Paycrest
Payroll, finally quiet

Paycrest runs payroll for growing teams across Canada and the US. Salaried staff, hourly crews, and contractors settle from one ledger, source deductions and remittances file on the agency's deadline, and the whole run reconciles before you've finished your coffee.

  • First live run inside a week
  • CRA & IRS remittances filed automatically
  • Flat per-person price, no per-run fees
paycrest · run #248 — Fri, Jun 26
› paycrest run --period 2026-06-26
  reading 142 salaried · 38 hourly · 8 contractors
  ✓ hours imported from timesheets        (1,914 hrs)
  ✓ source deductions calculated          CRA + IRS
  ✓ garnishments applied & capped         3 orders
  gross ............................... $487,210.00
  withholdings ........................ $146,144.00
  net to deposit ...................... $341,066.00

  approved by R. Closs · 4m 12s to sign off
  → 188 deposits queued for payday morning
  → T4/W-2 year-to-date updated, filings scheduled

Run by the controllers and office managers who actually sign off on payroll

Northline LogisticsCedar & ValeBrightpath ClinicsFoundry LabsHarbourstoneMaple Field Co.
The platform

Everything between"approve" and "paid."

Payroll looks like one task and turns out to be forty quiet ones. Paycrest does the arithmetic, the filings, and the awkward edge cases, so the run is boring on purpose.

One screen, one signature

Hours, salaries, bonuses, and reimbursements land in a single review screen with last run beside this one, so you see exactly what moved. Fix a number inline, approve, done. No exported spreadsheet, no re-keying, no second system to reconcile against.

Filings on their deadline, not yours

Source deductions, T4s, ROEs, W-2s, and remittances are calculated and filed with the CRA and IRS automatically, on the agency's calendar, with the confirmation numbers logged back to the run.

Three worker types, one ledger

Salaried, hourly, and 1099 contractors run together, each with the right deductions, overtime rules, and year-end slip.

Deposits that land by morning

Funds clear into accounts on payday with settlement timing shown up front, so you can plan the float.

Garnishments, done right

Court orders and support deductions are calculated, capped to the legal limit, and remitted to the correct agency.

What changes once the run stops fighting back

11 min
Median time to run payroll
99.7%
Runs paid correctly on the first try
$0
Late-filing penalties paid in 2025
2 days
Median switch-over from the old system
A run, step by step

Watch the awkward parts disappear.

The same Friday afternoon, decomposed. Every step that used to be a tab, a formula, or a phone call is now a line in the log.

Import

Hours arrive on their own

Approved timesheets, salaries, and PTO flow straight into the run. No CSV, no copy-paste, no "which version is current."

Calculate

The math no one wants to redo

CPP, EI, federal and provincial tax, FICA, and state withholding computed per worker, per jurisdiction, every cycle.

Deduct

Court orders, handled quietly

Garnishments and benefit deductions applied, capped to the legal maximum, and routed to the right agency automatically.

Approve

One signature closes it

You review what changed since last run and sign once. Nothing settles until you do, and there's an audit trail when you have.

Settle

Money on payday morning

Direct deposits queue with clear settlement timing, so the float is never a surprise to you or your team.

File

Year-end already underway

Remittances and year-to-date totals update the moment the run closes, so T4s and W-2s are ready long before the deadline.

Switching to Paycrest

Move off your oldpayroll withoutlosing a paycheque.

We bring over your history, your people, and your tax setup so the first run on Paycrest matches the last run anywhere else, line for line, only faster to close.

A specialist does the move

A payroll specialist imports your prior runs, year-to-date totals, and employee records, then reconciles them against your old reports line by line before go-live.

Switch in any quarter

Mid-year is safe. Year-to-date amounts carry over cleanly, so T4s and W-2s stay accurate even if you move in Q3.

Staff serve themselves

Employees get a portal for pay stubs, tax forms, and banking changes, which quietly ends the questions that used to land on your desk.

Books that already balance

Every run posts to QuickBooks and Xero with journal entries mapped, so the month-end close is a review, not a rebuild.

Operators, not influencers

The people who sign off on payroll, on signing off here.

We have warehouse crews on hourly and a head office on salary. Paycrest is the first system that ran both without me building a workaround in a spreadsheet. Approval went from blocking a half-day to a single afternoon click.

R
Renata Closs
Controller, Northline Logistics

Year-end used to be two weeks of T4s and amendments and apologizing to people. Last December I reviewed the slips, hit file, and the CRA confirmations came back the same day. I kept refreshing because I didn't believe it.

D
Devon Mireault
Finance Manager, Cedar & Vale

We switched in the middle of Q3 and I was sure the year-to-date totals would break. Their team reconciled every employee against our old reports before go-live. Not one paycheque came out wrong.

A
Aisha Bramwell
Director of People, Brightpath Clinics
Pricing

A flat base, plus a clear rate per person.

Tax filings, year-end forms, and support are in the price, not add-ons that surface at renewal. Add or drop people any month.

Core

For small teams running their first real payroll.

$49/mo + $7/person
  • Unlimited pay runs
  • Automatic tax filing & remittances
  • Direct deposit
  • Self-serve employee portal
  • Email support
Most popular

Growth

For mixed teams with real edge cases.

$129/mo + $9/person
  • Everything in Core
  • Salaried, hourly & contractor pay
  • Garnishments & benefit deductions
  • QuickBooks & Xero sync
  • Guided mid-year migration
  • Priority support

Enterprise

For multi-entity employers across provinces and states.

Custom
  • Everything in Growth
  • Multi-entity & multi-state payroll
  • Custom approval workflows
  • API & HRIS integrations
  • Dedicated payroll specialist
  • SSO & audit logs

What every payroll admin asks before they switch.

How fast can we run our first live payroll?

Most teams are live within a week. A migration specialist imports your history and year-to-date totals, reconciles them against your old reports, and runs a parallel cycle so the first real run has nothing to slip.

Do you cover both Canadian and US payroll?

Yes, from one account. Paycrest calculates and files CRA source deductions, T4s, and ROEs in Canada, and federal, state, and local taxes with W-2s in the US.

Can I pay contractors in the same run as employees?

Yes. Salaried staff, hourly workers, and 1099 contractors go through one pay run, each with the correct deductions and the right year-end slip generated automatically.

What actually happens at year end?

It runs itself off the data you already approved. T4s and W-2s are generated, sent to employees, and filed with the agencies on their deadlines. If an amendment is ever needed, it's a few clicks, not a re-file from scratch.

How is our payroll data protected?

Paycrest is SOC 2 Type II certified, with encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access, and an audit log on every change to a pay run. Sensitive fields like SINs and SSNs are masked by default.

Bring your next pay run to us first.

Book a 30-minute review and we'll rebuild your most recent run inside Paycrest with your real numbers, so you see your actual gross, net, and filings before you decide anything.