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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Set Up Province Payroll Tax for Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CAN)

Set Up Province Payroll Tax for Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CAN)

For positions in Northwest Territories or Nunavut, confirm worker locations and location contact information:
  • From the worker profile, select
    Job
    Job Details
    .
  • From the
    Job Details
    tab, select the province or territory in the
    Location
     field.
Security:
  • Set Up: Payroll (Calculations - Payroll Specific)
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
  • Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Taxes) - CAN
     domain in the CAN Payroll functional area.
Set up these employee tax deductions for employees working in Northwest Territories or Nunavut:
  • NT: Province Payroll Tax
  • NU: Province Payroll Tax
These deductions use the
Province Location (CAN)
 calculation worktag and apply the location based on the pay period end date.
Workday only supports the Province Payroll Tax for the payroll processing position. Workday doesn't support the more than 50 rule for workers who work more than 50% of their time in one of these territories. It is your responsibility to ensure that you tax affected workers at the correct rate.
  1. Access the
    Edit Company Province CAN Tax Reporting
     task.
    On the
    Other
     tab, add the
    Start Date
     and
    Account Number
     for each company with employees in Northwest Territories or Nunavut. If the
    Other
     tab doesn't display, verify that you have the location set up for at least 1 employee working in Northwest Territories or Nunavut.
  2. Access the
    Edit Earning
     task for the income of employees working in Northwest Territories and Nunavut and select the applicable earning.
    On the
    Non Effective Dated
     tab, add
    Northwest Territories Payroll Tax Taxable [CAN]
     and
    Nunavut Payroll Tax Taxable [CAN]
     in the
    Groups
     field.
Payroll results for eligible workers display the
NT: Province Payroll Tax [CAN]
 or
NU: Province Payroll Tax [CAN]
tax deduction on the
Gross to Net
 tab in the
Taxes
 section.
These reports are available for
NT: Province Payroll Tax [CAN]
and
NU: Province Payroll Tax [CAN]
:
  • Provincial Employee Payroll Tax Summary
    : Displays an aggregation of:
    • Earnings.
    • Total earnings.
    • Taxable earnings.
    • Tax amount by account number.
  • Provincial Employee Payroll Tax Details
    : Displays the same information by worker.
Access the
Add Worker CAN Tax Elections
 task to exempt workers who work in Northwest Territories or Nunavut, but aren't required to pay the Province Payroll Tax.