Summary
How to manually adjust an employee deductions in Sage 50 Accounting when EI or QPIP insurable earnings and/or CPP pensionable earnings aren't equal to gross earnings.
Cause
- The employee has reached the maximum earnings for the category
- Manual adjustments to the amounts and Gross Earnings cause fluctuations
- Minor rounding errors occur when you enter a value manually
Resolution
- Go to Employees & Payroll, right-click the Employees icon and select Modify Employee.
- Select an employee from the list and click OK.
- Click the T4 and RL-1 Reporting tab.
- Modify the values in the current year to the correct values.
- Click Save and Close.
NOTE: To avoid these problems, always use the Calculate Taxes Automatically. You need a Sage Business Care Payroll Plan to calculate taxes automatically.
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