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Need payroll processing services in Canada? Tax Filings Canada delivers payroll runs, CPP/EI withholdings, T4 slips and records of employment for employers from their first hire to multi-province teams — economical fixed fees quoted up front, and you pay only after you approve the work.
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Late payroll remittances draw penalties of 3% to 10%, doubling to 20% for a repeat failure with gross negligence in the same calendar year. Our payroll processing services engagement is priced as a economical flat fee, so the cost is known before the work starts.
Good payroll processing services work is mostly about sequencing: which questions to settle before which. These notes lay out the sequence an accountant follows on Payroll Processing Services engagements.
One rule does more work than the rest combined, so it goes first. Late payroll remittances draw a penalty of 3% to 10% depending on how late, doubling to 20% for a repeat failure with gross negligence in the same calendar year.
Layer a second constraint on top and the picture sharpens: Source deductions are held in trust for the Crown from the moment they are withheld, which is why directors can be personally liable for unremitted amounts under section 227.1. Unlike most corporate debts, this one can follow the directors personally after the company is gone. A file is only as strong as what backs it up, which brings us to the next rule: Employers withhold CPP, EI and income tax and remit on a schedule set by their average monthly withholding. Late remittance carries a penalty of 3% to 10%, rising to 20% for a repeat failure with gross negligence in the same year. Payroll penalties compound quietly. An employer that drifts one cycle late each quarter can owe more in penalties than in the tax it was late paying.
If the rules above feel like they might interact in your situation, that instinct is usually right. Sorting out how is the core of what an accountant does on a payroll processing services engagement. Nothing slows a file like missing records, so for payroll processing services begin with.
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The CRA had assessed a security services contractor in Winnipeg, Manitoba on estimates across 4 unfiled years. Real filings vacated $57,000 of that tax.
A construction firm with union and non-union crews in Guelph, Ontario needed a holding structure to deal with long-term contractors who met every test for employment. The reorganisation was tax-neutral and removed $64,000 of annual exposure.
A desk review assessed a 30-employee manufacturer in Regina, Saskatchewan $126,000 over an employee over-deducted for CPP and EI after being moved between two related payroll accounts mid-year. Producing the records vacated it.
An employer whose remittance frequency moved up a threshold in Hamilton, Ontario had already been penalised over T4s that did not agree to the payroll register or the general ledger. A relief application cancelled $40,000 of that penalty.
Closing the books at a dental practice in Lethbridge, Alberta took 5 weeks because of remittances still going out monthly after the business had moved to the accelerated threshold. It now takes 4 days.
A growing tech team with stock options in Kitchener, Ontario was profitable and permanently short of cash, with a bonus accrued to bring the year-end tax bill down and still unpaid more than a year later behind the gap. Restructuring the tax cycle freed $150,000.
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Payroll Processing Services starts at a fixed fee quoted before any work begins. The quote is locked at the outset and does not change mid-engagement, and you pay only after you have reviewed and approved the deliverable. Compare every plan on our transparent pricing page.
At minimum: prior-year returns and notices of assessment, your bank and credit-card statements for the fiscal period, payroll records if you have employees, and GST/HST filings. We send a checklist tailored to your situation after the free 15-minute call.
Most engagements are completed within 3 to 5 business days once your documents are complete. Catch-up work covering multiple years takes longer, and we tell you the realistic timeline before you commit rather than after.
We respond on your behalf at no extra charge for any return we prepared. Every figure we file is supported by documentation retained in your file, which is what turns a CRA review from a crisis into correspondence. See how our CRA audit representation works.
Yes. Late filing penalties compound at 5% of the balance owing plus 1% per month, so the cost of waiting is real. We prioritise catch-up work and, where eligible, file under the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program to reduce penalties.
Yes. We are a cloud-based practice serving every province and territory, so your location does not change the price or the service. Browse our coverage across Canada to find your city.
We work across construction, healthcare, e-commerce, professional services, restaurants, real estate, transportation, technology and non-profits, each with its own deduction profile and CRA scrutiny patterns. See all industries we serve.
Software applies the rules you already know about. An experienced tax accountant finds the ones you do not: capital cost allowance timing, the small business deduction threshold, shareholder loan repayment rules, and TOSI exposure on family dividends. The fee is usually smaller than the deductions it surfaces.
Our payroll processing services include complete filing, compliance management, and strategic advice customized to Canadian tax laws.
You can start by booking a free 15-minute call. We will review your files, provide a fixed quote, and start working immediately.
In our files, this is the deciding factor: Remitter frequency follows average monthly withholding. A business that grows into the accelerated threshold keeps remitting monthly at its peril — the deadline moves before the CRA writes to say so. A tax services provider applies it to your numbers before submission.
The honest answer comes down to one rule. Late payroll remittances draw a penalty of 3% to 10% depending on how late, doubling to 20% for a repeat failure with gross negligence in the same calendar year. That is the part we verify before anything is filed.
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By the last day of February following the calendar year the pay relates to. The same date applies to giving employees their copy and to filing the T4 information return with the CRA, and filing late brings a penalty that scales with the number of slips. Filed slips usually appear in CRA My Account within a few weeks. If yours has not arrived, ask your employer first, then fall back on My Account or your own pay records.
