Before filing, verify that you have the prerequisites for paper filing. These include:
- Reviewing the values on the T4 and RL-1 Reporting tab in the employee records and making all required adjustments.
- Ensuring that you have made all required adjustments to employee paycheques for the payroll calendar year.
- Checking your company information in Sage 50 Accounting to make sure a business number, company name, and address are entered.
- Making sure each employee record has a Social Insurance Number (SIN, first and last name, full address including their province of residence. You should also check to see if you have entered a RPP/DPSP Registration Number, any pension adjustments, QPIP, and Insurable Earnings adjustments.
Sage 50 Accounting does not submit or print a Summary of Source Deductions and Employer Contributions form with your RL-1 slips. You can fill in this form on the Revenu Québec web site, or print out the form from the web site, fill in the information and mail it in.