T4032-BC, Payroll Deductions Tables CPP, EI, and income tax deductions British Columbia Effective January 1, 2016

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1 T4032-BC, Payroll Deductios Tables CPP, EI, ad icome tax deductios British Columbia Effective Jauary 1, 2016 T4032-BC

2 What s ew as of Jauary 1, 2016 The major chages made to this guide, sice the last editio, are outlied. This guide reflects some icome tax chages recetly aouced which, if eacted as proposed, would be effective Jauary 1, At the time of publishig, some of these proposed chages were ot law. We recommed that you use the ew payroll deductios tables i this guide for withholdig startig with the first payroll i Jauary The chages to the federal icome tax rates ad icome thresholds for Jauary 1, 2016 are: a tax rate of 20.5% for the icome threshold of $45, to $90,563.00; a tax rate of 33% for the icome threshold of $200, ad over. The federal icome thresholds have bee idexed for The federal Caada employmet credit has bee idexed to $1,161 for The federal basic persoal amout, the spouse or commo-law parter amout ad the amout for eligible depedat have bee idexed to $11,474 for The provicial icome thresholds have bee idexed for The top provicial icome tax rate of 16.8% has bee elimiated effective Jauary 1, Payroll Deductios Tables You ca dowload guides T4008, Payroll Deductios Supplemetary Tables, ad T4032, Payroll Deductios Tables, from our webpage at You ca also choose to prit oly the pages or iformatio that you eed. Guide T4032, Payroll Deductios Tables, is also available o CD for use o ay computer with or without Iteret access. You ca order a copy at or by callig Paper copies remai available for employers who do ot use a computer. To get a copy, call us at Payroll Deductios Olie Calculator For your 2016 payroll deductios, you ca use our Payroll Deductios Olie Calculator (PDOC). The olie calculator makes it easier to calculate payroll deductios. PDOC is available at PDOC calculates your payroll deductios. It calculates deductios for ay pay period, provice (except Quebec) ad territory. The calculatio is based o exact salary figures. Let us otify you We provide a electroic service that ca otify you immediately, free of charge, of ay chages for payroll deductios. To subscribe, visit our webpage at ad eter your busiess s address for each mailig list that you wat to joi. Special Notice Payroll Deductios Tables (T4032) Chages are comig i Effective with the Jauary 1, 2017 editio, the Caada Reveue Agecy will o loger publish the paper ad CD versios of the guide T4032, Payroll Deductios Tables. The electroic versio of the guide will cotiue to be available o our website at For employers who do ot have access to a computer, please call to receive a copy of the guide. A-1

3 Table of cotets A What s ew as of Jauary 1, A-1 Payroll Deductios Tables... A-1 Let us otify you... A-1 Who should use this publicatio?... A-3 What if your pay period is ot i this publicatio?... A-3 Which provicial or territorial tax table should you use?... A-3 Federal tax for A-3 Idexig for A-3 Tax rates ad icome thresholds... A-3 Chart federal tax rates ad icome thresholds... A-3 Caada employmet credit... A-4 Persoal amouts... A-4 Provicial tax for A-4 Provicial idexig for A-4 Tax rates ad icome thresholds... A-5 Chart British Columbia tax rates ad icome thresholds... A-5 British Columbia tax reductio... A-5 Persoal amouts... A-5 Caada Pesio Pla (CPP) ad Employmet Isurace (EI)... A-5 CPP cotributios for A-5 EI premiums for A-6 Persoal tax credits returs (TD1 forms)... A-6 Claim codes... A-6 Explaatio of claim codes... A-6 Claim code 0... A-6 Claim codes 1 to A-6 Idexig of claim codes amouts... A-6 Chart federal claim codes... A-7 Chart British Columbia claim codes... A-7 Form TD1X, Statemet of Commissio Icome ad Expeses for Payroll Tax Deductios... A-7 How to you use the tables i this publicatio... A-8 CPP tables (Sectio B)... A-8 EI table (Sectio C)... A-8 Tax deductios tables... A-8 Federal (Sectio D)... A-8 Provicial (Sectio E)... A-8 Example... A-8 Additioal iformatio about payroll deductios... A-9 Deductig tax from icome ot subject to CPP cotributios or EI premiums... A-9 Step-by-step calculatio of tax deductios... A-9 Example Tax to deduct for all icome... A-9 Calculate aual taxable icome... A-9 Calculate federal tax... A-9 Calculate provicial tax... A-10 Calculate total tax ad the tax deductio for the pay period... A-10 Your opiio couts!... A-11 This guide uses plai laguage to explai the most commo tax situatios. If you eed more help, cotact your tax services office. Page A-2

