--- title: "Payroll Services in London, Ontario: EHT, WSIB and T4s" url: https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-london-ontario description: "Payroll for London, Ontario employers: source deductions, Employer Health Tax, WSIB and T4s, run by a CPA for shops, farms and kitchens. Get a quote." type: service-in-a-city updated: 2026-10-02 summary: "A London, Ontario employer withholds income tax, CPP and EI from every pay and remits them to the CRA on an assigned schedule. It files T4 slips by the last day of February, reports to WSIB separately, and pays Ontario Employer Health Tax once total payroll passes the exemption. EverStone handles all four remotely for a fixed fee. Payroll is included in monthly bookkeeping from $325 a month." faq_count: 8 publisher: EverStone CPA Inc., a Chartered Professional Accountant firm registered with CPA British Columbia and CPA Alberta service_area: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba language: en-CA contact: info@everstonecpa.com · https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online --- [Home](https://www.everstonecpa.com/) [Payroll services](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-canada) London Payroll & source deductions · London, Ontario # Payroll services in *London, Ontario* A London payroll might cover a second shift at a parts plant, harvest help on a farm near Ilderton, a kitchen full of servers sharing tips, or drivers paid by the kilometre. Each carries the same federal deductions and the same Ontario layers on top. EverStone runs payroll for [London employers](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-london-ontario) remotely, on a written fixed scope. [Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)[Ask a Free Question](https://www.everstonecpa.com/quick-question) **Quick answer:** A London, Ontario employer withholds income tax, CPP and EI from every pay and remits them to the CRA on an assigned schedule. It files T4 slips by the last day of February, reports to WSIB separately, and pays Ontario Employer Health Tax once total payroll passes the exemption. EverStone handles all four remotely for a fixed fee. Payroll is included in monthly bookkeeping from $325 a month. Payroll for London Ontario employers is part of our monthly package, which starts from $325 a month with the bookkeeping and GST/PST filings included. ## Deductions, remittances and the schedule the CRA sets Every pay needs income tax, CPP and EI withheld, and the employer’s own share of CPP and EI added on top. The total is remitted on the schedule attached to your payroll account, which depends on how much you withhold. A new employer usually remits monthly by the fifteenth of the following month; larger employers remit more often. Late or short remittances carry penalties that are hard to have waived, so the remittance is scheduled on payday rather than when someone remembers. When someone leaves, a record of employment has to be issued. After December, each employee gets a T4 by the last day of February. [The payroll remittance calendar](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-remittance-calendar) sets out the dates. ## Employer Health Tax: the rate is chosen before the exemption Ontario’s Employer Health Tax is graduated, and the order of steps catches people out. You pick the rate from the band table using total Ontario payroll **before** any exemption, then deduct the exemption and apply that rate to what is left. Doing it the other way round puts you in a lower band than you belong in. Related companies share a single exemption and have to agree how to split it, and a large associated group loses it entirely. A London manufacturer that adds a shift, or a family that owns a restaurant and a construction company, can cross into EHT without noticing. The bands and the exemption are on the [Ontario tax facts page](https://www.everstonecpa.com/ontario-tax-facts). ## WSIB is its own account The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board runs separately from both the CRA and the Ministry of Finance, with its own registration, rate group and premium reporting based on insurable earnings. Coverage is compulsory for most construction work, including for many independent operators and executive officers in construction, and general contractors ask subcontractors for a clearance certificate before paying them. For a manufacturer or a trucking company, the rate group attached to the account drives the premium, so the classification is worth checking once rather than assuming. ## Payroll patterns across London’s industries **Manufacturing** brings shift premiums, overtime and sometimes a group benefits plan whose taxable portions need to reach the T4. **Farms** hire seasonally, and the start and end of each season means new employee setups and records of employment. **Restaurants** have to treat tips according to who controls them: tips the employer collects and distributes are pensionable and generally subject to deductions, while tips passed directly from customer to server are not run through payroll. **Trucking** companies pay by the kilometre or by the load and have to separate wages from any meal or travel allowance. **Contractors** run crews whose hours shift job to job. See [manufacturers](https://www.everstonecpa.com/manufacturer-accountant-london-ontario), [farms](https://www.everstonecpa.com/farm-accountant-london-ontario), [restaurants](https://www.everstonecpa.com/restaurant-accountant-london-ontario), [trucking](https://www.everstonecpa.com/trucking-accountant-london-ontario) and [contractors](https://www.everstonecpa.com/contractor-accountant-london-ontario) in London for the rest of each industry’s file. ## Ontario employment standards that reach the payroll Vacation pay, public holiday pay and termination pay are set by Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, not by the CRA, and each has its own formula. Public holiday pay in Ontario is based on wages and vacation pay earned in the weeks before the holiday, which is not how a BC or federal policy would calculate it. A payroll set up with national defaults will produce the wrong amounts here. [Vacation pay rules](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/vacation-pay-rules-canada-employers) and [statutory holiday pay](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/statutory-holiday-pay-canada-employers) cover the principles. ## Moving payroll over partway through the year Most employers change payroll providers when something has gone wrong: a missed remittance, a T4 that did not match, a bookkeeper who left. Switching in the middle of a year is routine as long as the year-to-date figures come across correctly. We take each employee’s earnings, deductions and CPP and EI contributions to date from the old system, confirm them against what was actually remitted, and carry on from the next pay. That way the maximums stop at the right point and the T4s