Step 5 - Set up contributions in your payroll

Defining contributions in your payroll

You can expect the first few weeks following your plan announcement to see the most employee enrollments. In order to deduct employee contributions from their pay, your payroll system needs to know how much each employee has decided to contribute.

Payroll tips 

Payroll deductions

Implementing a workplace retirement plan may require you to adjust the way you administer your payroll for RRSP and TFSA employee deductions and RRSP, TFSA and DPSP employer contributions. This chart provides a quick reference for when to include employee and employer contributions when applying payroll deductions (i.e., Income Tax, CPP, EI). 

>> Read full article about when to include contributions when applying payroll deductions

Other Payroll Articles

• Avoiding CRA Penalties
• Setting up contributions and deductions with your payroll provider

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