---
title: Tracking remittances to the CRA and Revenu Québec
description: Read the amounts to remit period by period, record a remittance made and follow the Quebec annual contributions.
url: "http://illizeo.com/en/centre-aide/canadian-payroll-remittances/"
updated: "2026-11-11"
category: Payroll / Canadian payroll
---

# Tracking remittances to the CRA and Revenu Québec

Each closed pay gives rise to deductions and contributions to remit to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and, for employees who work in Quebec, to Revenu Québec. The **Remittances** screen calculates them period by period, according to the employer’s remittance frequency, and lets you record each remittance made with the agency. Illizeo pays nothing and files nothing: it calculates, reminds you of due dates and keeps the follow-up. This article is aimed at payroll managers and administrators.

## Before you start

- The employer must have a Canadian employer record with its CRA remittance frequency and, if it employs people in Quebec, its Revenu Québec number and remittance frequency — see [Setting up a Canadian employer and the payroll settings](https://illizeo.com/en/centre-aide/canadian-payroll-canadian-employers/).
- Amounts only come from **closed** pays — see [Calculating, closing and publishing a Canadian pay](https://illizeo.com/en/centre-aide/canadian-payroll-pays-by-period/).
- **CRA and Revenu Québec remittances** right: at the **Access** level, you read the calendar, amounts and follow-up; at the **Execute** level, you mark a period as remitted or withdraw the record, and receive due-date reminders. The Administrator and Payroll Manager roles hold it at the Execute level.

## Reading the remittance calendar

1. Open **Canadian payroll › Remittances**.
2. If you have several Canadian employers, choose the **Employer**; choose the **Year**.
3. If the employer has a Revenu Québec number, two buttons appear: **CRA** and **Revenu Québec**. Click the agency you want.

The agency’s table shows its remittance frequency and the **Monthly average of the year**. Each row is a remittance period:

- **Period**: its dates; a period groups the pays whose payment date falls within it;
- **Due date**: the remittance deadline and, where applicable, the “no penalty until” date;
- **To remit**: the calculated total, or **No pay**; the word **provisional** means a pay of the period is not yet closed;
- **Status**: **Remitted**, **Overdue**, **Due**, **Current period**, **Upcoming** or **Before Illizeo** (a period earlier than the first pay closed in Illizeo);
- **Follow-up**: the date and reference of the recorded remittance.

If pays of the year are not closed, a warning above the table says so, with a link to each one: their amounts do not count yet.

### A period’s details

Click the arrow at the start of the row to expand the period. The details give each amount and the **Total**:

- for the CRA: CPP and CPP2 (employee share and employer share), EI (both shares), federal tax, provincial or territorial tax; the remittance voucher shows the gross payroll and the number of employees on the last pay of the period;
- for Revenu Québec: Quebec income tax, QPP and QPP2, QPIP (both shares each), Health Services Fund (HSF) and CNESST.

When the agency requires electronic payment (or payment at a Canadian financial institution), the details say so.

## Marking a period as remitted

First make the remittance with the agency, using its payment methods. Then:

1. Expand the period; it must be **Due** or **Overdue**.
2. Check the **Remitted on** date (today by default).
3. Optionally enter the **Reference (optional)** of your payment.
4. Click **Record as remitted**. The message “Period recorded as remitted.” confirms it; the period switches to **Remitted** and the **Follow-up** column shows “Remitted on …”.

If a pay of the period changes after your record, the follow-up flags it in red: “Recorded: … — the calculation has changed since”. Compare the recorded amount with the new calculation.

## Withdrawing a record

1. Expand the recorded period and click **Withdraw the record**.
2. The **Withdraw the remittance record?** dialog warns that the period becomes due again and that due-date reminders already sent are not sent again.
3. Confirm with **Withdraw**.

## Quebec annual contributions

Below the Revenu Québec calendar, the **Quebec annual contributions** card gives the amounts paid with Summary 1, and its deadline:

- the **Labour standards contribution**;
- the **WSDRF, before eligible training expenditures**.

If no total payroll is declared for the year in the employer record, the card warns that the WSDRF is not calculated.

## Good to know

- Holders of the Execute level receive a reminder for remittances that are due or overdue.
- If the year’s remittance table (thresholds, holidays) is not yet published in Illizeo, the screen says so instead of showing the calendar.
- Amounts are recalculated each time the screen opens, from closed pays: a pay closed later is added to its period.
- Revenu Québec only appears for an employer that has its Revenu Québec number.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Illizeo pay the CRA for me?

No. Payment is made with the agency. Illizeo calculates the amount, reminds you of the due date and keeps a trace of your record.

### Why is an amount marked provisional?

A pay whose payment date falls in the period is not yet closed. Close it: the amount becomes final.

### What does the Before Illizeo status mean?

The period precedes the first pay closed in Illizeo: its remittances were made elsewhere, and Illizeo does not track them.

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