Working Hard
Life, Death, and Taxes
Quebec
Our Nation and Provinces
Acronyms
100

What is the broadest payroll term and includes wages, salary, bonuses, and taxable benefits.

What are Earnings?

100

Taxes based on the payroll of a business

What are Payroll Taxes?

100

This replaces CPP for employees who report to work in Quebec

What is QPP (Quebec Pension Plan)?

100

Provides contributors and their families with partial replacement of  funds in the case of disability, retirement, or death

Canadian Pension Plan (CPP)

100

CPP

What is the Canada Pension Plan?

200

This type of pay is calculated based on hours worked.

What are Wages?

200

The three provinces taxable life insurance benefits are taxed.

What is Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

200

Employees in Quebec pay both this and QPIP?

What is EI (Employment Insurance)?

200

Temporary benefits for workers who are unable to work due to illness, pregnancy, family-related issues, etc.

Employment Insurance (EI)

200

RRSP

What is a Registered Retirement Savings Plan?

300

The period of time covered by a salary payment.

What is a Pay Period?

300

Death benefits are subject to which statutory deductions.

What is Income Tax?

300

This form is Quebec's equivalent of the TD1

What is the TP-1015.3-V?

300

Federal office that enacts payroll legislation

What is the Canada Revenue Agency?

300

PDOC

What is the Payroll Deductions Online Calculator

400

Which province has two overtime level thresholds?

What is British Columbia?

400

Tax method for determining income taxes on irregular payments.

What is the Bonus-Tax Method?

400

Which taxable benefit in Quebec is both pensionable and insurable?

What is Employer-Paid Life Insurance?

400

Province(s) where signature is required hiring paperwork package

What is All?

400

QPIP

What is the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan?

500

This type of pay is a fixed amount paid regularly, regardless of hours worked.

What is a Salary?

500

Vacation pay taken without time is considered this type of payment.

What is an Irregular Payment?

500

This determines whether QPP or CPP applies - province of residence or province of employment.

What is the province of employment?

500

The main type of payroll practitioner in Canada

What is PCP (Payroll Compliance Practitioner)?

500

TD1

What is a Federal Personal Tax Credits Return?