Automated Payroll Calculations
Gross to net with the CRA's T4127 formulas: CPP, CPP2, EI, federal and provincial tax, bonuses and YTD maximums.
Edmonton, Alberta
Payroll software in Edmonton
In Edmonton, that means provincial government, health care and research and petrochemical refining — different hours, different pay codes, one pay run each. CRA-accurate CPP, EI and Alberta tax, cheques, direct deposit, PD7A, T4s and ROEs — online or on Windows.
Payroll in Edmonton
What a Edmonton payroll actually looks like
Edmonton has about 1 million people, and with provincial government at the centre of its economy and health care and research and petrochemical refining behind it, the range of employment on one bookkeeper's desk is about as wide as it gets in Canada. Salaried staff on semi-monthly, hourly staff on bi-weekly, and somebody who started on Tuesday and needs a record of employment by Friday.
The detail that decides how a Edmonton pay run behaves is this: government and health care give the city a large salaried base, while the industrial belt to the east runs shifts — so the hard part is not the arithmetic but the shape of the period — long cycles, premiums and allowances that each need their own pay code if the stub is going to make sense.
The August long weekend
The first Monday in August in Edmonton
Heritage Day is not a public holiday under Alberta Employment Standards, so no public holiday pay is owed for it unless an employment contract or a collective agreement provides one. Plenty of Edmonton employers close anyway and pay staff for the day — that is a choice, not a requirement. BooksAuto treats it as an ordinary working day until you add it as a company holiday, at which point it is paid the way you set it.
Alberta lists it as an optional general holiday rather than one of the province's nine general holidays. That makes it the employer's choice — but once you do recognise it, Alberta's holiday-pay rules apply to it in full, exactly as they would to Canada Day.
On a continuous operation this is a scheduling question as much as a pay one. Where Edmonton staff are rostered straight through the long weekend, BooksAuto keeps the holiday treatment and the shift premium as separate pay codes, so the stub shows which is which and the overtime base stays correct.
Employment standards change. Confirm the current position with Alberta Employment Standards before you rely on it for a pay run.
Payroll features
Everything you need to run payroll in Edmonton
Tax & Deduction Management
PD7A remittance amounts and due dates, recurring deductions, T4 slips with CRA XML and ROEs for ROE Web.
Employee Records Management
TD1 claims, pay rates, vacation and encrypted bank details — grouped by department or pay group.
Pay Slip Generation
PDF pay stubs emailed to employees, cheques on your pre-printed stock, and CPA-005 direct deposit files.
Multi-Client Payroll Support
A company per client with its own schedule and numbers. Staff see only their clients.
Dedicated Employee Portal
Clients upload documents and sign off; employees get their stubs — fewer emails for you.
Cheques that match your paper
Tell us the number in the printer. We do the rest.
Enter the first cheque number (counting up) or the last one (counting down) — BooksAuto numbers every cheque in first-name order and records the numbers in the books. Misprint one? Reprint it with a new number; the old one is kept as spoiled.
#—Amrit GillYYYYMMDD$1,512.40
#—Brooke TaylorYYYYMMDD$2,344.12
#—Chen WongYYYYMMDD$1,187.30
#—Maya BrownYYYYMMDD$1,398.66
#—Zara AliYYYYMMDD$1,620.05
Pricing
Payroll software pricing in Edmonton
Same price everywhere in Canada — 50% off Payroll for your first year. Accounting firms: $3 Payroll + $3 Bookkeeping per client per month.
Set by the province, not the city
The Alberta rules behind a Edmonton pay run
Tax tables, overtime thresholds and the 9 general holidays all apply to Edmonton because they apply to the whole province — they are the same in every Alberta town, and they are set out in full, with how each holiday is paid, on the Alberta payroll page.
Questions
Payroll in Edmonton — questions
Is the August long weekend a paid holiday for Edmonton staff?
In Alberta the first Monday in August is Heritage Day. It is not a public holiday under Alberta Employment Standards, so no public holiday pay is owed for it unless an employment contract or collective agreement provides one. BooksAuto treats it as an ordinary working day unless you tell it otherwise, and you can add it as a company holiday if you give it to your staff.
Does BooksAuto suit provincial government payroll in Edmonton?
Yes. Provincial government is one of the larger employers of people in Edmonton, and the things that go with it — government and health care give the city a large salaried base, while the industrial belt to the east runs shifts — are handled rather than worked around: hourly and salaried staff on the same run, overtime and shift premiums as their own pay codes, and a record of employment produced the moment somebody leaves.
Does it calculate Alberta payroll deductions correctly?
Yes. Payroll for Edmonton employees uses the CRA's T4127 formulas: CPP, CPP2, EI, federal tax and Alberta tax with TD1AB claims, updated every January and July.
How much does payroll software cost in Edmonton?
The same everywhere in Canada: $10 per company per month for up to 10 employees, $25 for up to 20 and $45 with no limit — 50% off for your first year. Accounting firms pay $3 Payroll + $3 Bookkeeping per client per month.
Can I pay Edmonton employees by cheque or direct deposit?
Both. Print cheques on your pre-printed stock — numbered up or down to match the paper — or create a CPA-005 direct deposit file for your bank, and email pay stubs to every employee.
Nearby
Payroll software near Edmonton
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