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Additional Pay in Pay Cycle

Vanessa O
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When employees are taking vacation pay without vacation time, they sometimes request that it be on a separate pay cheque. It seems that Sage 50 does not recognize this as an additional pay, even though the pay period dates and pay date are the same as the initial pay in the pay period - the CPP exemption is being applied on all payments to the same employee within the pay period. I have looked through the settings and cannot find anything related. Currently, my solution is to use PDOC to do the calculations and then manually enter them for each additional pay. But, it doesn't make sense to me that a software program that does Canadian payroll hasn't incorporated this calculation into their programming. What am I missing?

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    Hi  ,

    Great question — you’re not missing anything, this is actually expected behavior in Sage 50.

    In Sage 50 Canadian Payroll, the CPP exemption is applied across all payments within the same pay period for an employee. So even if you issue a separate cheque (like for vacation pay), it’s still treated as part of the same pay cycle rather than a true “additional pay” for CPP purposes.

    Because of this, there isn’t a built-in way to force Sage 50 to automatically treat that second payment separately for CPP — which is why using PDOC or manual adjustments is a common workaround.

    That said, here are a few helpful resources depending on how you’re processing the vacation pay:

    Some users handle this by using a bonus/reverse calculation or processing the payment in a separate pay run (different pay period), depending on their scenario.

    Curious to hear how others are handling this — if anyone has found a smoother workflow, feel free to share!

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