at year-end agree with the CRA’s records. If the old figures do not reconcile, you hear about it before the first run, not after the slips are filed. ## What is covered - Payroll run on your schedule, with pay stubs and direct deposit - CRA remittances made on time and reconciled each month - Employer Health Tax tracked against the exemption, with the annual return - WSIB premium reporting and clearance support - Records of employment, T4 and T4A slips and the summary - Payroll entries posted to the [monthly books](https://www.everstonecpa.com/bookkeeping-london-ontario) About this article **EverStone CPA** Prepared and reviewed by a Chartered Professional Accountant at EverStone CPA, a CPA firm working with small and midsized businesses in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba. Updated September 2026 . [About the firm](https://www.everstonecpa.com/about) · [Send an enquiry](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online) ## Payroll obligations for a London employer Payroll obligations for a London employer Federal obligations plus what Ontario adds — for a business operating in London, Ontario | Obligation | What it involves | | Source deductions | Income tax, CPP and EI withheld from each pay, plus the employer share | | Remittance | On the schedule the CRA assigns to your payroll account | | T4 slips and summary | By the last day of February | | Employer Health Tax | Once total Ontario payroll exceeds the exemption | | WSIB | Registration and premium reporting, compulsory for most construction | | Sales tax where you operate | 13% HST, a single registration and a single return | Source: [Ontario tax facts](https://www.everstonecpa.com/ontario-tax-facts). General information, not advice. Free tools for London businesses: [payroll remittance calculator](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-remittance-calculator). Common questions ## London payroll questions **What does payroll cost for a London business?** It is quoted as a fixed monthly fee after we review your enquiry, based on headcount and pay frequency. For trades, payroll often sits in a bundle with bookkeeping and the year-end T2, usually $500–$700 a month. [Ask about your case →](https://www.everstonecpa.com/quick-question) **I am hiring my first employee. What do I register for?** A payroll program account with the CRA, WSIB coverage if your industry requires it, and a TD1 from the employee. Employer Health Tax registration follows once payroll approaches the exemption. See the [first employee](https://www.everstonecpa.com/first-employee) guide. **Do server tips go through payroll?** It depends on who controls them. Tips the business collects and pays out go through payroll with deductions; tips handed straight from customer to server generally do not, though the server still reports them. **How often should we pay staff?** Weekly, biweekly and semi-monthly are all common. Ontario requires a regular, recurring pay period and a written statement of wages with each pay. The frequency changes the workload, so it is part of the fixed quote. **Is WSIB filed with the CRA?** No. WSIB has its own account, rate group and reporting. It uses the same payroll figures but is a separate obligation, which is why it is so often missed. **Can you fix payroll that was done wrong?** Yes. We reconcile what was withheld and remitted against what should have been, correct the T4s where needed and bring the account current, oldest period first. **Is anyone from EverStone based in Ontario?** No. The firm works online. London employers are served entirely remotely, and pay dates are met from here by direct deposit. **Do you work with businesses outside London itself?** Yes. Employers in St. Thomas, Strathroy, Woodstock and the rest of Middlesex County are set up the same way as those in London: payroll runs remotely, remittances are scheduled, and the fee does not change with the address. ## Related services and local guides Nearby cities, the rest of what we do for London businesses, and the reference pages behind this one. [Contractor accountant in London WSIB clearances, crew payroll, T5018 slips and the 10% holdback for London trades.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/contractor-accountant-london-ontario) [Restaurant accountant in London Tip handling, kitchen payroll, food cost and HST on meals for London restaurants.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/restaurant-accountant-london-ontario) [Personal tax accountant in London T1 returns for London owners, prepared with the payroll and corporate side in view.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/personal-tax-accountant-london-ontario) [Payroll in Kitchener-Waterloo The same payroll engagement, serving Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-kitchener-waterloo) [Payroll in Windsor The same payroll engagement, serving Windsor](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-windsor) [Payroll in Hamilton The same payroll engagement, serving Hamilton](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-hamilton) [Accounting & CPA services in London CPA services for London businesses](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-london-ontario) [Corporate tax (T2) in London Corporate tax for London businesses](https://www.everstonecpa.com/corporate-tax-accountant-london-ontario) [Payroll services in BC, AB, ON and MB Remittances, T4s and year-end filing](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-canada) [Payroll hub Remittances, deductions and T4 filing](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-hub) [Payroll deduction calculator CPP, EI and tax on a pay period](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-deduction-calculator) [Accountants across Ontario Remote CPA service throughout Ontario](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-ontario) [Ontario tax facts Current rates and thresholds for Ontario](https://www.everstonecpa.com/ontario-tax-facts) [Fixed monthly pricing What an engagement costs, published up front](https://www.everstonecpa.com/pricing) ### What clients say Rated 5.0 on Google across 21 client reviews. 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[Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)[Ask a Free Question](https://www.everstonecpa.com/quick-question) ## Remote, with no office visits EverStone is a fully virtual, one-CPA firm, serving London, Ontario employers entirely online. **There is no London office and no local staff.** Timesheets and hours come through a secure upload link or straight from your payroll software, pay goes out by direct deposit, and remittances are made electronically. Nobody needs to drop anything off on payday. ## Talk to a CPA about this One Chartered Professional Accountant, start to finish. Fixed fees, quoted in writing before any work begins, and no obligation from a first conversation. 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