How to balance Yearend
  • produce the Net Summary by employer no (as an Excel rpt)
  • produce the T4 Control report
  • balance earnings, statutory deduction totals from the Net Summary to the T4 control report (verify that there are no negative amounts)
  • produce the Taxable benefit report to balance the taxable benefits included in Box 14 of the T4 and Box A of the RL1.
  • spot check a few employees to make sure the totals are correct
  • import YE adjustments
  • Produce the Empl.Payinfo.T4 adj report to view the adjustments.
  • balance new totals including adjustments (Use the Net Summary report and the Empl.Payinfo.T4 adj reports)
  • produce YE reports hard copy OR save file to a YE directory. The data must be saved for 6 years in case of GOVT audit.
  • produce T4 and R1 page 1 only to verify all boxes are showing correctly
  • once everything has been validated produce and distribute the T4 and R1 slips to your employees before Feb 28th
  • prepare the T4 and R1 XML files
  • transmit to Rev Can and Rev QC before Feb 28th
  • complete the R1 summary using the figures from R1 control report.
  • balance the YE statutory deduction totals to the amounts remitted during the year.
  • ADD YE summary amounts and prepare remittance cheques for the balance dated at the latest Feb 28th.
  • Prepare and send the other Year End reports
    • WSIB, WCB, CNESST
    • WSDRF
    • CARRA
    • etc

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