Yes. Employment Insurance benefits are taxable income and must be reported on your return. Service Canada issues a T4E slip showing the benefits paid and the tax already withheld, and that withholding is often less than the rate that ends up applying, because it takes no account of employment income earned earlier in the same year. Many claimants therefore owe a balance at filing. If your income for the year is high enough, part of any regular benefits may also be repayable — the repayment never touches maternity, parental or sickness benefits, and it does not apply where you have not received regular benefits in the previous ten years.
Payroll treats each cheque as though you earned that amount every period, so a bonus, overtime, retroactive raise or an extra shift makes the cheque look like a higher annual income and more tax comes off it. A change in pay frequency, a new TD1, or a taxable benefit added mid-year does the same. CPP and EI stop for the year once their maximums are reached, so take-home often rises later on. Your return reconciles the total.
Your employer projects your pay over the full year, applies the federal brackets to that annualised figure, subtracts the credits you claimed on your TD1 forms, and withholds a proportional share each pay period. The same is done for your province, so one deduction line reflects both. Employers use the CRA payroll deductions calculator or its published tables. Where large deductions mean too much is being withheld, Form T1213 can reduce it; processing takes several weeks, so the request should go in during the autumn before the year it is meant to apply to.
Your total deductions are federal tax, provincial tax, CPP and EI. Federal rates for 2026 start at 14% and rise through 20.5%, 26% and 29% to 33%, applied bracket by bracket rather than to your whole salary, and the first $16,452 is sheltered by the 2026 basic personal amount, which tapers at higher incomes. CPP is 5.95% on earnings between $3,500 and $74,600, and EI is $1.63 per $100 to maximum insurable earnings of $68,900.
Withhold three things from each pay: income tax, CPP and EI. For 2026, CPP is 5.95% from the employee and 5.95% from the employer on pensionable earnings between the $3,500 basic exemption and the $74,600 ceiling, plus CPP2 at 4% up to $85,000. EI is $1.63 per $100 of insurable earnings for the employee, and the employer pays 1.4 times that. Use the CRA payroll deductions online calculator, then remit by your assigned due date.
If you are incorporated, you can take salary, dividends, or a mix of both. Salary is deductible to the corporation, builds RRSP room and CPP entitlement, and requires payroll registration and regular remittances. Dividends need no payroll but come out of after-tax corporate income and create no RRSP room. Sole proprietors and partners simply draw money and pay tax on the business profit. The right mix depends on your cash needs and the corporation's tax position, so model both.
One payment goes to a couple and it is based on combined family net income, so it makes no practical difference which of you receives it. The CRA generally pays the spouse or common-law partner whose return it processes first, and the household amount is the same either way. Both partners must file for the credit to be calculated. Tell the CRA when your marital status changes, since the payment is recalculated and can move to the other person.
Usually yes. The CRA assesses the return first, issues the notice of assessment, then releases any refund, so the notice appears in My Account at or just before the deposit. Sometimes the money lands a day or two ahead of a paper notice arriving in the mail. For a return filed online, expect about two weeks from filing to refund. My Account shows the assessment date and the deposit.
Payroll tax withheld from a Canadian salary depends on your gross pay, your province of employment and the credits you claim on the federal and provincial TD1 forms. Your employer also withholds CPP or QPP contributions and EI premiums, which sit outside income tax. Because the brackets are graduated, a raise increases the withholding rate only on the extra income. Run your own figures through the CRA payroll deductions online calculator for an exact amount.
Take the gross pay for the period, subtract registered pension contributions, union dues and the enhanced portion of your CPP or QPP contributions to reach taxable pay for the period, then apply the tax tables for your pay frequency and reduce the result by the credits from your TD1 forms and by the credit for your base CPP or QPP contributions and EI premiums — those two are withheld alongside the tax rather than taken off the pay the tables are applied to, and a Quebec employee also has QPIP withheld and provincial tax taken under Revenu Québec's own tables. Treat the result as an estimate, since withholding annualises a single pay period and ignores other income, bonuses and deductions. The CRA payroll deductions online calculator reproduces the employer calculation. Your return settles the real figure.
Severance has no special tax rate. It is employment income, taxed at your marginal rates for the year you receive it, so a large lump sum can push part of your income into a higher bracket. Your employer withholds at lump-sum rates, which rarely matches the final result, so you may owe or be refunded at filing. Part of a retiring allowance for long-ago service years can sometimes be transferred to an RRSP.
Reviewed and fact-checked by Udit Gupta
Ex Big 4 — Ernst & Young, Deloitte · International & cross-border tax specialist · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program) · Chartered accountant, ICAI & MIA
Udit Gupta has over 15 years of experience helping corporations and business owners with corporate structuring, corporate tax filing, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST, cross-border tax and CRA representation. Big 4 trained at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia, he founded his accounting practice in 2014 to serve entrepreneurs, startups and non-resident business owners across Canada. View full member bio.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — member 521458 · Malaysian Institute of Accountants — member CA 44667 · Ex Big 4: Ernst & Young, Deloitte · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), completed 19 Dec 2023 · In-Depth GST/HST Part I, 12 Jul 2022 · Part II, 5 Jul 2023
Editorial policy. Every page is researched against primary sources — the Income Tax Act, CRA publications and CPA Canada guidance — and every rate or threshold is stated with the tax year it applies to.
