PF1 Exam Dumps - Payroll Fundamentals 1Exam

In payroll, deductions are applied in a priority order so employers satisfy mandatory legal obligations first. CRA collection tools such as a Requirement to Pay (RTP) and a Demand on a Third Party (DTP) are legal/garnishment-type deductions. CRA explains that a Requirement to Pay directs a third party (often the employer) to send amounts otherwise payable to the employee to the CRA, and the employer must comply.

Company pension contributions (where participation is required as a condition of employment or under a plan/collective agreement) are generally company-compulsory deductions—important, but they come after statutory and legal deductions. Voluntary insurance coverage is a classic voluntary deduction (the employee chooses it; it is not legally required). Voluntary deductions are normally taken last because they must not interfere with statutory/legal withholding obligations.

So among the options, voluntary insurance coverage is the one that would be withheld last in the order of priority.

Payroll deductions are typically applied in a priority order to ensure the employer meets mandatory legal obligations first and avoids creating liability. Standard Canadian payroll training materials commonly present five categories withheld in this order: (1) statutory deductions, (2) legal deductions, (3) union deductions, (4) company-compulsory deductions, and (5) voluntary deductions.

Statutory deductions (CPP/QPP, EI, income tax, and where applicable NWT/Nunavut payroll tax) have top priority because employers are legally required to deduct and remit them.

Legal deductions (such as CRA requirements to pay/garnishments) are next because they are enforced by law and can create employer liability if not followed.

Union deductions follow where required by a collective agreement.

Company-compulsory deductions (for example, required benefit premiums) come after those.

Voluntary deductions (charity, savings plans, etc.) are last and only taken if funds remain.

Therefore, option D is the correct order.

Because the plan is for the president only, it is a non-group insurance plan (a plan offered to an individual employee). The CRA states that when an employer pays premiums or makes contributions to a non-group insurance plan, the amounts paid are a taxable benefit. The CRA explicitly includes sickness or accident, disability, and income maintenance plans in this non-group category.

This benefit is generally treated as a non-cash taxable benefit because the employer is paying the premium directly to the insurer (the employee receives the coverage, not cash). CRA guidance distinguishes cash benefits (paid as money, reimbursements, or allowances) from benefits provided in a manner other than cash.

Payroll must therefore include the value of the employer-paid premium in the employee’s taxable income and report it on the appropriate slip (commonly T4 code 40 for current employees, as noted in CRA instructions for insurance premiums).

An ROE is required when an employee experiences an interruption of earnings, such as 7 consecutive calendar days with no work and no insurable earnings (the “7-day rule”), or when earnings fall below 60% of regular weekly earnings for specific reasons (the “60% rule”). That means a 6-week unpaid leave (A) typically triggers an interruption of earnings, and a drop to 40% of normal earnings (B) meets the “below 60%” threshold (when due to the listed leave reasons). A layoff with no recall (D) also triggers an interruption of earnings under the 7-day rule.

However, Service Canada lists a special situation for a change in ownership: the former employer does not have to issue ROEs if (1) there is no actual break in the employee receiving earnings, and (2) payroll records are available to the new owner and the new owner agrees to issue a single ROE covering both periods if needed. That is exactly option C, so no ROE is required in that scenario.

Salary continuance means the employee continues to receive regular pay (and often benefits) for a period after their job ends. In this arrangement, the payments are treated like regular employment income for payroll purposes, so the usual payroll deductions apply. A Government of Canada guidance page explains that when severance is paid as salary continuance, the employee pays income tax like regular employment income and that the usual deductions apply, including CPP (or QPP), EI premiums, and RPP contributions (where applicable).

This aligns with standard payroll obligations in CRA’s payroll remittance framework: employers deduct and remit CPP contributions, EI premiums, and income tax on employment income unless a specific exemption applies.

Therefore, the correct option is B (All deductions)—and in Quebec, that “all deductions” concept includes Quebec-specific programs (for example QPP/QPIP where applicable) based on the employee’s province of employment and insurability rules.

The CRA defines a retiring allowance (also called severance pay) as an amount paid when or after an employee retires or loses their job, in recognition of long service or for the loss of employment.

However, the CRA is also explicit about what a retiring allowance does not include. It does not include “salary, wages, bonuses, [or] overtime,” which rules out bonus/incentive pay and accumulated overtime in the options. It also does not include “payments for accumulated vacation leave not taken,” which rules out vacation pay as a retiring allowance. Finally, it does not include wages in lieu of termination notice, which rules out wages in lieu (including legislated notice pay) as a retiring allowance.

Because every listed item is specifically excluded by CRA guidance, the correct answer is None of the above (E).

The CRA form used to adjust payroll income tax withholdings at source for employees who earn commission income and have commission expenses is Form TD1X – Statement of Commission Income and Expenses for Payroll Tax Deductions. The CRA explains that an employee completes TD1X if they receive commission income (or salary plus commission) and want the employer to adjust tax deductions to take commission expenses into account.

This is different from:

TD1, which is the Personal Tax Credits Return used to claim basic/personal credits and determine standard withholding (not commission-expense adjustments).

T777, which is used to claim employment expenses on the employee’s personal tax return (not to reduce payroll withholding at source).

TP-1015.R.13.1-V, which is a Quebec form used to request a reduction of Quebec income tax withholding in specific situations (not the CRA commission-expense at-source form).

Operationally, payroll should keep the TD1X on file and apply it to income tax withholding calculations until the employee updates or replaces it.

Service Canada’s ROE Guide is clear that vacation pay paid because of separation (termination/layoff) must be reported in Block 17A – Vacation pay.

But it doesn’t stop there. Vacation pay is generally insurable earnings, so when you enter insurable earnings in Block 17A, you must also add those amounts into Block 15B (Total insurable earnings) and into Block 15C, Pay Period 1 (P.P. 1) as applicable. The ROE Guide explicitly states: when you enter insurable earnings in Blocks 17A/17B/17C, you must also add them to the totals in Blocks 15B and 15C (P.P. 1 field)—and it gives the example that vacation pay paid on separation must be added to 15B and 15C because it is insurable.

Therefore, vacation pay on termination is recorded in Blocks 15B, 15C P.P. 1, and 17A (option C).