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Resources | Dec 12, 2022

Why year-to-dates are important to review all year long

Originally published November 15, 2021 As we approach the end of the calendar year, it’s officially time to start focusing on the compliance-related aspects of payroll deductions and remittances – in particular, a simple, three-letter acronym that...

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Resources | Dec 09, 2022

Important payroll processing and delivery dates for 2022: Mark your calendar

Originally published on December 8, 2021 December is here and that means payroll administrators are starting to think about...

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Resources | Dec 08, 2022

Year-end is here: what you need to know & what's new

Originally published January 15, 2020 Year-end is upon us yet again. Payworks strives to make your year-end experience –...

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Innovation | Dec 05, 2022

How your feedback drives our functionality… and why clients should keep the comments coming

Originally published November 6, 2020 Clear communication has long been acknowledged as the key to healthy relationships...

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Innovation | Dec 01, 2022

Paperless year-end: A better way to deliver employee tax forms

Originally published January 5, 2022. This year-end, the default form delivery method for Payworks clients using Employee...

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Resources | Nov 25, 2022

Bookkeepers, turn year-end chaos into calmness

A quick question for all you bookkeepers out there: when you think of last year’s year-end, what’s the first thing that...

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Innovation | Jan 24, 2022

It's time to go paperless for year-end

One of our best recommendations to reduce both hours spent and stress experienced when authorizing year-end is to go paperless! Going paperless streamlines processes, saves valuable time, provides an additional layer of security, and is good for the...

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Resources | Jan 07, 2022

Canadian payroll legislation: 2022 statutory holiday schedule

There are many reasons why Canadian businesses and payroll practitioners mark their calendars with the upcoming statutory...

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Resources | Dec 18, 2021

Year-end tips: ROEs, vacation entitlements and employer benefits

The beginning of tax form season is upon us, and we're here to help every step of the way. Here are three helpful tips to...

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Innovation | Nov 24, 2021

The Payworks year-end experience

There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to finalizing your business' year-end, and even the slightest hiccup can cause...

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Innovation | Nov 17, 2021

Here's why no paper equals a less stressed year-end

Reducing the paper burden is one of the key ways Payworks helps clients through year-end. Our clients can receive payroll reports, employee pay statements, and all tax forms in an electronic format which is identical to the paper copy typically...

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Resources | Jan 25, 2021

You ask, we answer: your top year-end questions right now

After a year that was anything but ordinary, we expect that even the most experienced payroll professionals have questions...

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Resources | Jan 13, 2021

Five steps to simplified payroll: how our onboarding sets you up for success

Even when it’s the first step down a smoother path, the process of putting change into action can sometimes feel...

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Innovation | Dec 30, 2020

Never search your filing cabinet again - choose a digital download this year-end

Archiving and storing payroll and year-end reports can be a real pain - we get it. But believe it or not, you can skip the...

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Innovation | Dec 15, 2020

What you need to know about new T4 boxes for 2020

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has added four new boxes to the T4 for reporting the employment income and retroactive...

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Resources | Dec 03, 2020

Three T2200 basics to understand in the year of remote work

As you may have read in the recent Year-End edition of The Works Magazine, the Canadian Payroll Association and the...

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Culture | Nov 30, 2020

Our staff does the heavy lifting

In the payroll industry year-end is a busy time of year - both for our clients and our staff. But that never stops our people from having a little bit of fun. For today's #ThrowbackThursday, we're reminiscing about a three-week employee engagement...

Province of employment: changes from the CRA and Revenu Québec

How we’ve been paying it forward from coast to coast