Canada Payroll

This section collects payroll terms that need clear Canadian labeling, such as T4 slips, source deductions, CPP and EI language, and other Canada-specific payroll records.

Use it when the term needs Canadian labeling to stay accurate instead of being stretched into a generic payroll explanation.

Current pages:

• TD1 explains the Canadian payroll form used to set up withholding.
• Business Number explains the employer identifier used in Canadian payroll administration.
• Payroll Program Account explains the payroll-specific employer account used for reporting and remittance.
• Remitter Type explains the Canadian payroll term for employer remittance timing classification.
• CPP explains a core Canada-specific payroll deduction and reporting term.
• EI explains another core Canadian payroll deduction and reporting term.
• Insurable Earnings explains the earnings base payroll uses in EI-related handling.
• Insurable Hours explains the hours-based recordkeeping term that matters in Canadian payroll reporting.
• Pensionable Earnings explains the earnings base payroll uses in CPP-related handling.
• Source Deductions explains the Canadian payroll term for amounts taken from employee pay and remitted through payroll.
• T4 explains the Canadian year-end payroll slip for employment income and source-deduction reporting.

In this section

• Business Number
  What a Business Number means in Canadian payroll and why it matters to payroll registration and reporting.
• CPP
  What CPP means in Canadian payroll, how it affects pay, and why it matters in payroll records and year-end reporting.
• EI
  What EI means in Canadian payroll, how it affects employee pay, and how it relates to source deductions and payroll reporting.
• Insurable Earnings
  What insurable earnings mean in Canadian payroll and why payroll treats them differently from total gross pay.
• Insurable Hours
  What insurable hours mean in Canadian payroll and why they matter in payroll records and reporting.
• Payroll Program Account
  What a payroll program account means in Canadian payroll and why it matters to employer reporting and remittance.
• Pensionable Earnings
  What pensionable earnings mean in Canadian payroll and why payroll tracks them separately from gross pay.
• Remitter Type
  What remitter type means in Canadian payroll and why it matters to payroll remittance workflow.
• Source Deductions
  What source deductions mean in Canadian payroll, how they work, and how they relate to withholding and year-end reporting.
• T4
  What a T4 slip is, what it reports, and how it connects Canadian year-end payroll reporting to employee pay records.
• TD1
  What a TD1 means in Canadian payroll and how it affects payroll withholding setup.