Troubleshooting: Payroll Tax Calculations (CAN)
This topic provides strategies for diagnosing and resolving these tax calculation problems:
Payroll results report zero health tax for British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Payroll results only report subject wages, not health tax amount.
You can also view tax amounts after subject wages when you complete these steps:
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Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Taxes) - CAN
domain in the CAN Payroll functional area. - Access theProvincetab on theCompany Province CAN Tax Reportingtask for British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, or Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Select theCalculate Taxcheck box on health tax amounts in theHealth Taxsection.
To view amounts calculated for the health tax, access these reports after you complete the payroll results.
Report | Displays |
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Provincial Employer Payroll and Health Tax Summary
| Displays the health tax amounts calculated for a company, excluding TD1-IN exempt wages. |
Provincial Employer Payroll and Health Tax (Actual) - Summary
| Displays tax amount and subject wages reported and totaled by payment month and tax type, excluding TD1-IN exempt wages. |
Provincial Employer Payroll and Health Details
| Displays taxable amounts by employee, excluding TD1-IN exempt wages |
Workday doesn't calculate federal taxes for employees.
Federal tax information isn't either:
- Set up for the company.
- In effect on the period end date.
- Access theFederaltab on theEdit Company Federal CAN Tax Reportingtask.
- Review theReference Number Criteria Assignmentsection.
- Enter missing tax information.
- If tax information exists, confirm that:
- Workers meet the criteria for a reference number on the period end date.
- TheStart DateandEnd Datefor the reference number includes the period end date.
- Change theStart DateandEnd Dateif they're incorrect.If tax information has changed, preserve tax history by:
- Entering anEnd Datefor the current tax information.
- Adding a row with a newStart Datefor new tax information.
- Recalculate payroll.
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Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Taxes) - CAN
domain in the CAN Payroll functional area. Payroll results report zero Workers Compensation wages.
Cause | Solution |
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You haven't defined Workers Compensation rates. | Security: Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Taxes) - CAN domain in the CAN Payroll functional area.
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The worker's assigned worker compensation code is incorrect. |
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