Understand the Application of Deductions and Contributions

When you want to pay deductions at source, it means that you made payments the previous month.

In Accounting > New transaction, do the following three transactions:

1. Debit: FEDERAL DISCOUNT (for example $838.90) - To the credit: BANK (for example $838.90)

2. Debit: PROVINCIAL DISCOUNT (for example $1785.56) - To the credit of BANK (for example 1785.56$)

3. Debit: CSST TO BE PAID (for example $46.46) - To credit: BANK (for example $46.46)

If you wish to proceed manually, here are the instructions: with 2 options to retrieve the data.

How to do it via government rebate, Quebec and Federal

Click on Accounting > Government remittances > +Add.

In the following window :

• Select the type of discount: Deduction
• Enter a range: The month before.
• Choose the payment date: The 15th of the current month.
• Choose the account used.
• Click on Send.

Confirm the amounts, click on Process. 

A confirmation window will appear with the following message: "The discount will be added to the list and an accounting transaction will be created, are you sure you want to continue?". Confirm by answering Yes.

A confirmation window will appear with the following message: "What do you want to do?" Schedule a direct deposit to make a payment by file or Do nothing to make a manual deposit via the bank's website.

Provincial government discount online: Desjardins

On the Desjardins site:

Click on the Pay menu on the right, then select Government Discounts.

Step 1:

Select the Revenu Quebec form: employer's contribution, check the option on the right.

Click on the Enter button.

Step 2:

Fill in the form, respecting the format of the form on the website:

• No spaces in the numbers or symbols.

• Use the point separator for decimals, not the comma .

• Click on Calculate.

• Validate the information online versus your GEM-CAR report,

• Click on the Validate button if everything matches, otherwise correct your informations.

Step 3:

• Select the Employer Contribution form.

• Select One time only from the drop-down menu.

• Select the transfer date: 15th of the current month.

• Select the account at the bottom.

• Click on the Validate button.

A confirmation will then appear on the screen. Click on Confirm to proceed.