setting up Canadian payroll - inputting historical totals. For employer taxes - do I add total remittance amount including employee and employer or just employer amount

chrisrisdon · ‎April 08, 2026

need to add the total EI and CPP employer taxes and just not sure if it's the total remittance (employer and employee) amount or just the employer portion. Employee amounts are already included in the employee pay stubs summary totals above.

TrixieD

Hello there, Chris. You don't need to add the employee portion of the remittance amount. Since you’ve already recorded the gross pay and tax deductions on the individual employee side, QuickBooks Online is already tracking those withholdings.

Because the system already has that data, you only need to enter the employer’s portion. This includes the matching CPP and the 1.4x EI contribution. Please note that adding the full remittance amount would result in doubling the employee's portion in your records.

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