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PAO 2-5

Section: ACCOUNTING AND REMITTANCE
Subsection: PUBLIC SERVICE HEALTH CARE PLAN (PSHCP) MONTH-END

  OUTLINE
    These are the procedures for controlling the remittance of Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP). The Underwriter for PSHCP is Sun Life.
    PSHCP is processed in Department 079 with the following coding:
   
079-PO-000-703 PSHCP CURRENT
079-PO-000-872 PSHCP ARREARS
079-PO-000-708 PSHCP CURRENT--OUTSIDE CANADA
079-PO-000-713 PSHCP ARREARS--OUTSIDE CANADA
079-PO-000-854 PSHCP CURRENT--MANAGEMENT
079-PO-000-855 PSHCP ARREARS--MANAGEMENT
079-PO-000-856 PSHCP CURRENT--MANAGEMENT OUTSIDE CANADA
079-PO-000-857 PSHCP ARREARS--MANAGEMENT OUTSIDE CANADA
079-PO-000-099 CASH PAYMENTS
    PSHCP CONTRACT NUMBER--All PSHCP transactions must be identified by a 10 character contract number made up of tree fields:
   
FIELD 1 PREMIUM TYPE
0 non--executive
A single-- executive
B family-- executive
   
ZONE 2 (2 caracters) PSHCP AREA CODE
(01) ALBERTA
(02) BRITISH COLUMBIA
(03) MANITOBA
(04) NEW BRUNSWICK
(05 NEWFOUNDLAND
(06) NOVA SCOTIA
(07) ONTARIO
(08) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
(09) QUEBEC
(10) SASKATCHEWAN
(11) YYUKON AND NWT
(12) ABROAD
    FIELD 3--CERTIFICATE NUMBER - (7 characters) As assigned to the employee.
    REMITTANCE LISTINGS--Remittance listings, sorted and printed by contract number, are produced for the following deduction codes:
   
703/MG PSHCP CURRENT
872/MH PSHCP ARREARS
708/HH PSHCP CURRENT OUTSIDE CANADA
713/HL PSHCP ARREARS--OUTSIDE CANADA
854/PG PSHCP MANAGEMENT CURRENT
855/PH PSHCP MANAGEMENT ARREARS
856/PJ PSHCP MGMT OUTSIDE CANADA-CURRENT
857/PO PSHCP MGMT OUTSIDE CANADA-ARREARS
 
    Listings are produced by premium type as follows:
- one listing for deductions with premium type identifier 0-9;
- listings for deductions with premium types A and B.
    Each listing shows:
- amount of premium paid by employee;
- the employer's share (ER), if applicable;
- the total amount to be remitted to Sun Life;
    COMPUTER TAPE--A computer tape for Sun Life is also produced at month end by certificate number, and name of each employee from whom deductions were taken during the month. A printed summary shows the total value of the deductions on tape.
    UNIT COUNT DEDUCTIONS--A PSHCP Unit Count of Deductions is printed at month end at the same time as the computer tape to show:
- the number of employee units deducted at each rate;
- the total amount deducted by rate;
- the number of employer units matched at each rate;
- the total amount matched by rate;
- the total for all rates.
    Unit counts are produced separately
- one for premium type identifier codes 0 - 9;
- one for identifier codes A and B.
    Leave Without Pay (LWOP) register--A LWOP register is maintained to record the details of cash payments for PSHCP coverage for periods of LWOP.
  PROCEDURES
    MONTH END PROCESSING--At month end the PAO clerk will proceed as follows to prepare for month end remittance and complete PSHCP worksheet Appendix A for each pay office:
PAO Clerk
 
  • PRINT a LWOP register for PSHCP cash payments for applicable month;
 
  • PRODUCE Common Departmental Financial System (CDFS) report for allotment 300 for each pay office;
 
  • USE the listings and LWOP register to COMPLETE Appendix A.
 
    APPENDIX A

PSHCP REMITTANCE

ACCOUNTING MONTH :____________ PAY OFFICE : _______________

CDFS LEDGER

 
000-703  
000-708  
000-713  
000-854  
000-855  
000-856  
000-857  
000-872  
TOTAL  
   
REMIT LISTING EMPLOYEES EMPLOYERS *
PG--PJ    
PH--PO    
MG--HH    
MH--HL    
**TOTAL MANUAL TRANS CDFS    
EE TOTAL (SHOULD EQUAL CDFS)    
LWOP REGISTER 099 (MATCHED)    
LWOP REGISTER 099 (UNMATCHED)    
LWOP REGISTER 099 (MGMT)    
TOTAL REMIT    

** Add all manual transactions from CDFS report
    From completed work sheets the PAO clerk will proceed as follows:
   
  • LOG ON to CDFS GJV screen;
   
  • CREATE a source 0051 to transfer 099 to 703 for COD cash payments;
   
  • CREATE a source 0051 per pay office to debit (DR) codes 872, 708, 713 and credit (CR) 703;
   
  • NOTATE CDFS ID numbers on control log sheet for approval;
   
  • TRANSFER to CDFS Accounts payable screen;
   
  • CREATE remittance for all pay offices;
   
  • CREATE one line of financial coding bloc (FCB) coding per pay office;
   
  • CREATE accounts payable interdepartmental settlement (IS) creditor to charge the employer's share to Treasury Board (TB);
   
  • NOTATE CDFS ID numbers on the control log sheet;
   
  • PASS the control log sheet, to PAO QC clerk, for approval.
    QUÉBEC SALES (QST) AND ONTARIO RETAIL SALES TAX (ORST)--For residents of Québec and Ontario, a sales tax is calculated on employee contributions--9% Québec sales tax and 8 % Ontario retail sales tax. At month end, the PAO clerk must proceed as follows for QST and ORST calculated on the LWOP register:
   
  • LOG ON to CDFS GJV screen;
   
  • CREATE 0051 to transfer EE share of QST and ORST from 099 to 676 and 936;
   
  • NOTATE CDFS ID number on control log sheet;
   
  • ADVISE QST PAO clerk of the amount of ER's QST;
   
  • FORWARD control log sheet to Quality Control (QC) PAO for approval.

Last Update: March 1999

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