You cannot skip a pay period if you have active employees. The CRA has strict rules around reporting and each pay period must be accounted for. If you are not running payroll, you must file a nil remittance on your regular filing frequency.
If an employee has a pay disruption for seven or more consecutive calendar days, place them on leave and issue an ROE. Learn how to place an employee on leave, or issue an ROE.
If you do not have active employees and need to skip or edit pay periods:
- On the left-side menu, click Payroll > Run Payroll.
- Under the END date on the payroll calendar, click Edit.
- In the drop-down calendar, select the end date for the period you want to skip to.
Once you approve a pay period that falls after a skipped period, you can’t go back.
If you get an error that the payroll cannot be calculated:
- Review your payroll frequency and pay period dates to ensure that the end dates align. For example, if your payroll frequency is biweekly, you can't skip just a single week. You can only skip a full two-week period. For a single week without wages, run your payroll as normal and only enter employee hours in the week that the employee worked.
- Ensure you’re not trying to select an end date for a pay period that has already been approved.