Using the new Payroll menu We’ve added a new Payroll menu to make AgExpert easier to navigate. You’ll find this menu option on the menu bar at the ...

Video: Payroll General Setup Keywords: AgExpert Analyst, Setup, Payroll Related Videos: Adding your First Employee , Adding your Second Employee , Creating ...

Setting up Pay Types Next we need to make sure that all of the required building blocks of an employee paycheque are set up. The first of ...

Arm’s-length vs. non-arm’s-length deductions An arm's-length deduction: This refers to the bargaining position of two unrelated parties whose mutual dealings are only influenced by their independent interests. It ...

Setting up Benefits To set up benefits: Click Setup in the Payroll menu. The Payroll window will appear.  ...

Setting up Deductions Verify that all of the Deductions you require for your payroll have been set up by clicking Deductions in the left hand panel of the ...

Calculating deductions with the payroll function You can set up payroll deductions on employees' cheques. If deductions aren't automatically calculated, go to Payroll>Employees.  ...

Setting up RRSPs with the payroll function AgExpert Analyst can't adjust deductions at the source or reduce taxable income due to an RRSP contribution. Deductions are always calculated ...

Assigning mandatory accounts to payroll The Accounts section of the payroll setup window is used to assign the mandatory accounts required for the payroll module to operate properly. ...

Setting up Payroll Remittance (assigning accounts payable cards) The Payroll Remittance section of the payroll setup window is used to assign accounts payable cards to some of the ...

Setting up Paycheques The Paycheques section of the Payroll setup window is used to define a couple of the preferences you may have regarding the creation of your ...

Setting up Vacation Pay The Vacation section of the payroll setup window is used to set the vacation pay calculation defaults. Click on Vacation in ...

Calculating vacation pay in Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Saskatchewan Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Saskatchewan consider vacation pay to be a part of wages. Calculate vacation pay ...

Setting the payroll deduction as a percentage of gross pay You can set the payroll deduction as a percentage of an individual employee’s gross pay.  ...

Setting up employee profiles The next step is to setup profiles for each of your employees. The profile will contain the employee’s address, birthdate, Social Insurance Number, ...

Video: Adding your First Employee Keywords: AgExpert Analyst, Employee, Setup, Payroll Next video: Video: Adding your Second Employee  ...

Video: Adding your Second Employee Keywords: AgExpert Analyst, Employee, Setup Payroll Previous video: Video: Adding your First Employee  ...

How do I setup automatic calculation of Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) premiums? Select Payroll > Setup > Pay Types . Select a ...

What is the TD1 indexing option in Employee setup? Each tax year, the provincial and federal TD1 forms may be indexed. This means that certain personal amounts will ...

Correcting paycheque numbers When creating paycheques to begin the cheque creation process, there may be instances when you need to cancel the cheque creation. The next time you ...

Setting up TD1 Index The TD1 Index section of the Payroll Setup window is used periodically to adjust the amounts entered into employee profiles for TD1 Federal and ...

Adding a memo on regular cheques and paycheques We’ve added a Memo field to enable you to enter additional information about a transaction, such ...

Regular paycheques To create a regular paycheque for an employee: Select Create Paycheques from the Payroll menu. The Payroll dialogue ...

Reversing a paycheque To reverse a paycheque: Select Edit or Reverse Transaction from the Transactions menu.  ...

Video: Creating a Cheque, Remittance and Reverse Keywords: AgExpert Analyst, Cheques, Remit, Reverse, Payroll You are ...

Editing, deleting and recording paycheques After paycheques are created, they must be recorded to be finalized. Unrecorded paycheques are listed on the Record tab, where they can be ...

Error: There’s an invalid value in the Create Paycheque dialogue box’s YTD column Program version: 2013-01 to 2014-02 The YTD column of ...

Error message: The “NetAmount” value is invalid. The value has too many decimal places. Program version: N/A Fixed in version: 2014-03 You ...

Error when writing a cheque The following error message appears when you attempt to write a cheque: Impossible de trouver la table 1. System.Data ...

Entering payroll advances To enter a payroll advance, follow the instructions for Creating paycheques and ensure that Payroll advances is selected as the paycheque Type .  ...

Advances receivable doesn't match accrued advances The following error message appears when opening the payroll through the transactions menu or attempting a temporary year-end. This happens when you ...

Creating an accrued vacation paycheque If your employees accrue vacation, you’ll need to write them vacation paycheques when they take holidays. Note : You can only ...

Error when recording vacation paycheques When entering a vacation paycheque, the following error message displays when you delete/clear the cheque number and then try to save it without ...

Processing payroll remittance Click on Payroll > Remit Deductions . Alternatively, you may select Payroll > Create Paycheques and select the Record tab. ...

Viewing your payroll deduction maximums We’ve added a feature to the Create Paycheques and Create Vacation Paycheques dialogue boxes to allow you to view and compare your year-to-date ...

Error when supplier name referenced by remittance card is deleted The following error message appears after running a rebuild. It happens when the supplier name that the remittance ...

Error when trying to save a payroll remittance using the deduction tag The following message appears when you try to save a payroll remittance using the deduction tag ...

Recording a small business hiring credit (Employment Insurance refund) You may receive a small business hiring credit (Employment Insurance (EI) refund) on your payroll accounts. To ...

Deducting and remitting foreign worker fees As more producers hire foreign workers to alleviate the labour shortage, payroll entries and remittances become more complicated. You can set up ...

Completing payroll remittance The payroll remittance process: generates a report with all payroll transactions and deduction amounts that must be remitted for the ...

Creating a record of employment We’ve updated the AgExpert Analyst to allow you to print the information you need to complete records of employment for the government and ...