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– Make employee SIN and Birth date always visible on employee maintenance tab
– Fix employee count on Payroll Summary when Advance Payback code is used
– Fix Cash Advance Payback calculation on the Remittance Report
– Display Nickname on T4/RL1/T4A/T5018 processing screens
– Add ability to set a company as inactive. Inactive companies will not show in any company dropdowns
– Fix ROE monthly report to include 13 pays instead of 12
– Added ability to download and run remote support program
– Fixed emailing of T4/T4A/T5018/RL1
– Updated Quebec QPP exemption logic for employees over 72 years old.
– Enable the emailing of T4/T4A/T5018/RL1
– T4A Box 020 will now print correctly on the T4A
– T4A Box 028 will now print correctly on the T4A summary. This box must be entered manually on the first other box entry.
– RL1 2023 has now been released.– Fixed sorting of pay statements when printing for the whole year for one employee.
– Implemented new logic for QPP exemption for employees greater than or equal to 72 years of age.
– Fixed PIER report error message.
– Duplicate named employees can now be entered for the same company by entering a Nickname
– Fixed T4 XML employer EI summary value when a custom EI employer rate is used (i.e. something other than 1.4)
– Fixed the Remittance Report for 2024. Erroneous CPP_1/QPP_1, and CPP_2_2 items showing on the report.
-The BPA (Basic Personal Amount) for Federal, Nova Scotia, and Yukon Territory claim codes has been updated.
-All other provincial claim codes have also been updated
-T4 2023 forms and XML have now been released.
–RL1/T4A/T5018 will be released soon
–The Job Title is now printed on the pay statement and cheque if entered into employee maintenance
–Fix the issue when importing the CRA ROE XML file
–Fix error when entering a new pay and the computer short date contains the day of the week (e.g: Tue 1 Aug / 23)
-Fix the total for Tax on yearly remit. report
-Email CRA remittance report
-The ‘Cash Advance Payback’ deduction code is now a system code that cannot be deleted/duplicated, or renamed.
This code, when used, will subtract the entered payback amount from the Gross Income.
-Change the payroll summary report to report over multiple years, not just the current tax year.
– Fix provincial tax calculation for Quebec’s July tax table
– Implemented CRA T4127-JUL Payroll Deductions Formulas – 118th Edition – Effective July 1, 2023. Only MB and QC tax tables are affected.
– Enhanced the Yearly Remittance report to include company and employee amounts for CPP/QPP/QPIP and EI
– The pay ending date will now display correctly on the pay cheque
– Do not include blank pay periods when processing the ROE XML file
– Fix assigning new contractor to correct pay group
– Fix display of contractor fields when switching companies
– Adjust the contractor pay statement to not show the pay start date
– A custom heading can now be printed on the contractor statement
– A memo message can now be printed on the pay cheque
– WinTax will now consider any pay that exceeds the employee’s pay frequency as additional pay. This was done to more accurately calculate the CPP/QPP to avoid a PIER report.
– The calculation results and pay statement will now show a CPP exempt message when the employee is under 18 or over 70 when a birthday has been entered for the employee
– New option to only display T4/RL1 fields on manual adjustment screen.
– Redesigned the Cheque Design/Pay Statement screen to be more functional and with the ability to restore to the system or last design settings
– Fixed error when creating ROE when no pay records are found one year before the employee’s termination date
– Added business number verification check on the company setup screen.
– Fixed error when processing ROE XML file when using the 52-weekly pay frequency
– Fix the ‘no current record’ error when creating a new pay for a new employee or on a zero-amount pay
– Added a new pay code ‘Holiday Pay by % Reg. Pay’ under the ‘Holiday Pay Earning category. This code allows you to calculate an amount based on a percentage of regular pay. For example paying 3.6% holiday pay for contractors in Alberta.
– Contractor pay statements will now NOT show zero tax amounts.
– Fix Contractor cheque printing where the net pay would show a zero amount.
