• T4 Summary

    T4 Summary 


    What is T4 summary?


    If you are an employer then you must have to file your T4 Information Return and Summary Forms to CRA as soon as the year ends usually its last date is by the end of February. T4 summary list down followings for a calendar year

           

    • Total Employment income       
    • Total Employee's CPP contributions  
    • Total Employee's EI premiums
    • Total Employer's EI premiums
    • Total Registered pension plan (RPP) contributions
    • Total Income tax deducted
    • Total Employer's CPP contributions
    • Total deductions
    • Remittance paid
    • Any balance due
    • Pension adjustment
    • Total number of T4 slips  


    Dead line for T4 Summary  


    For 2011 deadline for filing T4 Summary is February 29, 2012. To avoid penalties imposed by CRA T4 Summary should be filed within due date. 


    T4 Summary  in SimplePay


    SimplePay provides T4 Summary and T4 Summary XML in just few clicks all the calculations and records automatically calculated with precision and accuracy.


    Guide Lines for Completing T4 Summary


     Following guidelines can help for completing T4 Summary


    • All the amounts should be in Canadian Dollars in your T4 Summary
    • Totals of T4 summary must be same as reported in T4 slips
     

    Instructions to Complete T4 Summary



    Enter your 15 characters payroll account number at the top area of the T4 Summary.  Following instructions can help you for completing your T4 Summary


    1)     
    Year in T4 Summary
    Enter last 2 digits of the calendar year of which you are completing T4 Summary 

    2)     
    Line 14 of T4 Summary - Employment Income
    Enter sum of all box 14 of all the T4 Slips here

    3)     
    Line 16 of T4 Summary - Employee's CPP contribution
    Enter sum of all box 16 of all the T4 Slips here

    4)     
    Line 18 of T4 Summary - Employee's EI premiums
    Enter sum of all box 18 of all the T4 Slips here

    5)     
    Line 19 of T4 Summary - Employer's EI premiums
    Enter Employee's EI premiums and multiply it with 1.4 here which is employers share

    6)     
    Line 20 of T4 Summary - Registered Pension Plan (RPP) Contributions
    Enter sum of all box 20 of all the T4 Slips here

    7)     
    Line 22 of T4 Summary - Income Tax deducted
    Enter sum of all box 22 of all the T4 Slips here

    8)     
    Line 27 of T4 Summary -Employer's CPP contributions
    Enter employers CPP contributions here

    9)     
    Line 52  of T4 Summary - Pension Adjustment
    Enter sum of all box 52 of all the T4 Slips here

    10) 
    Line 74 & 75 of T4 Summary - unincorporated employers
    Enter Social Insurance numbers (SIN) of principal owner's here

    11) 
    Line 76 & 78 of T4 Summary - Contact Person
    Enter Contact person information of T4 Summary here

    12) 
    Line 80  of T4 Summary - Total Deductions
    Enter sum of all the deductions reported in T4 Summary here

    13) 
    Line 82  of T4 Summary - Minus: Remittances
    Enter total amount of remittances that you have remitted here. Subtract 80 from 82 and enter the difference in the line below this line

    14) 
    Line 84  of T4 Summary - Over Payment
    If there is over payment it will be reported here

    15) 
    Line 86  of T4 Summary - Balance Due
    If there is Balance due it will be reported here

    16) 
    Line 88  of T4 Summary - Total T4 Slips
    Enter total of all the T4 Slips that you have reported here    





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