Special Payments
Special payments | CPP Contributions1 | EI Contributions1 | Tax deductions |
1.) Bonuses and retroactive pay increases | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2.) Director's fees paid to residents or non-residents | |||
- Fee Only | Yes2 | No | Yes3 |
- Fee in addition to salary | Yes/No4 | Yes/No4 | Yes |
3.) Employees profit sharing plans (EPSP) | No | No | No |
4.) Overtime pay, including banked overtime payment | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5.) Prescribed plans or arrangements-on amounts received | Yes/No6 | Yes/No6 | Yes |
6.) Retroactive lump-sum payments | Yes | Yes | Yes |
7.) Retirement compensation arrangements (RCA) | No | No | Yes |
8.) Retiring allowances (also called severance pay) | No | No | Yes5 |
9.) Salary deferral arrangements-on amounts received | Yes | Yes | Yes |
10.) Vacation pay, public holidays and lump-sum vacation payment | Yes | Yes | Yes |
11.) Wages in lieu of termination notice | Yes | Yes | Yes |
12.) Wage Loss Replacement Plans | |||
- Payments from uninsured plans | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- Payments from insured plans | Yes | Yes | Yes |
13.) Worker's compensation awards | |||
- Employee's salary paid before or after a worker's compensation board claims is decided | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- Advances or loans equal to the workers' compensation award | No | No | No |
- Amount paid in addition to an advance or loan before the claim is accepted | Yes | Yes7 | Yes |
- Top-up amounts paid after claim is accepted | Yes | No | Yes |
- Top-up amounts paid as sick leave after the claim is accepted | Yes | No | Yes |
1If you have already deducted the total yearly maximum contributions from the employee’s income, do not deduct more contributions. Do not consider amounts deducted by previous employers during the same year unless there was a restructure or reorganization.
2Do not deduct CPP contributions when the employment is performed totally or partly outside of Canada.
3Do not deduct income tax if you estimate that the total fee will not be more than the total claim amount on form TD1.
4Determination to deduct CPP, EI, or both, depends on the status of a resident director’s employment. Do not deduct EI on the fees portion.
5Do not deduct income tax on the amount of eligible retiring allowance that is transferred directly to the recipient’s RPP or RRSP (up to the amount of the employee’s available RRSP deduction limit).
6To determine if you have to deduct CPP, EI, or both, check government policies.
7An amount you pay in addition to an advance or loan is not a top-up amount if you pay it while waiting for a decision on a workers’ compensation board claim. This amount is considered as employment income.