Calculating Net Pay to Gross Pay

Learn to calculate the correct gross amount to pay based on a target net amount.

Also known as: Net To Gross.

Applies to: Administrator, Payroll Manager, Canada (en-CA)

Before you start

You must be the account administrator or Payroll Manager 

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Determining the gross pay needed to achieve a target net pay figure is easy with PaymentEvolution’s Payroll Calculator: https://paymentevolution.com/PayrollCalculator 

To do this: 

  1. First change the Tax Treatment to Net. Then, enter the pay frequency, province and the net pay rate that you are looking to calculate for.  


  1. Be sure to include any applicable exemptions or TD1 amounts under Advanced Options.  

  2. Click Calculate Net to see the gross amount (Gross Salary) that you can pay your employee so that they earn the desired net amount. 

 

Hint - you will need to sign in to the payroll calculator to see the full details. You can use the gross amount to run your payroll, but depending on your account and employee settings it may be off by a few cents. 

Keywords: Net To Gross

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