4 Who should use this guide? This guide is iteded for the employer ad the payer. It cotais tables for federal ad provicial tax deductios, CPP cotributios ad EI premiums. It will help you determie the payroll deductios for your employees or pesioers. For more iformatio o deductig, remittig, ad reportig payroll deductios, go to the followig employers guides: T4001, Employers Guide Payroll Deductios ad Remittaces T4130, Employers Guide Taxable Beefits ad Allowaces RC4110, Employee or Self-employed? RC4120, Employers Guide Filig the T4 Slip ad Summary RC4157, Deductig Icome Tax o Pesio ad Other Icome, ad Filig the T4A Slip ad Summary These guides are available o our website at You ca also get the guides by fillig out the order form available o our website or by callig Note You may wat to keep the 2015 editio of Payroll Deductios Tables util the ed of That editio may help you to resolve ay pesioable ad isurable earigs review (PIER) deficiecies that we idetify i processig your 2015 T4 retur. What if your pay period is ot i this guide? This guide cotais the most commo pay periods: weekly, biweekly (every two weeks), semi-mothly, ad mothly. If you have uusual pay periods, such as daily (240 workig days), or 10, 13, or 22 pay periods a year, go to the guide T4008, Payroll Deductios Supplemetary Tables, or the Payroll Deductios Olie Calculator (PDOC) to determie tax deductios Which provicial or territorial tax table should you use? Before you decide which tax table to use, you have to determie your employee s provice or territory of employmet. This depeds o whether or ot you require the employee to report for work at your place of busiess. If the employee reports for work at your place of busiess, the provice or territory of employmet is cosidered to be the provice or territory where your busiess is located. To withhold payroll deductios, use the tax table for that provice or territory of employmet. If you do ot require the employee to report for work at your place of busiess, the provice or territory of employmet is the provice or territory i which your busiess is located ad from which you pay your employee s salary. For more iformatio ad examples, go to Chapter 1, Geeral Iformatio, i guide T4001, Employers Guide Payroll Deductios ad Remittaces. Federal tax for 2016 Idexig for 2016 For 2016, the federal icome thresholds, the persoal amouts ad the Caada employmet credit have bee chaged based o chages i the cosumer price idex. The federal idexig factor for Jauary 1, 2016 is 1.3%. The tax credits correspodig to the claim codes i the tables have bee idexed accordigly. Employees will automatically receive the idexig chage, whether or ot they file Form TD1, 2016 Persoal Tax Credits Retur. Tax rates ad icome thresholds For 2016, the tax rates ad icome thresholds are: Chart federal tax rates ad icome thresholds Aual taxable icome ($) Federal tax rate (%) Costat ($) From To R K 0.00 to 45, % 0 45, to 90, % 2,491 A-3

5 90, to 140, % 7, , to 200, % 11, , ad over 33% 19,683 Caada employmet credit The o-refudable Caada employmet amout is built ito the federal payroll deductios tables. The federal Caada employmet amout is the lesser of: $1,161; ad the idividual s employmet icome for the year. The maximum aual o-refudable tax credit is $ Pesio icome is ot eligible for this credit. If you are payig pesio icome, use the Payroll Deductios Olie Calculator to fid the tax deductio. Persoal amouts The federal persoal amouts for 2016 are: Basic persoal amout... $ 11,474 Spouse or commo-law parter amout... $ 11,474 Amout for a eligible depedat... $ 11,474 For more detailed iformatio o the persoal amouts, go to Form TD1. Provicial tax for 2016 Provicial idexig for 2016 For 2016, the provicial icome thresholds ad the British Columbia tax reductio are idexed. They have bee chaged based o chages i the cosumer price idex. The idexig factor for Jauary 1, 2016, is 0.9%. The tax credits correspodig to the claim codes i the tables have bee idexed accordigly. Employees will automatically receive the idexig chage, whether or ot they file Form TD1BC, 2016 British Columbia Persoal Tax Credits Retur. A-4