– When using French number setting the cheque amount was sometimes incorrect where the net pay did not match what was printed on the cheque.
– Fix bug where the employee count was under-counted on the Deposit/Remittance Report.
Future releases :
– Nothing scheduled.
– An ROE Web feature has been implemented that allows the easy creation of the necessary XML file to submit to Service Canada’s ROE Web online portal.
– A new report has been added that will print the CRA remittance report for the entire year.
This report is useful to reconcile at year-end or at any time of the year payments that should have been remitted.
This number is the same value as ‘Box 80-Deductions reported’ on the T4 summary.
– A company search screen has been added to the ‘Company’ screen. This helps find a specific company if you have many companies entered.
– The ‘Vacation Pay [by $ amt]’ entry can now be automatically zeroed out on the next pay.
This feature can be accessed on the ‘Setup Earning and Deductions’ screen. Select ‘Earnings’ and ‘System Codes’ from the ‘Type’ drop-down and click the ‘Zero On New Pay’ button to toggle this feature on or off.
– A Seniority Date field has been added to the Employee screen.
This field can be used to enter the original hire date for the employee when an employee has been re-hired after being terminated.
– Fix the ‘Not a valid WinTax database’ error message when starting WinTax.
To correct the error, please update to WinTax version 2022.7.3.
– July 2022 tax tables
Update is required to process all pays on or after July 1, 2022.
Only New Brunswick tax tables have been updated for July 2022.
Federal and all other provincial tax tables remain unchanged.
– New Contractor module has been added to WinTax
Contractors that require a T4A or a T5018 are supported.
T4A and T5018 forms can be saved as PDF files or created as XML files for upload to CRA.
– Important update for Quebec clients using French number format
Possible errors in the CRA remittance report.
Update will fix the errors in setting up Employer EI,FSS,CNESST rates in the ‘Company Set-up’ screen
New employer rates must be added to EI,FSS,CNESST for Jan 1 2022. EI rate remains as 1.4%
– New CEWS/ CHRP periods
Period 23: Nov 21 to Dec 18
Period 24: Dec 19 to Jan 15
Period 25: Jan 16 to Feb 12
Period 26: Feb 13 to Mar 12
Period 27: Mar 13 to Apr 09
Period 28: Apr 10 to May 07
– 2021 T4/T4XML, RL1/RL1XML reports
(Direct printing to a printer for 2021 RL1 is not available)
(A PDF file will be generated instead to allow printing to a printer)
– 2022 tax tables
– The CEWS/CRHP report supports periods 1 to 22
– CEWS reports for Periods 17 to 21
– Added options CC and BCC for emailing ‘Pay Statement’ reports
– Added automatic saving of ‘Direct Deposit Summary’ report for each direct deposit EFT file generated
– Implemented 2021 January/July tax tables
No changes for all provinces except for New Brunswick
– Implemented 2021 January/July tax tables
No changes for all provinces except for New Brunswick
– Option to combine Fed+Prov tax on the pay statement has been corrected.
– Added additional Pay Summary report (‘Summary w/hrs’) that will include
regular hours and regular rate.
– CEWS periods 14 through 16 have been added to the CEWS report
Period 14: March 14 to April 10, 2021
Period 15: April 11 to May 8, 2021
Period 16: May 9 to June 5, 2021
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
– Fix errors in PD27 report for 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy (TWS)
– PD27 report for 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy (TWS)
10% Temporary Wage Subsidy
============================
– Correction to T4 Covid-19 Boxes 57-60 will now use the cheque date instead of the pay end date.
– CEWS periods 11 through 13 have been added to the CEWS report
============================
– 2020 RL1/RL1 Summary report/RL1 XML
– 2020 T4 now allows manual input of Covid codes (57-60) amounts
============================
– Fix error message when printing Pay Statements
============================
– Implemented 2020 T4 slip/T4 Summary/T4 XML
– Reporting Covid-19 employment income and retroactive payments in the following periods: See CRA COVID-19 Information
– Implemented 2021 tax tables
– CEWS report.CEWS period 10 (November 22 – December 19) has been added to the CEWS report.
