05-Payworks Understanding Pay Statements
05-Payworks Understanding Pay Statements
Employee Balances
Current: This column reflects the amount for this pay period.
Earnings
Deductions
Current: This column reflects the amounts of each deduction taken off of your paycheque in this pay period.
YTD: This column reflects the amounts of each deduction taken since the beginning of the year.
Statutory Deductions: An employer has a legal obligation to withhold statutory deductions, which are: CPP or QPP (Quebec
only) contributions, EI and QPIP (Quebec only) premiums, and federal and provincial income tax. Everywhere except in
Quebec, provincial tax is collected as part of the federal income tax deduction. Quebec has separate deductions for federal
and provincial taxes.
Other Deductions: You may also have legal deductions (e.g. garnishments and family support deductions); company-
compulsory deductions (e.g. union dues, your portion of benefit plan premiums); and voluntary deductions (e.g. Canada
Savings Bonds, charitable donations).
Earnings Summary
Employee Balances
Current: This column reflects the amount for this pay period.
YTD: This column shows the total amounts accumulated
since the beginning of the year (Year-to-Date).
Earnings
Deductions
Current: This column reflects the amounts of each deduction taken off of your paycheque in this pay period.
YTD: This column reflects the amounts of each deduction taken since the beginning of the year.
Statutory Deductions: An employer has a legal obligation to withhold statutory deductions, which are: CPP or QPP (Quebec
only) contributions, EI and QPIP (Quebec only) premiums, and federal and provincial income tax. Everywhere except in
Quebec, provincial tax is collected as part of the federal income tax deduction. Quebec has separate deductions for federal
and provincial taxes.
Other Deductions: You may also have legal deductions (e.g. garnishments and family support deductions); company-
compulsory deductions (e.g. union dues, your portion of benefit plan premiums); and voluntary deductions (e.g. Canada
Savings Bonds, charitable donations).
Earnings Summary