6 Tax rates ad icome thresholds For 2016, the provicial tax rates ad icome thresholds are: Chart British Columbia tax rates ad icome thresholds Aual taxable icome ($) Provicial tax rate (%) Costat ($) From To V KP 0.00 to 38, % 0 38, to 76, % 1,009 76, to 87, % 3,149 87, to 106, % 4, , ad over 14.70% 7,287 British Columbia tax reductio For 2016, British Columbia s tax reductio has bee revised as follows: Taxes payable will be reduced by up to $436 for idividuals with aual icome of $19,171 or less. Idividuals with a aual icome betwee $19,171 ad $31, will be eligible for a partial reductio. The reductio of $436 will be decreased by 3.5% of icome above $19,171, resultig i a il reductio for a aual icome of $31, or more. There is o eed to apply for the British Columbia tax reductio. Idividuals that are eligible will otice the beefit i their paycheques or pesio beefits through a lower withholdig of British Columbia persoal icome tax. Persoal amouts For 2016, the provicial o-refudable persoal tax credits are: Basic persoal amout... $ 10,027 Spouse or commo-law parter amout... $ 8,586 Amout for a eligible depedat... $ 8,586 For more detailed iformatio o the persoal amouts, go to Form TD1BC, 2016 British Columbia Persoal Tax Credits Retur. Caada Pesio Pla (CPP) ad Employmet Isurace (EI) CPP cotributios for 2016 Maximum pesioable earigs... $54,900 Aual basic exemptio... $3,500 Maximum cotributory earigs... $51,400 Cotributio rate (%) Maximum employee cotributio... $2, Maximum employer cotributio... $2, You stop deductig CPP whe the employee reaches the maximum aual cotributio for the year. Note As a employer, you have to remit these deductios alog with your share of CPP cotributios. For more iformatio, go to Chapter 2, Caada Pesio Pla cotributios, i guide T4001, Employer s Guide Payroll Deductios ad Remittaces. A-5

7 EI premiums for 2016 Maximum aual isurable earigs... $50,800 Premium rate (%) Maximum aual employee premium... $ You stop deductig EI whe the employee reaches the maximum aual premium. Note As a employer, you have to remit these deductios alog with your share of EI premiums. For more iformatio, go to Chapter 3, Employmet Isurace premiums, i guide T4001, Employer s Guide Payroll Deductios ad Remittaces. Persoal tax credits returs (TD1 forms) You may have to ask your employees or your pesioers to complete a federal ad a provicial persoal tax credits retur usig a federal Form TD1 ad a provicial Form TD1. For more iformatio, go to Chapter 5, Deductig icome tax, i guide T4001, Employers Guide Payroll Deductios ad Remittaces. Claim codes The total persoal amout a employee claims o a TD1 form will determie which claim code you use. For 2016, the claim amouts that correspod to the federal claim codes are ot the same as the claim amouts that correspod to the provicial claim codes. Go to Chart 3 ad Chart 4. Explaatio of claim codes Claim code 0 This code represets o claim amout. If the federal claim code is 0 because the employee is a o-residet, the provicial claim code must also be 0. This code may also be used if the employee idicated they have more tha oe employer or payer at the same time ad have etered 0 o the frot page of Form TD1 for Claim codes 1 to 10 The claim code amouts do ot appear o either the federal or the provicial TD1 form. You match the Total claim amout reported o your employee s or pesioer s TD1 forms with the appropriate claim codes. The, you look up the tax for the employee s pay uder the claim code i the federal ad provicial tax tables for the pay period. Idexig of claim codes amouts The credits that apply to each federal ad provicial claim code have bee automatically chaged i the tax tables by the idexig factor for the curret year. If your employee did ot complete the federal ad provicial TD1 forms for 2016, you cotiue to deduct icome tax usig the same claim code that you used last year. A-6