– The new BPA (Basic Personal Amount) has been implemented for Federal, Nova Scotia, and Yukon Territory claim codes.
==========================
Fix some system problems
Updated CEWS program to include Claim Periods 1-9
Various minor fixes
Added encryption option (Company Setup screen) for emailing ‘Pay Statement’ PDF files
Implemented CRA July 1, 2020 tax tables
Covid-19 (CEWS) report features added:
– option to exclude ‘Pay ending dates’ from the report
– option to generate a text file for pasting into CRA spreadsheets
– Show CEWS EI,C/QPP,QPIP employer portion refund (by Claim period).
Version 2020.4.7
Covid-19 (CEWS) report features added:
– New way of generating CEWS Report using ‘Pay Ending dates’
– Select employees to exclude from report (Employee screen)
– Add Employee ‘Arm’s Length’ status (Employee screen)
– Add total eligible employees Count, total eligible remuneration
– Add ‘Monthly’ pay frequency (treated evenly as 4 weekly)
– Add ‘Semi Monthly’ pay frequency (treated evenly as 2 bi-weekly)
– Add New Employer EI,C/QPP.QPIP rebate report (for furloughed employees) Covid.25: Jan 16, Feb
Version 2025.1.10
Version 2025.1.6
– Fixed error: “Your software Transforms ‘ to `” when submitting T4 XML file. Single quotes were translated to a backtick in the submitted XML file.
– Fixed error when creating direct deposit file for Bank of Nova Scotia.
– Fixed error 9 when sometimes typing on the keyboard when there is a ‘blank’ pay entry.
– Correct RL1 QPP amounts for employees who have used the bonus and retroactive pay calculation options.
Version 2025.1.6
– Fixed error 9 on XML export when entering a Transmitter Rep ID and leaving the Transmitter Account Number blank.
All users should update to this version.
Version 2025.1.1
Manitoba is now using the BPA (Basic Personal Amount) calculation for claim code 1. All employees whose Manitoba claim code was set to Code 1 will now be using the BPA. If any of your employees were using a different claim code, then the claim code will automatically be set to ‘Enter Amount’. Please check these employees and update the amount if needed.
– Make employee SIN and Birth date always visible on employee maintenance tab
– Fix employee count on Payroll Summary when Advance Payback code is used.
– Fix Cash Advance Payback calculation on the Remittance Report
– Display Nickname on T4/RL1/T4A/T5018 processing screens
– Add ability to set a company as inactive. Inactive companies will not show in any company dropdowns.
– Fix ROE monthly report to include 13 pays instead of 12
– Added ability to download and run remote support program
– Fixed emailing of T4/T4A/T5018/RL1
– Updated Quebec QPP exemption logic for employees over 72 years old.
– Enable the emailing of T4/T4A/T5018/RL1
– T4A Box 020 will now print correctly on the T4A
– T4A Box 028 will now print correctly on the T4A summary. This box must be entered manually on the first other box entry.
– RL1 2023 has now been released.– Fixed sorting of pay statements when printing for the whole year for one employee.
– Implemented new logic for QPP exemption for employees greater than or equal to 72 years of age.
– Fixed PIER report error message.
– Duplicate named employees can now be entered for the same company by entering a Nickname
– Fixed T4 XML employer EI summary value when a custom EI employer rate is used (i.e. something other than 1.4)
– Fixed the Remittance Report for 2024. Erroneous CPP_1/QPP_1, and CPP_2_2 items showing on the report.
-The BPA (Basic Personal Amount) for Federal, Nova Scotia, and Yukon Territory claim codes has been updated.
-All other provincial claim codes have also been updated
-T4 2023 forms and XML have now been released.
