Set Up Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) for Your Company

The instructions for setting up QPIP depend on your company's situation. Select the scenario below that applies to your company:

Adding a Quebec employee for the first time (company not located in Quebec)

  1. Add these accounts to your company's records:

    2. 2212 QPIP Payable

    5425 QPIP Expense

  2. Link the accounts to the QPIP Payables and Expenses boxes.
  3. Set up Ministere du Revenu du Quebec as the Payroll Authority for remitting QPIP.
  4. Check the settings on Taxes tab for all of your Quebec employee records to ensure that the Deduct QPIP option is turned on. In most cases, if an employee has EI deducted from their paycheque, QPIP should be deducted as well.

Notes:

If you have payroll expense groups set up, you need to link the QPIP Expense account to the QPIP line on the Linked Accounts Taxes tab. (Premium)

If you are in historical mode, make sure that you enter employee QPIP information in the appropriate historical boxes on the Taxes and T4 and RL-1 Reporting tabs in the employee record.

Updating an existing company that has not processed payroll in 2007

  1. Add these accounts to your company's records:

    2. 2212 QPIP Payable

    5425 QPIP Expense

  2. Link the accounts to the QPIP Payables and Expenses boxes.
  3. Set up Ministere du Revenu du Quebec as the Payroll Authority for remitting QPIP.
  4. Check the settings on Taxes tab for all of your Quebec employee records to ensure that the Deduct QPIP option is turned on. If an employee has EI deducted from their paycheque, QPIP should be deducted as well.

Notes:

If you have payroll expense groups set up, you need to link the QPIP Expense account to the QPIP line on the Linked Accounts Taxes tab. (Premium)

If you are in historical mode, make sure that you enter employee QPIP information in the appropriate historical boxes on the Taxes and T4 and RL-1 Reporting tabs in the employee record.

Updating an existing company that has processed payroll in 2007

  1. Void any paycheques for Quebec employees that have been processed for 2007. This ensures that Sage Simply Accounting correctly reports EI and QPIP contributions on T4 and RL-1 slips for the 2007 tax year.

    2. Even if you have used an available Deduction or User-defined Expense in Sage Simply Accounting and manually calculated employee deduction amounts, all paycheques for 2007 must be voided. You must also void any employer QPIP contribution entries you made for 2007.

    If you need assistance correcting your records, consult your accountant.

  2. Refer to the instructions for "Updating an existing company that has not processed payroll in 2007" in this help topic to set up the necessary QPIP accounts.
  3. Re-enter all of your payroll transactions for 2007.