8 Total claim amout ($) Chart federal claim codes No claim amout 0 11, , to 13, , to 15, , to 18, , to 20, , to 22, , to 24, , to 26, , to 29, Claim code 29, to 31, , ad over No withholdig X The employer has to calculate the tax maually E Total claim amout ($) Chart British Columbia claim codes Claim code No claim amout 0 10, , to 12, , to 14, , to 16, , to 19, , to 21, , to 23, , to 25, , to 28, , to 30, , ad over No withholdig X The employer has to calculate the tax maually E Form TD1X, Statemet of Commissio Icome ad Expeses for Payroll Tax Deductios If your employees wat you to adjust their tax deductios to allow for commissio expeses, they have to complete Form TD1X, Statemet of Commissio Icome ad Expeses for Payroll Tax Deductios. You deduct tax from your employees commissio pay usig the Total claim amout o their TD1 forms i the followig situatios: if your employees do ot complete a Form TD1X; or if they tell you i writig that they wat to cacel a previously completed Form TD1X. A-7

9 How to you use the tables i this publicatio Use the tables i this guide to determie the CPP cotributios, EI premiums, federal tax, ad provicial tax that you will deduct from your employees remueratio. CPP tables (Sectio B) The aual basic exemptio is built ito the CPP tables. Fid the pages i Sectio B that correspod to your pay period. To fid the rage that icludes your employee s gross pay (this icludes ay taxable beefits), look dow the Pay colum. I the shaded colum ext to the Pay colum, you will fid the CPP cotributio that you should withhold from your employee s pay. EI table (Sectio C) Fid the page i Sectio C that correspods to the Isurable earigs of your employee. To fid the rage that icludes your employee s isurable earigs, look dow the Isurable earigs colum. Whe you use the table i this guide to determie the EI premiums, look up the isurable earigs for the period ot the gross remueratio. I the shaded colum ext to the Isurable earigs colum, you will fid the EI premium that you should withhold from your employee s pay. Tax deductios tables If you are usig the icome tax tables i this guide to determie your employees ad pesioers total tax deductios, you have to look up the amouts i the federal tax table ad the provicial tax table. To determie the total tax you deduct for the pay period, you must add the federal ad provicial tax amouts. Eve if the period of employmet for which you pay a salary is less tha a full pay period, you must cotiue to use the tax deductios table that correspods to your regular pay period. Federal (Sectio D) Fid the pages i Sectio D that correspod to your pay period. To fid the rage that correspods to your employee s taxable icome (this icludes ay taxable beefits), look dow the Pay colum. I the row uder the applicable claim code, you will fid the amout of federal tax that you should withhold from your employee s pay (for more iformatio, go to the sectio called Claim codes ad Chart 3). Provicial (Sectio E) Fid the pages i Sectio E that correspod to your pay period. To fid the rage that icludes your employee s taxable icome (this icludes ay taxable beefits), look dow the Pay colum. I the row uder the applicable claim code, you will fid the amout of provicial tax that you should withhold from your employee s pay (for more iformatio, go to the sectio called Claim codes ad Chart 4). Example You are a employer i British Columbia. Sara, your employee, ears $1,815 a week i She has a federal claim code 1 ad a provicial claim code 1. To determie Sara s federal tax deductios, you look at the weekly federal tax deductios table ad fid the rage for her weekly salary, which is The federal tax deductios for $1,815 weekly uder claim code 1 is $ To determie Sara s provicial tax deductios, you use the weekly provicial tax deductios table. I the British Columbia tax deductios table, the provicial tax deductio for $1,815 weekly uder claim code 1 is $ Sara s total tax deductio is $ ($ $118.90). This amout of taxes will be icluded i your remittace to us. A-8

