Tax Table Updates

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Tax Table Updates

CRA (Canadian Revenue Agency) updates the tax tables in January 1 and July 1 every year. In 2013, there was a special September tax table update for certain provinces.

 

hmtoggle_plus1How do I know when a new tax table is available?

•Licensed users will receive an e-mail informing them when a major or mandatory software update will be available.

•Tax table updates are announced on www.hrclub.ca

•If the auto-update option is turned on in WinTax Pro, you will be warned that a new software version is available for download. The version update information will tell you that the tax table update is part of this update.

•A program error message will appear if you try to use a cheque date using a new tax table that is not available.

 

hmtoggle_plus1How do I perform a tax table update?

•A tax table update is perform through a software version update. Refer to the Software Updates section above.

 
hmtoggle_plus1How does WinTax know which tax year the user wants to process?

•All pay records and tax tables of a particular year are made available by simply choosing the 'Tax Year' on the WinTax Pro main screen. Tax year refers to when the employee is paid (cheque date) and not 'pay period ending date' (work dates).

 
hmtoggle_plus1How does WinTax know which tax table (Jan, Apr, July..) of the year to use when processing a pay?

•The 'Cheque Date' (Pay Day) determines which month/year version of the tax table will be used. Cheque date also determines which' government tax remittance' payment period the pay belongs to.
 
hmtoggle_plus1How many years of tax tables do WinTax carry?

•WinTax Pro carries tax tables starting from 2003 to the current year.