Pause payroll with a limited access subscription

Wave offers the ability to temporarily pause payroll with a limited access subscription. When you update your subscription to limited access, you’ll still be able to access important business information and support, while paying a reduced price.

Limited access pricing and what’s included in the United States

Limited access pricing and what’s included in Canada

Switch to a limited access subscription

Resume your payroll subscription

Limited access pricing and what’s included in the United States

$17 per month in states where Wave offers automated tax payments and filings:

Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

$10 per month in all other states.

Includes:

• Customer support
• Payroll reporting
• Business and employee details
• Continued enrolment in direct deposit for future payroll processing
• Employee access to previous pay stubs and tax forms
• Previous payroll journal entries
• Workers Compensation
• Employee self-onboarding for new employees
• W-2s (available for self-service customers to generate in January)
• Continued access to automated tax payment and filing services (Only for businesses enrolled in Wave's payroll tax service)

Does not include:

• Payroll processing
• Editing timesheets
• Adding payroll history import

Limited access pricing and what’s included in Canada

$10 per month

Includes:

• Customer support
• Outstanding remittance payments to CRA
• Payroll reporting
• Business and employee details
• Continued enrolment in direct deposit for future payroll processing
• Employee access to previous pay stubs and tax forms
• Access to year-end tax slips
• Records of Employment
• Previous payroll journal entries
• Benefit and deduction updates
• Employee self-onboarding for new employees

Does not include:

• Payroll processing
• Editing timesheets
• Adding payroll history import
• Nil remittance reporting

A nil remittance should be reported when you have no deductions to remit because you have seasonal workers, no deductions, or no employees. You can report a nil remittance with CRA directly.

Switch to a limited access subscription 

1. Log in to your account at waveapps.com.
2. Open the top right menu by clicking your business name, then click Business settings.
3. Under the Payroll heading, select Billing.
4. Click Cancel Payroll Subscription.
5. Select Switch my Subscription.
6. Update Subscription Preferences (i.e. how long will you pause payroll for).

When you switch your subscription to limited access, you will continue to have full access to all payroll features until the end of the month you update your subscription in. After that, your payroll subscription will change to limited access.

If you need to update your subscription payment method while the switch to limited access is pending, you can resume your subscription to make the change. Once complete, you can switch back to limited access.

Resume your payroll subscription

1. Log in to your account at waveapps.com.
2. Open the top right menu by clicking your business name, then click Business settings.
3. Under the Payroll heading, select Billing.
4. Click Resume Subscription.

When you resume your payroll subscription, you will have full access to all payroll features immediately. Regular payroll pricing will resume automatically and a prorated amount will be billed upon resuming payroll.