10 Additioal iformatio about payroll deductios Deductig tax from icome ot subject to CPP cotributios or EI premiums We have built the tax credits for CPP cotributios ad EI premiums ito the federal ad provicial tax deductios tables i this publicatio. However, certai types of icome, such as pesio icome, are ot subject to CPP cotributios ad EI premiums. As a result, you will have to adjust the amout of federal ad provicial icome tax you are deductig. To determie the amout of tax to deduct from icome ot subject to CPP cotributios or EI premiums, use the Payroll Deductios Olie Calculator, available at O the Salary calculatio ad/or o the Commissio calculatio scree, go to Step 3 ad select the CPP exempt ad/or EI exempt optio before clickig o the Calculate butto. Step-by-step calculatio of tax deductios You ca use the followig step-by-step calculatios to calculate the tax deductios for ay employee or pesioer who ears more tha the maximum amouts icluded i the tax deductios tables. The example shows you how to determie the amout of tax to deduct from all icome. However, if you desig your ow payroll program or spreadsheets to calculate tax deductios, do ot use either of these calculatios. Istead, go to guide T4127, Payroll Deductios Formulas for Computer Programs. Example Tax to deduct for all icome This example applies to a perso who ears $1,100 weekly ad cotributes $80 to a registered retiremet savigs pla (RRSP). This perso claims the basic persoal amout. Calculate aual taxable icome Descriptio Sub-amouts Amouts (1) Gross remueratio for the pay period (weekly) $ 1, (2) Mius the other amouts authorized by a tax services office 0.00 the RRSP cotributios* * This amout has to be deducted at source. * Note If you have a employee you paid by commissio, subtract the total expeses reported o Form TD1X from the gross remueratio reported o Form TD1X if applicable (3) Net remueratio for the pay period (lie 1 mius lie 2) $ 1, (4) Aual et icome ($1, weeks) $ 53, (5) Mius the aual deductio for livig i a prescribed zoe, reported o the federal Form TD1 /a (6) Aual taxable icome (lie 4 mius lie 5) $ 53, Calculate federal tax Descriptio Sub-amouts Amouts (7) Multiply the amout o lie 6 by the federal tax rate based o Chart (8) Mius the federal costat based o the aual taxable icome o lie 6 (go to Chart 1) $ 10, , (9) Federal tax (lie 7 mius lie 8) $ 8, A-9

11 (10) Mius the federal tax credits: the total of persoal tax credit amouts reported o the federal Form TD1 $ 11, the CPP cotributios for the pay period multiplied by the umber of pay periods i the year (aual maximum $2,544.30)* 2, the EI premiums for the pay period multiplied by the umber of pay periods i the year (aual maximum $955.04)* the Caada employmet credit (aual maximum $1,161.00) 1, Total $ 16, * Note Whe the maximum CPP cotributios or EI premiums for the year is reached, use the maximum amout for later calculatios (11) Multiply the total o lie 10 by the lowest federal tax rate for the year (12) Total federal tax credits 2, (13) Total federal tax payable for the year (lie 9 mius lie 12) $ 5, Calculate provicial tax Descriptio Sub-amouts Amouts (14) Basic provicial tax for British Columbia: Multiply the amout o lie 6 by the provicial tax rate based o Chart 2 $ 4, (15) Mius the provicial costat based o the aual taxable icome o lie 6 (go to Chart 2) 1, (16) Provicial tax o icome for British Columbia (lie 14 mius lie 15) $ 3, (17) Mius the provicial tax credits: the total of persoal tax credit amouts reported o Form TD1BC $ 10, the CPP cotributios for the pay period multiplied by the umber of pay periods i the year (aual maximum $2,544.30)* 2, the EI premiums for the pay period multiplied by the umber of pay periods i the year (aual maximum $955.04)* Total $ 13, * Note Whe the maximum CPP cotributios or EI premiums for the year is reached, use the maximum amout for later calculatios (18) Multiply the total o lie 17 by the lowest provicial tax rate for the year (19) Total provicial tax credits (20) Provicial tax payable before reductio (lie 16 mius lie 19) $ 2, (21) Mius the British Columbia tax reductio: where et icome (lie 4) is less tha or equal to $19,171, the tax reductio is $436 where et icome (lie 4) is greater tha $19,171 ad less tha or equal to $31,628.14, the tax reductio is $436mius 3.5% of the icome greater tha $19,171 where et icome (lie 4) is greater tha $31,628.14, the tax reductio is $0 $ 0.00 (22) Total provicial tax payable for the year (lie 20 mius lie 21) $ 2, Calculate total tax ad the tax deductio for the pay period Descriptio Sub-amouts Amouts (23) Total federal ad provicial tax deductios for the year (lie 13 plus lie 22). If the result is egative, substitute $0. $ 8, (24) Tax deductio for the pay period: Divide the amout o lie 23 by the umber of pay periods i the year (52). $ A-10

12 Your opiio couts! If you have ay commets or suggestios that would help us improve this publicatio, we would like to hear from you. Sed your commets to: Taxpayer Services Directorate Caada Reveue Agecy 395 Termial Aveue Ottawa ON K1A 0L5 A-11