–RL1/T4A/T5018 will be released soon
–The Job Title is now printed on the pay statement and cheque if entered into employee maintenance
–Fix the issue when importing the CRA ROE XML file
–Fix error when entering a new pay and the computer short date contains the day of the week (e.g: Tue 1 Aug / 23)
-Fix the total for Tax on yearly remit. report
-Email CRA remittance report
-The ‘Cash Advance Payback’ deduction code is now a system code that cannot be deleted/duplicated, or renamed.
This code, when used, will subtract the entered payback amount from the Gross Income.
-Change the payroll summary report to report over multiple years, not just the current tax year.
– Fix provincial tax calculation for Quebec’s July tax table
– Implemented CRA T4127-JUL Payroll Deductions Formulas – 118th Edition – Effective July 1, 2023. Only MB and QC tax tables are affected.
– Enhanced the Yearly Remittance report to include company and employee amounts for CPP/QPP/QPIP and EI
– The pay ending date will now display correctly on the pay cheque
– Do not include blank pay periods when processing the ROE XML file
– Fix assigning new contractor to correct pay group
– Fix display of contractor fields when switching companies
– Adjust the contractor pay statement to not show the pay start date
– A custom heading can now be printed on the contractor statement
– A memo message can now be printed on the pay cheque
– WinTax will now consider any pay that exceeds the employee’s pay frequency as additional pay. This was done to more accurately calculate the CPP/QPP to avoid a PIER report.
– The calculation results and pay statement will now show a CPP exempt message when the employee is under 18 or over 70 when a birthday has been entered for the employee
– New option to only display T4/RL1 fields on manual adjustment screen.
– Redesigned the Cheque Design/Pay Statement screen to be more functional and with the ability to restore to the system or last design settings
– Fixed error when creating ROE when no pay records are found one year before the employee’s termination date
– Added business number verification check on the company setup screen.
– Fixed error when processing ROE XML file when using the 52-weekly pay frequency
– Fix the ‘no current record’ error when creating a new pay for a new employee or on a zero-amount pay
– Added a new pay code ‘Holiday Pay by % Reg. Pay’ under the ‘Holiday Pay Earning category. This code allows you to calculate an amount based on a percentage of regular pay. For example paying 3.6% holiday pay for contractors in Alberta.
– Contractor pay statements will now NOT show zero tax amounts.
– Fix Contractor cheque printing where the net pay would show a zero amount.
– When using French number setting the cheque amount was sometimes incorrect where the net pay did not match what was printed on the cheque.
– Fix bug where the employee count was under-counted on the Deposit/Remittance Report.
Future releases :
– Nothing scheduled.
– An ROE Web feature has been implemented that allows the easy creation of the necessary XML file to submit to Service Canada’s ROE Web online portal.
– A new report has been added that will print the CRA remittance report for the entire year.
This report is useful to reconcile at year-end or at any time of the year payments that should have been remitted.
This number is the same value as ‘Box 80-Deductions reported’ on the T4 summary.
– A company search screen has been added to the ‘Company’ screen. This helps find a specific company if you have many companies entered.
– The ‘Vacation Pay [by $ amt]’ entry can now be automatically zeroed out on the next pay.
This feature can be accessed on the ‘Setup Earning and Deductions’ screen. Select ‘Earnings’ and ‘System Codes’ from the ‘Type’ drop-down and click the ‘Zero On New Pay’ button to toggle this feature on or off.
– A Seniority Date field has been added to the Employee screen.
This field can be used to enter the original hire date for the employee when an employee has been re-hired after being terminated.
– Fix the ‘Not a valid WinTax database’ error message when starting WinTax.
To correct the error, please update to WinTax version 2022.7.3.
– July 2022 tax tables
Update is required to process all pays on or after July 1, 2022.
Only New Brunswick tax tables have been updated for July 2022.
Federal and all other provincial tax tables remain unchanged.
