Payroll Resources

Moving from another payroll system or a spreadsheet mid-year — rebuild history in a new company while avoiding overlapping payroll periods.

Export your employee list to CSV and import it into a new company — what is included, what is not, and how to resolve import errors.

Why a few YTD totals may be incomplete for CPP2 and T4 — and why Beanflow uses period-by-period catch-up for mid-year migration.

Step-by-step catch-up guide: rebuild payroll from the first relevant pay date, reconcile deductions, and prepare complete YTD records for T4.

When to configure recurring deduction templates on a pay group vs adding a per-employee deduction inside a payroll run.

Which Canadian payroll tools are genuinely free in 2026 — Beanflow, CanPay, CRA PDOC, PaymentEvolution, Rise, and Wave compared against official sources.

Compare free core payroll in Beanflow with paid Wagepoint and Wave Payroll plans.

What changed in the 123rd edition of T4127, effective July 1, 2026.

When a second-job TD1 should show a $0 total claim, what employees submit, and what employers keep.

Ontario’s dependant-based tax-reduction factors: 2026 amounts, TD1ON and written-request evidence, and how they change withholding.

The TD1 additional-tax box: CRA Factor L, why employees request extra withholding, pay-frequency changes, and separate-payment edge cases.

CRA deductions vs employment-standards entitlements, with 2025/2026 Vacation verification and Holiday Pay automation boundaries.

Vacation time vs vacation pay, jurisdiction-specific rates and wage bases, payment timing, and CRA payroll treatment.

Who Beanflow automatically calculates statutory vacation for, including Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and PE confirmations.

Holiday-pay eligibility, province-specific formulas, premium pay for working the holiday, and CRA treatment.

How salary continuation, statutory formulas, top-ups, and worked-holiday alternatives reconcile for salaried employees.

Statutory holidays, vacation pay, sick days, and overtime by province.

Annual WCB maximums, employer-assigned rates, assessable earnings, and employer-cost treatment.

Job-protected leaves across provinces and territories.

Pay date vs period ending date: T4 year, remittance buckets, tax tables, and ROE Block 12.

Earning types, deduction bases, and CPP, EI, and income-tax treatment.

Search the supported system earning classifications with CPP, EI, tax method, and verified T4 treatment.

How to create a custom earning type: classification fields, T4 reporting profiles, and worked recipes.

Search the system deduction catalog, including Factor A pre-tax paths and T4 boxes.

How CPP, CPP2, EI, and income tax are calculated and withheld from payroll.

When employee-level CPP Exempt and EI Exempt settings apply, which records support them, and which common situations are not exemptions.

Use the CRA Payroll Deductions Online Calculator correctly — inputs, common mistakes, where it stops, and when to run real payroll instead.

T4 slip boxes, T4 Summary, filing deadlines, and year-end reconciliation.

How the CRA verifies CPP, CPP2, and EI on T4 slips, the PIER timeline, and how to catch deficiencies before filing.

CRA remitter types, due dates, PD7A statements, and late remittance penalties.

ROE deadlines, reason codes, key blocks, and Service Canada filing methods.

Prepare a draft ROE in Beanflow, choose the right reason option, and finish unsupported cases in ROE Web.