CRA T619 change for 2025
It’s been a while since I have posted something on my blog, but this one might impact a few people and it is causing some confusion among those transmitting T4 or T5 XML files. The … (more)
Canadian Payroll
Decimal Places for HR Benefits
I’m calling this a #TipTuesday post but it really should be called a “Jen is writing about it so she doesn’t forget the next time she needs it” post. 😄 Fellow bloggers will be able … (more)
Canadian Payroll 2023 T4s
I received an email yesterday from someone I know via the Dynamics communities sites, asking me about the new Box 45 for Employer Offered Dental Benefits. The question was: is this new box supposed to … (more)
Canadian Payroll Incomplete Paycodes message
A client ran into this last week and I thought it would be a good topic for a #TipTuesday blog post. The scenario is specific to users with both the Canadian Payroll (CPY) module and … (more)
Canadian Payroll 2023 YE Hotfix
This post is for Dynamics GP sites with Canadian Payroll about a Year-End hotfix just released to address some issues. The hotfix addresses more than just Canadian Payroll issues; these early-year hotfixes are typically when … (more)
Canadian Payroll & Employer-Offered Dental field
This post is specific to Microsoft Dynamics GP in case someone is reading this post after searching for more general information on this topic. After the Dynamics GP Year-End 2023 update is installed, some of … (more)
Canadian Payroll Year-End Tax Update 2023
Greetings everyone! Great news for those using Canadian Payroll in Dynamics GP, the tax update was released earlier than expected. Let the installs begin! There are a lot of changes this year, so please make … (more)
Enabling the Canadian Payroll module
In my last post, I documented where to go to get registration keys. In the last part of the post, I added a note that was specific to Canadian Payroll and today learned that it … (more)
ROE issue in Canadian Payroll
This post is about an issue that I found when testing the ROE (Record of Employment) functionality for a client in Dynamics GP. (Since “ROE” is a generic term, this post is specifically about a … (more)
Mass Update CPY Basic Personal Exemption
Last week, I was asked if I knew of a quick way to update the Basic Personal Exemption (“BPE”) amount in Dynamics GP Canadian Payroll. It’s not the first time I’ve been asked as it’s … (more)
Cdn Payroll T4 XML & Multiple Employers
Today’s #TipTuesday is too late for 2018 filings but hopefully, those this applies to will file it away for next year. The post is a result of a question from a consultant who works for … (more)
Updated documentation for CanPay Import/Export
Hey, will you look at that? The community has been begging for updated documentation for Dynamics GP for a while now and who gets some love first? Canada! Woot! Woot! Ya, baby… The Good News … (more)
How to add the Employer Address to T4 Forms
For some reason, out of the box, Dynamics GP Canadian Payroll T4 Forms don’t have the employer’s address. Why? I have no idea… but the information is there to be added easily, and here’s how to … (more)
How YTD CPP & EI factor into Tax calcs
This is about something completely boring but perhaps useful to someone who is verifying Dynamics GP Canadian Payroll vs the Canada Revenue Agency’s payroll deductions online calculator. I’ve always said, I know how the Canadian … (more)
Cdn Payroll – Things that make you go hmm
This is a strange one, one of those things that makes me go “hmm”. I never understand how this happens, if it’s been here for years or just never been noticed. Anyway, in Canadian Payroll … (more)
Update on Account Number error in Canadian Payroll
A couple of years ago around this time of year, I got a call from a client of mine with a strange error in Canadian Payroll. At the time, I ran into other significant issues … (more)
Canadian Payroll & US Payroll in the same environment
I was asked this question by someone a few days ago and I have a little bit of information about this. At some point, I will expand on this article but for now, it’s a … (more)
Canadian Payroll – Transmission Header Incorrect Length error
This is a repeat of an article I wrote in November 2011 with updated information. Issue #2 in that blog was regarding permissions during the Generate Cheques routine and the message “There is an error … (more)
Some Canadian Payroll & Project Accounting gotchas!
Recently, a client of mine experienced a couple of weird things when we started to configure another Dynamics GP company for them with Canadian Payroll and Project Accounting in action. One of them is something … (more)
Canadian Payroll issues and fixes
Today I have 2 issues to write about relating specifically to Canadian Payroll in Dynamics GP; things that a couple of my clients have recently run into that are fairly common and easy fixes. Issue #1 … (more)
Canadian Payroll – some ROE fields demystified
A client of mine had a great question for me last week on the ROE (Record of Employment) form that I couldn’t answer off the top of my head. I took the opportunity to research and … (more)