– New Contractor module has been added to WinTax
Contractors that require a T4A or a T5018 are supported.
T4A and T5018 forms can be saved as PDF files or created as XML files for upload to CRA.
– Important update for Quebec clients using French number format
Possible errors in the CRA remittance report.
Update will fix the errors in setting up Employer EI,FSS,CNESST rates in the ‘Company Set-up’ screen
New employer rates must be added to EI,FSS,CNESST for Jan 1 2022. EI rate remains as 1.4%
– New CEWS/ CHRP periods
Period 23: Nov 21 to Dec 18
Period 24: Dec 19 to Jan 15
Period 25: Jan 16 to Feb 12
Period 26: Feb 13 to Mar 12
Period 27: Mar 13 to Apr 09
Period 28: Apr 10 to May 07
– 2021 T4/T4XML, RL1/RL1XML reports
(Direct printing to a printer for 2021 RL1 is not available)
(A PDF file will be generated instead to allow printing to a printer)
– 2022 tax tables
– The CEWS/CRHP report supports periods 1 to 22
– CEWS reports for Periods 17 to 21
– Added options CC and BCC for emailing ‘Pay Statement’ reports
– Added automatic saving of ‘Direct Deposit Summary’ report for each direct deposit EFT file generated
– Implemented 2021 January/July tax tables
No changes for all provinces except for New Brunswick
– Implemented 2021 January/July tax tables
No changes for all provinces except for New Brunswick
– Option to combine Fed+Prov tax on the pay statement has been corrected.
– Added additional Pay Summary report (‘Summary w/hrs’) that will include
regular hours and regular rate.
– CEWS periods 14 through 16 have been added to the CEWS report
Period 14: March 14 to April 10, 2021
Period 15: April 11 to May 8, 2021
Period 16: May 9 to June 5, 2021
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
– Fix errors in PD27 report for 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy (TWS)
– PD27 report for 10% Temporary Wage Subsidy (TWS)
10% Temporary Wage Subsidy
============================
– Correction to T4 Covid-19 Boxes 57-60 will now use the cheque date instead of the pay end date.
– CEWS periods 11 through 13 have been added to the CEWS report
============================
– 2020 RL1/RL1 Summary report/RL1 XML
– 2020 T4 now allows manual input of Covid codes (57-60) amounts
============================
– Fix error message when printing Pay Statements
============================
– Implemented 2020 T4 slip/T4 Summary/T4 XML
– Reporting Covid-19 employment income and retroactive payments in the following periods: See CRA COVID-19 Information
– Implemented 2021 tax tables
– CEWS report.CEWS period 10 (November 22 – December 19) has been added to the CEWS report.
– The new BPA (Basic Personal Amount) has been implemented for Federal, Nova Scotia, and Yukon Territory claim codes.
==========================
Fix some system problems
Updated CEWS program to include Claim Periods 1-9
Various minor fixes
Added encryption option (Company Setup screen) for emailing ‘Pay Statement’ PDF files
Implemented CRA July 1, 2020 tax tables
Covid-19 (CEWS) report features added:
– option to exclude ‘Pay ending dates’ from the report
– option to generate a text file for pasting into CRA spreadsheets
– Show CEWS EI,C/QPP,QPIP employer portion refund (by Claim period).
Version 2020.4.7
Covid-19 (CEWS) report features added:
– New way of generating CEWS Report using ‘Pay Ending dates’
– Select employees to exclude from report (Employee screen)
– Add Employee ‘Arm’s Length’ status (Employee screen)
– Add total eligible employees Count, total eligible remuneration
– Add ‘Monthly’ pay frequency (treated evenly as 4 weekly)
– Add ‘Semi Monthly’ pay frequency (treated evenly as 2 bi-weekly)
– Add New Employer EI,C/QPP.QPIP rebate report (for furloughed employees) Covid.25: Jan 16, Feb
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