Payroll services in Mission

Payroll covers the source deductions for CPP, EI premiums and income tax, the remittances to the CRA, the year-end T4 and T4A slips, and access through My Business Account.

Updated September 2026.

What has to exist before the first cheque

Payroll starts before the money does. Before a first pay run, a Mission employer needs a payroll (RP) program account on its business number, a federal and provincial TD1 from the employee so credits reach withholding, and a pay frequency, which drives remittance timing. It is far easier done in order than rebuilt three months later.

In Mission this often starts with a summer helper paid in cash or by transfer, to be “sorted out later”. Later means owing the unwithheld income tax, CPP and EI, the employer’s share, and penalty and interest; the employee portion is rarely recoverable. The first-employee checklist sets out the steps.

Remitter type: why a new employer gets an easy schedule

The CRA assigns your remitter type from your average monthly withholding, generally over the past two calendar years. A new employer starts at zero, in the most forgiving category — typically remitting by the fifteenth of the month after wages are paid. Quarterly remitting requires an average monthly withholding under $3,000 and a clean compliance history; it is not a default.

This classification changes. As payroll grows, the CRA reclassifies you in writing, usually from the start of a calendar year. Do not change frequency on your own, and do not keep remitting monthly once moved. Our note on the RP account and remitter types explains the categories.

Ending an employment: the record of employment

Departures catch small employers out more than hires. When an employee leaves, a record of employment must report insurable hours and earnings by pay period for Service Canada’s EI decision. From tidy payroll it takes minutes; from a chequebook, a day and likely queries. Final pay, including vacation pay owed, follows BC employment standards; see final pay on termination.

What the engagement covers

• Registering the CRA payroll (RP) program account for your business number
• Collecting TD1 forms and applying the right credits to withholding
• Income tax, CPP and EI calculated on each pay run, both sides
• Remittances filed on the schedule the CRA has assigned you
• Records of employment when someone leaves
• T4 slips and summary filed by the last day of February
• Employer health tax monitoring as the wage bill grows, plus WorkSafeBC payroll reporting

Remote, with no Mission office

EverStone serves Mission employers online, so opening a payroll account costs no drive. Onboarding is by video, forms are e-signed and pay data moves securely. BC’s employer health tax exempts remuneration of $1,000,000 or less a calendar year, so one hire will not trigger it; see the BC reference page.

Remote payroll

There is no Mission office and no local team. A new employer deals with the CPA directly, not an intake desk, and each remittance date is diarized from the first run.

What a lender or a shareholder actually reads is year-end statements in Mission.

The year end this all feeds into is corporate tax in Mission.

A first employee changes monthly cash needs more than most owners expect; see the cash forecast payroll sits on.