Automated Payroll Calculations
Gross to net with the CRA's T4127 formulas: CPP, CPP2, EI, federal and provincial tax, bonuses and YTD maximums.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Payroll software in Yellowknife
In Yellowknife, that means diamond mining and mine services, territorial government and aviation — different hours, different pay codes, one pay run each. CRA-accurate CPP, EI and Northwest Territories tax, cheques, direct deposit, PD7A, T4s and ROEs — online or on Windows.
Payroll in Yellowknife
What a Yellowknife payroll actually looks like
In a town of about 20,000, diamond mining and mine services accounts for a good share of the paid work and territorial government for much of the rest — and the person who runs the payroll usually runs the books, the invoicing and the bank too. BooksAuto is priced for exactly that: one company, one person, no per-employee charge, nothing to install.
The detail that decides how a Yellowknife pay run behaves is this: fly-in mine rotations and northern living allowances are the two things that make a Yellowknife payroll different from a southern one — 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 Yellowknife
The first Monday in August is a statutory holiday in Northwest Territories. Eligible employees are owed public holiday pay, and BooksAuto works the entitlement out from what they earned in the weeks before it, shows it as its own line on the pay stub, and keeps it out of the hours that count towards overtime.
On a continuous operation this is a scheduling question as much as a pay one. Where Yellowknife 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 NWT Employment Standards before you rely on it for a pay run.
Payroll features
Everything you need to run payroll in Yellowknife
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 Yellowknife
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 Northwest Territories rules behind a Yellowknife pay run
Tax tables, overtime thresholds and the 11 general holidays all apply to Yellowknife because they apply to the whole province — they are the same in every Northwest Territories town, and they are set out in full, with how each holiday is paid, on the Northwest Territories payroll page.
Questions
Payroll in Yellowknife — questions
Is the August long weekend a paid holiday for Yellowknife staff?
In Northwest Territories the first Monday in August is the first Monday in August. It is a statutory holiday in Northwest Territories, so eligible employees are owed public holiday pay — BooksAuto works out the entitlement from their earnings in the weeks before it and shows it as its own line on the pay stub.
Does BooksAuto suit diamond mining and mine services payroll in Yellowknife?
Yes. Diamond mining and mine services is one of the larger employers of people in Yellowknife, and the things that go with it — fly-in mine rotations and northern living allowances are the two things that make a Yellowknife payroll different from a southern one — 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 Northwest Territories payroll deductions correctly?
Yes. Payroll for Yellowknife employees uses the CRA's T4127 formulas: CPP, CPP2, EI, federal tax and Northwest Territories tax with TD1NT claims, updated every January and July.
How much does payroll software cost in Yellowknife?
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 Yellowknife 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.
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Payroll software near Yellowknife
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