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Wagepoint ends the two-system workaround for Québec payroll with new launch

Posted in Commentary with tags on September 22, 2026 by itnerd

Wagepoint, a leading provider of payroll software for small businesses (SMBs) across Canada, today launched unified Québec payroll compliance with complete platform functionality in both French and English. Businesses with employees in Québec no longer need a second payroll system or a manual process. Québec-specific requirements can now run inside the same workflow used across the rest of Canada.

Québec is one of Canada’s largest small-business markets, with more than 228,000 small employer businesses with 1 to 99 employees, according to the latest ISED Canada Key Small Business Statistics report. For many small businesses, Québec payroll has meant extra work for a long time. Québec is the only province that administers its own income tax, so employers remit separately to Revenu Québec on top of Canada Revenue Agency. As a result, businesses with staff in Québec and elsewhere in Canada often face duplicative efforts in managing separate provincial programs and contributions, including the Québec Pension Plan (QPP), Québec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) and Health Services Fund, with remittances handled through Revenu Québec.

That complexity compounds an already common problem: 75% of Canadian employees experience a payroll error in a given year, according to Deloitte and the National Payroll Institute. Wagepoint is built to close that gap for small businesses and for the accounting and bookkeeping firms who support them.

Québec payroll, built into the same workflow

Key Québec payroll requirements are now handled inside the platform, in the same workflow used in every other province:

  • Revenu Québec remittances
  • CNESST, Health Services Fund, QPP and QPP2, and QPIP calculations and remittances
  • RL-1 reporting
  • Québec statutory holiday pay using the 1/20 rule
  • Québec income, deduction and benefit codes, with the option to build custom codes
  • A complete workflow in English or French set at the user level
  • Simple, comprehensive pricing with no add-on fees for accounting software integrations, reporting, timesheets, or multi-province support

Wagepoint has worked with small businesses in Québec — and the accounting and bookkeeping firms that serve them — for years, handling payroll realities not found anywhere else in Canada. This launch brings that work fully into the same platform used across the country in the language of choice for employers and employees alike.

For owners in retail, food service, health services and professional services, who run payroll themselves alongside everything else in the day, that means one system and one process no matter where their employees are. For multi-province accounting and bookkeeping firms, it means Québec clients can move onto the same platform as the rest of their client base, while still getting the Québec-specific functionality they need.

Québec payroll is included in Wagepoint at no additional cost.

See how simple Québec payroll can be. Book a demo in French at https://www.wagepoint.com/fr/reserver-une-demo/

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Wagepoint expands AI-powered vision with AI Payroll Summary

Posted in Commentary with tags on August 12, 2026 by itnerd

While a third of Canadian small businesses reported using AI in their operations by the end of 2025, many business owners and their accountants are still spending hours reviewing their payroll runs, trying to spot a mistake. Canadian business optimism may have grown in the last month, but the onset of new tariff threats puts time and money pressure back on the table.

The recent launch of Wagepoint’s latest feature, the AI Payroll Summary, built directly into its platform makes this workable for small business.

As making payroll errors can be costly, Canadian payroll software company Wagepoint has implemented AI’s capabilities to provide a summary of each payroll run, identifying any unusual patterns or changes. The final review is ultimately in the hands of the business owner or AB, but saves ample time and narrows the margin of error.

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Wagepoint and Xero deliver connected payroll and accounting experience for Canadian small businesses 

Posted in Commentary with tags , on July 8, 2026 by itnerd

Wagepoint and Xero today introduced a seamless and integrated experience for small business payroll and accounting. With this enhanced experience, payroll data — including wages, taxes, deductions and benefits — flows automatically into Xero, reducing manual entry and making it easier for Canadian small businesses to keep accurate, up-to-date financial records in one streamlined workflow. 

For many small businesses, payroll and accounting remain disconnected: payroll is processed in one system, then manually reconciled in another, creating duplicate work, more room for error, and delayed visibility into where the business stands financially. Building on a long-standing integration already trusted by businesses across Canada, the enhanced experience brings Wagepoint and Xero closer together through an intuitive single sign-on, letting users easily access Wagepoint with their existing Xero credentials and move more easily between payroll and accounting. By reducing duplicate processes and creating a more connected experience across two trusted platforms, the integration saves time, simplifies day-to-day financial management and gives customers a more unified way to manage their business.

Together, Wagepoint and Xero bring two of the easiest-to-use payroll and accounting solutions to business owners, combining a more connected experience with competitive bundled pricing and without the complexity, cost or feature bloat of enterprise-style platforms. Built around the way Canadian small businesses operate, the enhanced offering provides a meaningful cloud alternative for businesses and their advisors looking to simplify their processes, meet federal and provincial payroll requirements with less effort, and manage payroll and accounting through two trusted platforms that work in sync.

This comes at a critical moment for Canadian small businesses. Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data points to continued cash flow pressure across the sector, with many owners still waiting weeks to be paid after they invoice, even as sales begin to steady after several softer quarters. In this environment, a seamless payroll-to-accounting workflow saves time and gives owners a clearer, more current view of their numbers to make a real difference on cash flow confidence.

The enhanced integration is available now to Canadian small businesses, accountants and bookkeepers through Wagepoint and the Xero App Store, with new customers eligible for three months free when they get started with Wagepoint, Xero or both.

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Wagepoint Launches Timesheets and My Wagepoint Mobile App

Posted in Commentary with tags on February 18, 2026 by itnerd

Wagepoint today announced the launch of Timesheets, a built-in time entry feature, and My Wagepoint, its next-generation mobile app for employees. The launches represent a significant step forward to provide small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers with a unifying and accessible mobile-first solution for people on the go.

As business models increasingly prioritize AI usage and mobile-first structures, these products reflect a demand for payroll efficiency, automation, and unity. My Wagepoint marks critical progress toward end-to-end mobile payroll workflows in small business operations.

Timesheets
Built directly into Wagepoint, Timesheets allows employees, contractors, and administrators to submit time entries for approval, replacing the need to chase down hours or rely on separate tools. Once approved, hours flow straight into payroll for faster, simpler pay runs.

Key benefits include:

  • Spend less time on payroll: Built-in time tracking eliminates manual hour collection, so business owners can spend less time on admin and more time running their business.
  • Overtime done right, automatically: Wagepoint automatically calculates and applies overtime rates based on the standard daily and weekly rules for the employee’s province or territory.
  • Technology that grows with you: One solution for time and pay that scales with your team, without unnecessary tech overhead or added complexity.

My Wagepoint
My Wagepoint marks Wagepoint’s next-generation mobile experience, purpose-built as part of the company’s core payroll platform. Available on the App Store and Google Play, the app gives employees and contractors seamless, on-the-go access to payroll — allowing them to manage time entries, access paystubs, and update profile information directly from their mobile device. This launch marks an important step toward a mobile-first payroll experience, supporting more businesses that operate on the go.

Since 2012, more than 30,000 small businesses, and over 1,800 accountants and bookkeepers have relied on Wagepoint for accurate, compliant payroll built specifically for Canadian businesses. Purpose-built for Canada, the platform features auto-calculated pay runs, automatic tax remittances to the CRA, an employee self-service portal, and integrations with QuickBooks Online, Xero, and FreshBooks.

To learn more, visit www.wagepoint.com.

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