Acumatica will offer the Controlled Release of Payroll in Canada beginning with the 2023 R1 release coming in April. The initial release of Acumatica Payroll will support:
- Federal and Provincial Tax Calculations
- T4 and RL1 tax forms (T4 summary and RL1 available in 2023 R1)
- PD7A remittance validation report for CRA (2023 R1)
- Record of Employment
- Final Paycheck
- Canadian Specific features
- Paid Time Off calculations
- Deduction and Benefits calculations
- Payroll related features
- EFT (via Canada localization)
- T5018 (improvements in 2023 R1, ability to separate goods/services in 2024 R1)
The following features will be supported in a future release:
- Multiple base currencies. Customers who want to run both US and Canada payroll need to implement 2 separate tenants
- PTO enhancements
- T4A (AP report)
The table below outlines the stages and timelines of the rollout.
Stage | Tentative Date(s) | Information/Activities |
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Acumatica Demonstrations | July 2022 | Acumatica supervised demos using a preview version of 2022 R2. Available features to demonstrate include: payroll processing, tax calculations, Paid Time Off, final paycheck, Record of Employment XML file. |
Partner Demonstrations & Customer Prep | Aug-Dec 2022 | Using 2022 R2, partners can perform demos showing the features above plus T4 (initial version) and EFT file creation. Beginning in November, a limited number of early adopter customers can create sandboxes to perform parallel testing with an existing payroll solution. |
Managed Availability | Jan-March 2023 | After successful parallel testing, early adopters and a limited number of select customers go live on 2022 R2 (GA). |
Controlled Release | April 2023 | 2023 R1 GA begins the controlled release. We may limit implementations in this phase so customers receive the support and implementation excellence expected as part of the Acumatica experience. |
General Availability | Mid 2023 | Canadian Payroll becomes generally available to Canadian customers. |
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Overview video of Canada Payroll: https://youtu.be/RflQrGmzUdc