the employee contributes 50%. How do we set it up in Sage so that the employers amount is not taxable? We are currently showing it as part of our income and getting taxed on it. Can we set…

CRA's rule is, when payroll periods and CEWS periods are different, business needs to stick to CEWS period without using prorate. So. I needed to make a copy file for CEWS with different period, different pay frequency to many company's payroll. However…

We pay employees either monthly or semi monthly depending on their role. Does anyone know an easy way to calculate the CEWS weekly wages other than going back and manually figuring hours worked / to fit in the weekly dates required by CRA? I will also…

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…

A few of our employees payroll for the entire year have been allocated to 5960, when they should have been allocated to 5110. How to I fix this and move them over to the right account to reflect on reports.

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…

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…

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…

We are having an error occur in Sage that we need help with and I am quite frustrated after being put on hold for over an hour. I did get some about half way though my wait, who told me I needed a "Level 2 Specialist" and then put me on hold again...…

Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows the best way to set up sick pay in the payroll module? The employee is on hourly pay. I had just set up their total number of sick days as an entitlement and just added 8 hours to their pay and took a day off of their…

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…

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?

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…

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…

Employee started February 2018 and no CPP deduction has ever been taken He is set up with box checked to calculate CPP same as all other employees??

I have a small corporation which is owned 50-50 by my wife and myself. It's basically a consulting firm where I am the only one working in it. My question is what is the best way to pay myself on a regular basis? I have heard that dividends is one option…

The new labour laws in Ontario says that an employee is receive " at least three weeks vacation after five years with the same employer." Simply should be able to add a flag that lets you know the first paycheque you go to write when an employee has reached…

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.…

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…

How do you pay out vacation pay to a salary employee? especially if they have earned their vacation but leave employment before they take the vacation.

I have a situation where an employee of one of my clients purchased a bunch of tools on one of their vendor's accounts. This purchase is to be paid by a bit at a time by the employee by deducting some from each paycheque. I created the purchase invoice…