To add an extra pay period in the Windows program follow these steps.
Steps:
- Go to Setup/Payroll Groups
- Highlight the Payroll Group you are using and click on edit to enter it.
- Click on the frequency arrow and change the frequency to the number of pay periods required (e.g. 52 to 53 or 26 to 27).
- Go to the last pay period and verify the start, end, and pay date are correct.
- Click on Save and then close.
- The number of pay periods has been changed.
This method is not recommended due to the fact that you may end up under deducting or over charging EI & CPP.
What is recommended is to reselect the same pay period that you have just used and run another payroll using this period. If you wish to have the Taxes CPP & EI blended together for this pay period you should go to Setup/Preferences and make sure that there is a check mark in the box that says Base deductions on totals for the pay period.
If this box is left unchecked then Paymate treats each timesheet in the pay period as a separate entity. Which means that Taxes CPP & EI are not blended or combined together this method should save the employee some money on Taxes paid.
